Atlanta kept collecting Fulton sewer fees after a billing pact expired in 2022

Atlanta has continued billing and collecting Fulton County sewer-service fees without a formal agreement since the previous pact expired in 2022, according to city legislation now moving through City Council.⁠[1][2]

On November 10, the City Utilities Committee unanimously recommended a replacement billing-and-collection agreement, as amended. The measure, Resolution 26-R-4337, is sponsored by Councilmember Dustin Hillis. The committee’s draft minutes list November 16 at 1 p.m. as its next action date.⁠[2]

The arrangement concerns areas of Fulton County, Georgia, where Atlanta supplies retail water service but the county supplies wastewater service. Atlanta handles the county’s sewer bills and collections in those areas. The proposed agreement would formalize that existing billing role.⁠[1]

The committee recommendation is not final Council approval. The submitted resolution would authorize the mayor or a designee to enter the agreement, and says it would not bind Atlanta until executed by the mayor, attested by the municipal clerk, approved as to form by the city attorney and delivered to Fulton.⁠[1][2]

What the replacement would change for customers remains unclear from the records reviewed. They do not establish the proposed agreement’s fee terms or explain the committee amendments, so they do not show whether customers’ charges or billing rules would change. The resolution does say that billing and collection continued during the agreement lapse.⁠[1][2]