HomeMy WebLinkAbout030242 ORD - 07/29/2014Ordinance amending the City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 55, Utilities, to continue the
current water, gas, and wastewater utility rates adopted by Ordinance 029917 through
September 30, 2014, to coordinate with the extended fiscal year for FY 2013 -2014, and
changing the annual wastewater winter averaging usage to apply to wastewater service
after August 31.
Section 1. That the current water, wastewater, and gas utility rates adopted by Ordinance
029917 are continued through September 30, 2014, to coordinate with the extended fiscal year
for FY 2013 -2014.
Section 2. That Chapter 55 of the City Code of Ordinances, Section 55 -50 is amended to
continue the current water utility rates through September 30, 2014. The amendments to
Section 55 -50 are shown in redlined text on pages 1 through 14 of the attached Exhibit A.
Section 3. That Chapter 55 of the City Code of Ordinances, Section 55 -60 and Section 55 -61,
are amended to continue the current gas utility rates through September 30, 2014. The
amendments to Sections 55 -60 and 55 -61 are shown in redlined text on pages 15 through 24 of
the attached Exhibit A.
Section 4. That Chapter 55 of the City Code of Ordinances, Section 55 -100, is amended to
continue the current wastewater utility rates through September 30, 2014. In addition, Section
55 -100 is also amended to change the annual wastewater winter averaging usage to apply to
wastewater service after August 31. The amendments to Section 55 -100 are shown in redlined
text on pages 25 through 28 of the attached Exhibit.
Section 5. This ordinance takes effect upon date of final City Council approval.
Section 6. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or
provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that
every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance be
given full force and effect for its purpose.
Section 7. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as
required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
030242
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That thee f�,o, going ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this
the Wd` day of by the following vote:
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Nelda Martinez a_ I Chad Magill
Kelley Allen IV Colleen McIntyre
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Rudy Garza 1- 1A Lillian Riojas
Priscilla Leal 6 : Mark Scott
David Loeb
That foregoing or • inance was read for theisecond time and passed finally on this the
�, 1ay of ♦ . �� , 2-0 I Lt by the following vote:
Nelda Martinez
Kelley Allen
Rudy Garza
Priscilla Leal
Chad Magill
Colleen McIntyre
Lillian Riojas
Mark Scott
David Loeb aiti)a-Or
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 2 day of
ATTEST:
Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
EFFECTIVE DATE
11111-f
Nelda Martinez
Mayor
(130242
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EXHIBIT A
City Code of Ordinances
Chapter 55 Utilities
ARTICLE III. WATER RATES AND CHARGES.
Sec. 55 -50. Schedule.
(a) Base rates for water service. The rates for water service are as follows:
(1) Monthly minimum charges.
a. Metered treated water customers.
1. Inside city limits ( "ICL "):
Meter Size
(Inches)
August 1, 2013 to
Juty 31 September 30, 2014
Residential
5/8 -3/4
$ 8.89
Commercial
5/8 -3/4
12.83
Residential and Commercial
1
19.25
11/2
32.09
2
64.16
3
102.65
4
205.32
2
6
320.81
8 and larger
641.61
Large Volume
5/8 -3/4
Any size
16,676.00
Temporary construction
5/8 -3/4
1
19.25
11/2
32.00
2
64.16
Outside city limits ( "OCL "):
Meter Size
(Inches)
August 1, 2013 to
July 31September 30, 2014
Residential
5/8 -3/4
$ 10.67
Commercial
5/8 -3/4
15.40
Residential and Commercial
3
1
23.10
11/2
38.51
2
76.99
3
123.18
4
246.38
6
384.97
8 and larger
769.93
Large Volume
Any size
27,825.00
Temporary construction
1
23.09
1'
38.51
2
76.99
b. Untreated water customers.
August 1, 2013
to
Juty 31
September 30,
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'Minimum monthly charge for public agency for resale untreated water customer without a raw water supply contract executed
after January 1, 1997: If the charge based on the volume of water taken in a monthly billing period is less than $237.70, the
customer shall be billed $237.70, unless a valid water supply contract between the customer and city that was executed prior to
January 1, 1997, provides for a minimum annual payment. If a valid water supply contract between the customer and city
executed prior to August 1, 2000, provides for a minimum annual payment, the customer shall pay the minimum annual payment
under the contract .
nded water customers.
