HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-072-06/18/1996-COLORADO WATER METERING ACT DELAYED BILLING PROGRAM RESOLUTION 96-72
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING RESOLUTION 90-147 PERTAINING TO THE CITY'S POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES TO COMPLY WITH THE COLORADO WATER METERING
ACT IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT A DELAYED-BILLING PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on November 20, 1990, the Fort Collins City Council adopted Resolution 90-
14E approving the City's policies and procedures to comply with the Colorado Water Metering Act
("the Water Metering Act"); and
WHEREAS, Resolution 90-147 was adopted to implement within the City a Water Meter
Installation Program to comply with the provisions of the Water Metering Act; and
WHEREAS,Section 9 of Resolution 90-147 initially provided that customers converted from
non-metered to metered water service shall begin paying the metered water rate upon installation of
the meter; and
WHEREAS, experience eventually demonstrated that since water use is usually at its highest
in the summer due to the irrigation of lawns, the number of water users volunteering for installation
of a water reeler during the summer typically dropped; and
WHEREAS, this drop in the number of users requesting installation of a meter during the
summer made it difficult for the Water Utility to schedule installations, level out the workload over
the year, and maintain an acceptable length of time between when a request is received and a meter
is installed; and
WHEREAS, in order to resolve these problems, City staff recommended and the Council
adopted on May 17, 1994, Resolution 94-80 to provide for a delayed billing program whereby
customers who apply for installation of a water meter during the period of June I to August 31 of
any given year, may elect to begin paying the metered rate up to ninety (90) days after the
installation, but in no event later than October I of that year; and
WHEREAS, because under the existing delayed billing program, customers are required to
begin paying the metered rate no later than October I of the year in which their ureter is installed,
customers whose meters are installed in late summer or early fall do not receive the full ninety (90)
days before having to begin paying the metered rate, which results in a disincentive for water users
to volunteer for the installation of a water meter during late summer or early fall; and
WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary and desirable for Section 9 of Resolution 90-147, as
amended by Resolution 94-80, to be further amended to eliminate the requirement that customers
begin paying the metered rate no later than October I of the year the meter is installed so that water
users who have water meters installed in late sutnmer or early fall receive benefit of the delayed
billing program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS:
Section 1. That Section 9 of Resolution 90-147, as amended by Resolution 94-80, is
hereby amended, and a new Section 10 is hereby added, to read as follows:
Section 9. That the City's existing metered water rate for residential
customers accurately reflects the cost of providing metered water service to single
family homes and duplexes.
Section 10. That customers who have water meters installed during the
period of June l to August 31 of any year may elect to continue to be charged the flat
rate for the customer's billing cycle in which the water teeter is installed as well as
for the customer's next two billing cycles; provided, however, that beginning with
the customer's fourth billing cycle after the installation of the water meter, and
thereafter, the customer shall be charged the metered rate.
Section 2. That Sections 10 through 12 of Resolution 90-147 are hereby renumbered as
Sections 1 I through 13.
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City a5uncil It d this 18t ay of J e, A.D.
1996.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk �