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Background: <br /> <br /> City Water and Sewer Rates <br />By: Sandra Ashley Helilng, Finance Officer <br /> <br />Case <br /> <br />The City A¢orn~ey has stated that, in his opinion, the Charter requirements as to <br />setting wate.~ anU sewer rates by ordinance could be met by the Council adopting an <br />ordinance tlC;at ~tates such rates will be set by resolution. This would then mean a <br />Charter chahge!is not required, and rates for the City Water and Sewer Enterprise <br />Funds could~be ~djusted in a timely fashion. <br />While we I1avel not yet received a memo from the City Attorney confirming this <br />opinion, he I~as ~erbally advised me that the City should proceed accordingly. <br /> F <br />A rate study! doe~s need to be completed for the utility funds; however, such a study is <br />very compte3en,~ive and will not be completed in the near term. I have met with our <br />City EngineE r:t0~ discuss our current rates, and we are in agreement that the number <br />one goal is ~io a~_just the rate structure for the City sewer fund. Currently we have one <br />rate for se~/er lat $32.00 per quarter; this rate applies to all users: residences, <br />commercial._, iind.~strial and apartment houses. While our billing rate is not volume <br />sensitive, the, ch~arge we receive from Metropolitan Waste Control is volume based. In <br />rough nurril~ers,[ at the current connection level, we will be issuing payment to <br />Metropolitan, WJ[ste Control of $45,000 during 1992, and the City's total sewer <br />revenue will ~be! ,.f$38,000. We wdl realize a loss of $7,000 before applying operational <br />costs. , I <br /> <br />It is reoom~end~d the Finance Officer and City Engineer propose a new billing rate <br />structure for [tho ~sewer fund that is volume sensitive and this proposal be received by <br />the Budget' ~om~ittee at their meeting of April 14, 1992, if not before. <br />It is further.~re¢~ that will provide for water <br /> r mmended that Staff draft an ordinance[: <br />and sewer r4teS Ire be set by City resolution and this draft be presented at the time of <br />the proposed~~ change in the sewer billing rate structure. <br /> <br />Motion to di!ect/pot direct the Finance Officer and City Engineer to propose a new <br />billing rate S!rUctbre for the City sewer fund on or before April 14, 1992. <br /> - and i ~ <br />Motion to di~ct/~ot direct Staff to draft an ordinance that will provide for water and <br />sewer rates-~o b~ set by City resolution. <br /> <br /> ~ p <br />Review Ch~ckl!ist: <br />City Admini~tral~or <br />City Enginee~ <br />Finance Off'er <br />BC: 03/19/9~ <br /> <br />/l <br /> <br /> <br />