2014
Minimum monthly service charge, water districts/ municipalities with raw water
supply contracts executed after January 1, 1997
$398.091
Minimum monthly service charge for public agency for resale untreated water
without a raw water supply contract executed after January 1, 19971
242.45
Minimum monthly service charge, industrial
398.09
Minimum monthly service charge, domestic
13.26
Minimum annual service charge, domestic
132.69
Minimum monthly service charge, agricultural irrigation water service
198.90
Minimum monthly service charge, temporary construction water service
265.20
Minimum monthly service charge, temporary large volume industrial untreated water
customers obtaining water, which is under contract to the city, from a reservoir
under the exclusive control of a river authority
1,530.00
'Minimum monthly charge for public agency for resale untreated water customer without a raw water supply contract executed
after January 1, 1997: If the charge based on the volume of water taken in a monthly billing period is less than $237.70, the
customer shall be billed $237.70, unless a valid water supply contract between the customer and city that was executed prior to
January 1, 1997, provides for a minimum annual payment. If a valid water supply contract between the customer and city
executed prior to August 1, 2000, provides for a minimum annual payment, the customer shall pay the minimum annual payment
under the contract .
nded water customers.
(2) Month y volume charges per 1,000 gallons.
August 1, 2013 to
315eptember 30, 2014
.July
Any size
$27,825.00
(2) Month y volume charges per 1,000 gallons.
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a. Residential rate.
1. Inside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
August 1, 2013 to
July 31 September 30, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Next 4,000 Gallons
$4.495
Next 4,000 Gallons
5.619
Next 5,000 Gallons
6.462
Next 15,000 Gallons
7.867
Next 20,000 Gallons
9.553
Next 50,000 Gallons
10.395
Over 100,000 Gallons
11.238
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
August 1, 2013 to
July 31September 30, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Next 4,000 Gallons
$1.949
Next 4,000 Gallons
2.436
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Next 5,000 Gallons
2.802
Next 15,000 Gallons
3.411
Next 20,000 Gallons
4.142
Next 50,000 Gallons
4.507
Over 100,000 Gallons
4.872
`Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
b. Commercial rate.
1. Inside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
August 1, 2013 to
July 31September 30, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$5.662
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
c. Golf course and athletic field irrigation water inside city limits.
August 1, 2013 to
August 1, 2013 to
July 31 September 30, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$2.854
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
c. Golf course and athletic field irrigation water inside city limits.
August 1, 2013 to
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`Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1 for ICL customer.
d. Residential irrigation water on separate meter.
1. Inside city limits:
Meter Size
(Inches)
July 31 September 30, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$2.951
`Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1 for ICL customer.
d. Residential irrigation water on separate meter.
1. Inside city limits:
Meter Size
(Inches)
August 1, 2013 to
July 31September 30, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Next 15,000 Gallons
$ 7.867
Next 20,000 Gallons
9.553
Next 50,000 Gallons
10.395
Over 87,000 Gallons
11.238
Outside city limits
Meter Size
(Inches)
August 1, 2013 to
July 31 September 30, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Next 15,000 Gallons
$3.411
Next 20,000 Gallons
4.142
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Next 50,000 Gallons
4.507
Over 87,000 Gallons
4.872
e.
Resale treated water rates.
1. Treated water rates purchased for resale where the water is
taken and metered at the site of treatment are hereby set as follows:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Treated water rates purchased for resale where the water is
delivered to the resale entity through city facilities are hereby set as
follows:
August 1, 2013 to
July 31 September 30, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$1.008
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Treated water rates purchased for resale where the water is
delivered to the resale entity through city facilities are hereby set as
follows:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
f. Large volume treated water customers. A commercial treated water
customer who agrees to pay for a minimum of ten million (10,000,000)
gallons of treated water per month is considered a large volume treated
water customer. Once a customer has elected to become a large volume
treated water customer, the customer will be billed as a large volume treated
water customer until the customer notifies the city and requests
reclassification as a commercial customer in writing. However, a commercial
customer may not elect to become a large volume treated water customer
more than once in any twelve -month period.
