Ilwaco State of the City Address

Last (Monday) night Ilwaco City Mayor Mike Cassinelli gave his state of the city address. He recognized new members of the city council and planning commission, and reported that the city is responding to the citizen concerns of maintaining city roads and sidewalks and improving storm drainage. To achieve those goals the Stormwater Utility Fee will now apply to all city parcels. The Mayor said that grant funding paid for significant improvements to city streets and sidewalks, and also paid for chip sealing the Port of Ilwaco parking lots.
The Mayor added that an important goal during the past year was to address the issue of water rates and water quality. A lower base rate was implemented for all water customers and all consumption is now billed at a commodity rate. Beginning this March, residential customers will be receiving water/sewer bills on a monthly basis, and 97% of residential customers now have radio read water meters. State funded low interest rate loans will fund construction of new reservoirs and system improvements.