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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 3444
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONT ANA, ORDERING A PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD ON A PROPOSED THREE
PERCENT (3.0%) INCREASE IN THE WASTEWATER (SEWER) BASE 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 three percent (3.0%) increase in the base rate is necessary to meet
the
financial needs of the City's wastewater (sewer) system, including inflationary
costs; and
WHEREAS, the Bozeman City Commission deems it advisable to consider a three percent
(3.0%) wastewater (sewer) rate increase, to be reflected in the September 1, 2001
billing.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana, that a public hearing be held on Monday, the 16th day of July 2001, 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 three percent (3.0%) increase
in the
wastewater (sewer) base 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 11 th day of June 2001.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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PUBLISHED NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Bozeman City Commission will conduct a public
hearing on Monday, the 16th day of July 2001 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) base rate increase of three percent (3.0%), to be reflected
in the September
1, 2001, billing.
The 3-percent base rate increase will generate a $.90 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 WATER/SEWER BillS
NOTICE:
At 7:00 pm on Monday, July 16, 2001, in the Commission Room,
basement of City Hall, 411 East Main, the City Commission will hear public
comment on proposed rate increases of 7% in water and 3% in sewer, to be
reflected on September 1, 2001, bill, whereby a monthly water bill of $28.00
would increase by $1.96 and a monthly wastewater (sewer) bill of $30.00
would increase by $.90. For info contact: Robin Sullivan, 411 East Main, phone
582-2320.