Dive Summary:

• The city of Gresham, Oregon is moving ahead with a $7.50 monthly utility fee it first proposed in September; the fee has been modified to increase the share businesses would pay and limiting the fee to a 17-month timespan.
• The fee was originally designed to cover $3.5 million in public safety and parks maintenance costs, something the modifications won't prohibit.
• Gresham council members will vote on the fee on December 4 and it will appear on bills in late January or early February if approved.

From the article:

The city of Gresham is moving ahead with a highly modified version of the $7.50 monthly utility fee it proposed in September.

The new version would still raise $3.5 million needed to maintain current levels of public safety and parks maintenance, but it also would increase the share businesses would pay, allow a phase-in for apartment buildings and limiting the fee to a 17-month life. ...