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Home My WebLink About140 - 11/01/2011 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY CODE TO REVISE WASTEWATER RATES, FEES AND CHARGES ORDINANCE NO. 140, 2011 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS TO REVISE WASTEWATER RATES, FEES AND CHARGES WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered and directed by Article XII, Section 6, of the City Charter to fix, establish, maintain and provide for the collection of such rates, fees or charges for utility services furnished by the City as will produce revenues sufficient to pay the costs, expenses and other obligations of the wastewater utility, as set forth therein; and WHEREAS,City Code Section 26-277 requires that the City Manager analyze the operating and financial records of the wastewater utility during each calendar year and recommend to the City Council the user rate fees or adjustments to be in effect for the following year; and WHEREAS, City Code Section 26-277 further requires that the user rates be revised as necessary to assure equity of the rate system established and to assure that sufficient funds are obtained to adequately operate and maintain the wastewater system; and WHEREAS, the Mulberry Wastewater Reclamation Plant has undergone a upgrade of the plant's treatment processes to prepare the plant for future regulation-based improvements and to make odor control improvements; and WHEREAS, such improvements are not related to growth and will require increased user rates to generate sufficient revenues to repay the debt necessary to finance these improvements; and WHEREAS, the Water Board considered the proposed wastewater rates, fees and changes for 2012 at its September 22, 2011, meeting and recommended approval of the changes by unanimous vote; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended to the City Council that the following wastewater rates be imposed for the billing year beginning January 1, 2012. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That Section 26-280 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-280. Service charges established by category. The schedule of rates for each category described in § 26-279 shall be as follows: Category Class of Customer Rate A Single-family residential $33.74 per month user (flat rate) Single-family residential $15.07 per month plus $2.929 per 1,000 gallons of user (metered water use) either winter quarter water use or 3,000 gallons, whichever is greater. For single family customers who have not established a winter quarter water use at the service address, a system average of 4,800 gallons per month shall be billed. B Duplex (two-family) $52.68 per month residential users (flat rate) Duplex (two-family) $19.52 per month plus $2.929 per 1,000 gallons of residential users (metered either winter quarter water use or 4,000 gallons, water use) whichever is greater. For duplex customers who have not established a winter quarter water use at the service address, a system average 7,200 gallons shall be billed. C Multi-family residential $2.929 per 1,000 gallons of winter quarter water use, user (more than two plus a base charge of$2.30 per month per dwelling dwelling units including unit served. For multi family customers who have not mobile home parks) and established a winter quarter water use at the service winter quarter based address, a system average of 3,400 gallons per living nonresidential user unit shall be billed. D Minor nonresidential user $2.929 per 1,000 gallons of water use, measured sewage flow or winter quarter water use, whichever is applicable, plus the following applicable base charge: Size of water Base meter (inches) Charge '/a or smaller $8.46 1 19.52 1`/z 39.28 2 67.21 3 107.38 4 169.59 6 743.42 8 858.38 -2- r E and F Intermediate $2.929 per 1,000 gallons of water use, measured nonresidential user and wastewater flow or winter quarter water use, Significant industrial whichever is applicable; plus a surcharge of$3.029 user per million gallons for each milligram per liter of suspended solids in excess of 235 milligrams per liter; plus a surcharge of $2.523 per million gallons for each milligram per liter of BOD in excess of 265 milligrams per liter or a surcharge of $1.593 per million gallons for each milligram per liter of COD in excess of 400 milligrams per liter, or a surcharge of $4.716 per million gallons for each milligram per liter of TOC in excess of 130 milligrams per liter, whichever is applicable. The user shall pay this calculated amount plus the applicable base charge set forth below: Size of water meter Base (inches) charge 3/4 or smaller $8.46 1 19.52 1`/z 39.28 2 67.21 3 107.38 4 169.59 6 743.42 8 858.38 G User outside City limits The rate for users outside the City limits shall be the same as for like service inside the City limits as is specified in Categories A—F and H in this Section H Special with agreement The rate pursuant to a special wastewater services agreement approved by the City Council pursuant to § 26-290 shall be set forth in said agreement. Section 2 That Section 26-281(c) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: (c) The amount of the wastewater strength surcharge to be billed each user shall be calculated from one (1) of the following three (3) formulas, depending on whether the wastewater is more amenable to testing for BOD, COD or TOC or on the selection of the Executive Director in the absence of monitoring: -3- (1) Cs=Vu[Bc(B) + Sc(S)] (2) Cs=Vu[CODc(COD) + Sc(S)] (3) Cs=Vu[TOCc(TOC) + Sc(S)] Where: Cs = User's surcharge for wastewaters of excessive strength per billing period Vu = Volume of water used or wastewater discharged per billing period Bc = Cost of service for treatment of a unit of BOD B = Concentration of BOD from a user in excess of two hundred sixty- five (265) mg/I Sc = Cost of service for treatment of a unit of TSS S = Concentration of TSS from a user in excess of two hundred thirty-five (235) mg/l CODc = Cost of service for treatment of a unit of COD COD = Concentration of COD from a user in excess of four hundred (400) mg/1 TOCc = Cost of service for treatment of a unit of TOC TOC = Concentration of TOC from a user in excess of one hundred thirty (130) mg/l Section 3. That Section 26-282(a) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-282. Wastewater strength or industrial surcharges and categories established. (a) The schedule of wastewater strength surcharge for customers located either inside or outside the City limits shall be as follows: Parameter Excess over (mg/1) Rate per 1,000 gallons BOD 265 $0.002523 COD 400 0.001593 TOC 130 0.004716 TSS 235 0.003029 Section 4. That Section 26-289 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 26-289. Miscellaneous fees and charges. The following is a schedule of miscellaneous fees and charges: -4- Description Amount (1) Connection fees and service Fees shall be set forth as in § charges 26-712(b) (2) Industrial discharge permits: a. Administration $76.00 annually b. Surveillance Determined for each user annually, based on direct cost plus 15% indirect costs, billed monthly (3) Laboratory support services Determined on a case-by- case basis based on direct cost plus 15% indirect costs (4) Determined on a case-by-case basis Cost plus 15% based on direct cost plus 15% indirect costs (5) Charges for disposal at the Fort Collins Regional Sanitary Waste Transfer Station: a. Septic tanks, vaults, privies, portable toilets: Generated within Larimer $0.071 per gallon County Generated outside Larimer $0.108 per gallon County b. Recreational vehicle sanitary waste holding tanks: Residential customers of the No charge for individual City of Fort Collins Wastewater disposal at Transfer Station Utility Others $2.35 base fee plus $0.071 per gallon (6) Miscellaneous fees Determined on a case-by- case basis based on direct costs plus 15% indirect costs Section 5. That the amendments to the Chapter 26 of the City Code contained herein shall go into effect for billings based upon meter readings on or after in January 1, 2012. -5- Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 18th day of October, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 1st day of November, A.D. 2011. OF FORT Cp ° y May r ATTEST: �� j A • u' c •CORA�O City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 1 st day of November, A.D. 2011. �OF FURTCO or ATTEST:Val CA 0 : City Clerk CotORA�O -6- _