DeKalb considering increase to storm water fee

DeKalb County Commissioners are slated to decide in January whether to raise the county’s storm water utility fee for the first time since it was created in 2004.

The proposed $12 increase would generate about $4 million more a year for DeKalb’s to make drainage system repairs and comply with state permit requirements. The county has collected about $16 million with the fee but projects that to drop to $15 million without an increase because of the creation of Brookhaven.