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By Monty Tayloe
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Washington Town Council approved a tap fee of $5,000 for new water tap connections at their October meeting. The new fee is an interim measure, designed to be applied to in-town tap requests only until the town planning commission recommends a permanent fee for adoption by the town council.
“It will cover us in the interim,” said Washington Mayor Eugene Leggett.
The fee for a new tap hook-up in Little Washington was previously $1,000, but this number was low compared to surrounding towns. Culpeper has charged new tap hookups $5,000 for several years. The interim tap fee approved by the council on Wednesday is meant to cover the town's cost of installing the new tap as well as represent the new
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