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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 3443
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA, ORDERING A PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD ON A PROPOSED SEVEN
PERCENT (7.0%) INCREASE IN THE WATER RATE CHARGED TO CUSTOMERS
OF THE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman, Montana (City) owns and operates a municipal water
utility system; and
WHEREAS, Section 7-13-4304, Montana Code Annotated (M.C.A.) requires the governing
body of a municipality operating a municipal 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 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 the 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 water rates as it considers proper; and
WHEREAS. a seven percent (7.0%) increase is necessary to meet the financial needs
of
the City's water system. including inflationary costs. the costs of major maintenance
of older water
distribution lines and capital improvements; and
WHEREAS. the Bozeman City Commission deems it advisable to consider a seven percent
(7.0%) water 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 seven percent (7.0%) increase
in the
water rate charged to customers of the Bozeman municipal water system.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the Commission give notice to the customers
of the Bozeman municipal 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 11 th day of June 2001.
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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 water
rate increase of seven percent (7.0%), to be reflected in the September 1. 2001,
billing. This
seven percent (7.0%) increase will generate a $1.96 increase in an average $28
monthly water 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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