1. Inside city limits:
August 1, 2013 to
Ju y 31September 30, 2014
August 1, 2013 to
July 31September 30, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$1.628
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
f. Large volume treated water customers. A commercial treated water
customer who agrees to pay for a minimum of ten million (10,000,000)
gallons of treated water per month is considered a large volume treated
water customer. Once a customer has elected to become a large volume
treated water customer, the customer will be billed as a large volume treated
water customer until the customer notifies the city and requests
reclassification as a commercial customer in writing. However, a commercial
customer may not elect to become a large volume treated water customer
more than once in any twelve -month period.
1. Inside city limits:
August 1, 2013 to
Ju y 31September 30, 2014
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First 10,000,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Each Additional 1,000 Gallons
$4.067
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
g.
Large volume blended water customers. A commercial blended water
customer who agrees to purchase a minimum of ten million (10,000,000)
gallons of blended water per month is considered a large volume blended
water customer.
1. Inside city limits:
August 1, 2013 to
September 30, 2014
30, 2014
First 10,000,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Each Additional 1,000 Gallons
$1.628
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
g.
Large volume blended water customers. A commercial blended water
customer who agrees to purchase a minimum of ten million (10,000,000)
gallons of blended water per month is considered a large volume blended
water customer.
1. Inside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
August 1, 2013 to
July 31 September 30, 2014
30, 2014
First 10,000,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Each Additional 1,000 Gallons
$2.779
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
August 1, 2013 to
., -4S ,,,
30, 2014
First 10,000,000 Gallons
Minimum*
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Each Additional 1,000 Gallons
$0.069
`Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
3. Peaking factor. [To be determined.]
h. Temporary water service.
1. Treated water.
A. Inside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
B.
Outside city limits:
August 1, 2013 to
S-ay 31 September 30, 2014
, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
$5.662
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
B.
Outside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Untreated water.
A. Inside city limits:
August 1, 2013 to
tai ;yam t 1,,_r_ :
, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
2 x RWCA
Over 2,000 Gallons
$2.854
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Untreated water.
A. Inside city limits:
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
August 1, 2013 to
July 31Septetnber- 30, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
2 x RWCA
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
B.
Outside city limits:
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*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
i. Agricultural irrigation water outside city limits.
August 1, 2013 to
:it qtr
t, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
2 x RWCA
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
i. Agricultural irrigation water outside city limits.
`Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
j. Public agency for resale untreated water rates. The rates for the
purchase of untreated water purchased by a public agency, which does not
have a raw water supply contract with the city executed after January 1,
1997, is the average of the monthly raw water cost adjustments, established
under subsection (b) of this section, for the period used to determine the
composite cost of untreated water under the city's current contract with the
public agency.
k. Temporary large volume industrial untreated water customers
obtaining water, which is under contract to the city, from a reservoir under the
exclusive control of a river authority.
August 1, 2013 to
July 31September 30, 2014
First acre foot or fraction thereof
First 2,000 Gallons
Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons
2 x RWCA
`Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
j. Public agency for resale untreated water rates. The rates for the
purchase of untreated water purchased by a public agency, which does not
have a raw water supply contract with the city executed after January 1,
1997, is the average of the monthly raw water cost adjustments, established
under subsection (b) of this section, for the period used to determine the
composite cost of untreated water under the city's current contract with the
public agency.
k. Temporary large volume industrial untreated water customers
obtaining water, which is under contract to the city, from a reservoir under the
exclusive control of a river authority.
August 1, 2013 to
€wrnld. r_N, 2014
First acre foot or fraction thereof
Minimum*
Over acre foot
$1,100.00 per acre foot or fraction thereof
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*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
(b) Raw water cost adjustment (RWCA). In addition to the charges for the base rates for
water service, established in subsection (a), a separate charge for the costs of raw water, the
RWCA, will be added to each consumer's bill, except public agency for resale untreated
water customers without a raw water supply contract executed after January 1, 1997. (A
public agency for resale untreated water customer without a raw water supply contract
executed after January 1, 1997, will pay the lower of the composite cost, as defined in its
contract with the city or the rate for public agency for resale untreated water customers
without a raw water supply contract executed after January 1, 1997, specified in subsection
(a)(2)g. of this section.) The RWCA will be based on projected system -wide raw water sales,
adjusted for water losses. The RWCA will be calculated on an annual basis using the
adopted utility rate model, according to the following procedures:
(1) Use projected system -wide water sales based on historical consumption and
projected growth, with adjustments for water losses.
