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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 3930 Establishing Rates for Wastewater Service COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 3930 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF TIlE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, ESTABLISHING RATES FOR WASThWATER (SEWER) SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF BOZEMAN WHEREAS, the City CommISSIon of the City of Bozeman, followmg notice and public hearing established a new Rate Schedule for the City of B07eman's Wastewater (Sewer) Fund. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City CommIssIon of the CIty of Bozeman, Montana, that the new rates for wastewater serVIces, based on a 30-day month, shall become effectIve beginning with the bills due JIl September 2006 as follows, to WIt: Section I - Metered Customers Effective on the September 2006 billilll! Customer Class/Service Rate A. Monthly Billing and All Metered Customers $10.87/customerlmonth Customer Charees B. Additional Charges for Residential $1 gO/hundred cubIc feet, Metered Customers based on average winter water llsage* Commercial, $1.80/hundred cubIc feet, Indllstnal, and based on metered water MSU usage C. Charge for Extra Suspended Solids 111 excess $0.383/pound Streneth Waste of 200 ppm BIOchemical Oxygen $0 318/pound Demand in excess of 250 ppm ---~ * For serviee dates of April through October, based on average of November through March metered usage. Explanatory note: Each customer shall pay a minnl1um monthly bill which includes the monthly charge (A) plus an addItIOnal charge (8), For extra strength waste, a customer shall addItionally pay the extra strength charge (C) Section 2 - Unmetercd Customers Effective on the September 2006 billine Monthly Billing Customer Char es and All Unmctered Customers $25 SO/month Section 3 - Special Charecs Effective on the September 2006 billine In certain cases, sllbdivisions and/or annexations have been approved on the condition that the associated properties fund the operation of specific capital within the wastewater system, usually lift stations. These charges are made on an annual cost-recovery basis, and arc charged in addition to all other account charges. 1. Users of the Baxter All Customers, based on 5/8" meter -- $4.20/month Meadows Lift Station meter size 1" - $5.46/month 1 y;" - $7.9g/month 2" -- $11.34/month 2. Users of the Laurel All Customers, based on 5/g" meter - $2.27 /month Glen Lift Station meter size 1" -- $2.96/month 1 J//' - $4,32/month 2" -- $6.14/month *Estimate. Actllal charge based on July 1,2005 throllgh June 30, 2006 expenses. Section 4 - Low Income Rate Assistance Effective on the September 2006 billine Customers who apply for and qualify under the State's Low Income Property Tax Assistance Program, as set forth in Section 15-6-134 MCA, will receive a credit equal to their monthly wastewater service charge of $1 0,87, Section 5 - Hilline Procedures Charges for wastewater services under this schedule shall be made a part of the Cllrrent monthly water bill, to be shown by separate item on such bill. Separate payment of either the charge for the water or the charge for the wastewater will not be accepted with prior approval of the Director of Finance, Both charges must be paid at the same time; partial payments will be applied to the wastewater charge first, with any remainder being applied to the watcr chargc. Charges for water used and wastewater service charges become due and payable upon receipt of the bill. If any bill is not paid on or before the fifteenth day of that month, it will then become delinquent; and if not paid in full by the fifteenth day of the following month, water service to the premises involved may be discontinued (shut-on), after a ten- day written notiee. A charge of twenty five dollars ($25,00) shall be made for any account requiring written shut-off notiee. An additional charge of twenty-five dollars ($25,00) during regular business hours or seventy-five dollars ($75.00) during non- business hours shall be made for reinstating a water serviee whieh has been discontinued for non-payment ofwatef and/or wastewater service charges. Section 6 - ACH Incentive For those customers who choose the automatic clearing house (ACH) payment option, a one dollar ($1.00) discount will be taken from the total utility bill (total of water, scwcr, garbage), Bills will be mailed by the first working day of the month; with the automatic payment being deducted on the 15th of the following month. Section 7 - Late Fee For those accounts that become delinquent, a 1.5 percent (1.5%) late fee will be assessed on the next bill. The minimum late fee shall be $1.00. Section 8 - Protests In cases where wastewater service charges under this schedule are claimed to be unfair, unreasonable, or not in proportion to charges made to other wastewater customers, the pcrson or persons against whom sllch charges are made may apply to the City Manager for an adjustment, stating the eireumstances. The City Manager, or his designated representative, may make such adjustment of the wastewater charges as is dcemed necessary, fair and equitable. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, at a rcgular session thereof held on the lilt day of July, 2006; and effective beginning with that billing period which will first appcar on the September 2006 wastewater billing. J~a!o: ~ ATTEST: ~r: Brit Fontenot, City Cler APPROVED AS TO FORM: ",1 NOTICE HEARING ON THE ADOPTION OF COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 3930 ESTABLISHING RATES FOR W ASTEW A TER CHARGES FOR THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That said Commission Resolution No. 3930 is now on file in the offiee of the Clerk of the Commission of the City of Bozeman, subject to inspection of all persons intercsted, for a period of six (6) days from the date of first publication; that Monday, July 17, 2006, at 6:00 p.m. at a regular session of the Commission of the City of Bozeman, in the Community Room, County Courthouse, 311 W Main Street, Bozeman, has been designated as the time and place when and where the Commission will hear and pass upon any and all objections that may be made to the final passage and adoption of Commission Resollltion No. 3930; and that said Resolution will be finally passed and adopted at said regular session of said Commission, subject to such correetions and amendments that may be made upon objections made and filed with the City Clerk as provided by law. Under Commission Resolution No, 3930, a 10% increase in wastewater (sewer) rates is proposed. For an average residential cllstomer, wastewater service will increase from $19.32 per month to $21.25 per month, Dated this 26th day of June, 2006. _..~- "'/."....,....,.~'''~...--,. . _. Brit Fontenot City Clerk Legal Ad Publish: Sunday, Jllly 2, 2006 Sunday, July 9, 2006