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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 3805
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN.
MONTANA. ORDERING A PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD ON A PROPOSED
FIFTEEN PERCENT (15.0%) INCREASE IN THE WASTEWATER (SEWER) TOTAL
RATE CHARGED TO CUSTOMERS OF THE MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER (SEWER)
SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman, Montana (City) owns and operates a municipal wastewater
(sewer) utility system; and
WHEREAS, Section 7-13-4304, Montana Code Annotated (M.C.A.) requires the governing body
of a municipality operating a municipal wastewater system to fix and establish rates, rentals and charges
for services, facilities, and benefits directly or indirectly afforded by the system, taking into account
services provided and benefits received;
WHEREAS, Section 7-13-4307, M.C.A., authorizes the City of Bozeman to set rates and
charges for wastewater utility services in an amount sufficient in each year to provide income and
revenue adequate for payment of reasonable expenses of operation and maintenance and for the
payment of funds required to be paid into the sinking fund and for the accumulation of such reserves and
the making of such expenditures for depreciation and replacement of said system as shall be determined
necessary from time to time by the governing body or as shall have been covenanted in the ordinances
and resolutions authorizing any outstanding bonds; and
WHEREAS, Section 7-13-4308, M.C.A., grants local government the right to change and
readjust from time to time the rates and charges fixed and established provided the aggregate of such
rates and charges shall always be sufficient to meet requirements of Section 7-13-4307, M.C.A.; and
WHEREAS, Section 69-7-101, M.C.A., authorizes local government to establish and change
wastewater rates as it considers proper; and
WHEREAS, a fifteen percent (15.0%) increase is necessary to meet the financial needs of the
City's wastewater system, including inflationary costs, the costs of major maintenance of older sewer
collection lines and capital improvements, and to build a reserve to improve the saleability of revenue
bonds for construction of a new wastewater treatment plant; and
WHEREAS, the Bozeman City Commission deems it advisable to consider a fifteen percent
(15.0%) wastewater (sewer) rate increase, to be reflected in the September 1, 2005 billing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana, that a public hearing be held on Monday, the 18th day of July 2005, at the hour of 7:00 p.m.
in the Commission Room located in the basement of City Hall, 411 East Main Street, Bozeman, Montana,
to hear publ ic com ment on the proposed fifteen percent (15.0%) increase in the wastewater (sewer) rate.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the Commission give notice to the customers
of the Bozeman municipal wastewater system of said hearing pursuant to the notice requirements set
forth in Section 69-7-111, M.C.A., and mail by first class, postage prepaid, a copy of all notices of hearing
to the Montana Consumer Counsel.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, at a
regular session thereof held on the 6th day of June 2005.
AND W L. CETRARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
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ROBIN L. SULLIVAN
Clerk of the Commission
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PUBLISHED NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Bozeman City Commission will conduct a public hearing
on Monday, the 18th day of July 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in the Commission Room in the City Hall, 411 East
Main Street, Bozeman, Montana, for the purpose of considering a proposed wastewater (sewer) rate
increase of fifteen percent (15.0%), to be reflected in the September 1,2005, billing. The 15-percent rate
increase will generate a $4.50 increase in an average $30.00 monthly wastewater (sewer) bill. For
additional information, contact Robin L. Sullivan, Clerk of the Commission, at 411 East Main Street,
Bozeman, Montana, or telephone at (406) 582-2320.
ROBIN L. SULLIVAN
Clerk of the Commission
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NOTICE TO BE PUBLISHED ON WATERlSEWER BILLS
NOTICE: At 7:00 pm on Monday, July 18,2005, in the Commission Room, basement
of City Hall, 411 East Main, the City Commission will hear public comment on
proposed rate increase of 15% in water and proposed rate increase of 15% in sewer,
to be reflected on September 1, 2005, bill", whereby a monthly water bill of $34.00
would increase by $5.10 and a monthly wastewater (sewer) bill of $30.00 would
increase by $4.50. For info contact: Robin Sullivan, 411 East Main, phone 582-2320.
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