Salisbury property owners are going to see a new fee.
This one that is set to take effect next year would pay for efforts to curb flooding and reduce pollution spilling into the waterways that flow into the Chesapeake Bay.
The City Council unanimously approved the storm water fee whose dollars will be dedicated to upgrading the city’s failing drainage system.
The measure survived a last ditch effort by the CEO of the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce Ernie Colburn.
He wanted the council to wait until the incoming Republican Governor Larry Hogan takes office.
The GOP successor to Governor Martin O’Malley has vowed to roll back some of the taxes imposed over the last eight years.
