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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2953 Intent to increase sewer rates by 9.5% --.,..-.--.,.. - --'-- '" pr;. COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2953 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONT ANA, ORDERING A PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD ON A PROPOSED NINE AND ONE-HALF PERCENT (9.5%) INCREASE IN THE WASTE WATER (SEWER) RATE CHARGED TO CUSTOMERS OF THE MUNICIPAL WASTE WATER (SEWER) SYSTEM. WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman, Montana (City) owns and operates a municipal waste water (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 waste water 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 waste water 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 governmentthe rightto 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, major maintenance on older waste water (sewer) collection lines is necessary, and the costs to perform this major maintenance will exceed the City's present ability to pay; and WHEREAS, capital improvements to the City's waste water system are needed which are beyond the City's present financial capability; and WHEREAS, the existing rates will not cover the costs associated with the needed capital improvements and major maintenance; and WHEREAS, Section 69-7-101, M.C.A., authorizes local government to increase waste water rates so as not to yield more than twelve percent (12%) increase in total annual ~~ . - -- . '. . revenues without the need of petitioning the Public Service Commission for a rate increase; and WHEREAS, a nine and one-half percent (9.5%) increase is necessary to meet the financial needs of the City's waste water (sewer) system; and WHEREAS, the Bozeman City Commission deems it advisable to consider a nine and one-half percent (9.5%) waste water (sewer) rate increase. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, that a public hearing be held on Tuesday, the 22nd day of February 1994, 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 public comment on the proposed nine and one-half percent (9.5%) increase in the waste water (sewer) rate charged to customers of the Bozeman municipal waste water (sewer) system. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the Commission give notice to the customers of the Bozeman municipal waste water 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 31 st day of January 1994. I' . ~ a~ ATTEST: r2tJ~ ROBIN L. SULLIVAN Clerk of the Commission APPROVED AS TO FORM: . 1- - 2 - --- . " PUBLISHED NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Bozeman City Commission will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, the 22nd day of February 1994 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 waste water (sewer) rate increase of nine and one-half percent (9.5%), to become effective on the April 1 , 1994, billing. This 9.5 percent increase will generate a 76- cent increase in an $8 monthly wate water (sewer) bill. For additional information, contact Robin L. Sullivan, Clerk of the Commission, at 411 East Main Street, Bozeman, Montana, or telephone at (406) 586-3321. ROBIN L. SULLIVAN Clerk of the Commission Display Ad Publish: Wednesday, February 2, 1994 Wednesday, February 9, 1994 Wednesday, February 16, 1994 . ( \, .... ~:_-"".