(2) Include the annual budgeted cost of debt service. Bond payments,
amortization of deferred losses on refundings, and other debt service costs shall be
applied to the RWCA in the same proportion as the raw water activities proportion of
the original bond proceeds.
(3) Include budgeted expenditures for purchases of water.
(4) Include purchases of water rights, amortized over the duration of the water
right agreement.
(5) Budgeted expenditures for capital items shall be included as follows:
a. The expense of acquiring a capital item that costs not more than five
hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) shall be charged in the year in which
it is acquired.
b. The expense of acquiring a capital item that costs more than five
hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) shall be amortized over the number
of years used to calculate depreciation expenses, with the half -year
convention used in the year of acquisition.
(6) All operating and maintenance expenditures shall be charged based on
annual budgeted amounts. These expenditures include operation and maintenance of
dams, reservoirs, pipelines, wells, pumping stations, and related interfund charges.
(7) All expenses for consultants, engineering, legal services, and administration
shall be charged based on annual budgeted amounts in the proportion to which they
apply to raw water issues.
(8) Expenses related to the acquisition and transportation of emergency water
supplies shall be included in the RWCA for the following fiscal year, unless foreseen
and budgeted in advance, in which case they are included in the year budgeted.
(9) Miscellaneous revenues related to raw water activity, such as oil and gas
lease revenues and rentals, is applied as an offset based on annual budgeted
amounts.
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(10) Apply the credit for levelized Choke Canyon debt payments to city rate
payers' RWCA. (The escalating payment schedule on the Choke Canyon debt was
levelized through the creation of a reserve fund. In the initial years, payments greater
than the debt service were made, with the excess going into the reserve fund. This
excess was paid through a rate surcharge on ICL and OCL metered treated water
customers. Now that bond payments exceed the levelized payment amount, the
reserve fund is drawn on to make up the difference. Since only ICL and OCL metered
treated water customers participated in building the reserve fund, the drawing on the
reserve fund is only credited to the RWCA assessed against ICL and OCL metered
treated water customers.)
(11) Include funds necessary to collect 1.35 times coverage on current annual
debt service in order to improve the financial position and bond ratings of the city's
water fund.
(12) Include funds necessary to establish and maintain an operating reserve fund
with a target amount of twenty -five (25) per cent (or three (3) months) of annual
operating expenses for the fiscal year.
(13) Include funds necessary to establish and operate a water capital reserve
fund with a target amount of two (2) per cent of the respective annual water capital
improvements program for the fiscal year or two million dollars ($2,000,000.00)
(whichever is greater).
(14) Include funds necessary to establish and maintain a future water resources
reserve fund (Water Supply Development Reserve) with an ultimate target balance of
thirty million dollars ($30,000,000.00), and an annual contribution of approximately
two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) per fiscal year. Revenue from this Water Supply
Development Reserve will be deposited into a fund set aside for this purpose.
(15) The minimum operating or capital reserves amounts are intended to provide
for unplanned, unbudgeted expenses and revenue shortfalls, and will not be used for
routine expenses.
(16) At fiscal year end, determine the amount of over or under collections that
have resulted from difference between budgeted and actual expenses and offsetting
revenues and the difference between projected and actual volume of water sold. Any
funds realized in excess of annual expenses are available for either supplementing
minimum operating or capital reserves, for addition to the capital funds for
discretionary cash capital funding of the water utility, or to create and maintain a
reserve to level out large fluctuations in raw water charges is authorized. Apply any
remaining amount as an adjustment to the RWCA.
(c) Definitions.
Costs of raw water is the total of all costs of acquiring, producing, storing,
conserving, and transporting untreated water from its source to the city's treatment facility
and all other points of diversion. These costs include, but are not limited to, the costs of:
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Construction, including debt service, operation, and maintenance of dams and
reservoirs.
Construction, including debt service, operation, and maintenance of raw water supply
transmission pipelines.
Construction, including debt service, operation, and maintenance of wells.
Construction, including debt service, operation, and maintenance of facilities capable
of converting wastewater effluent, salt water, and brackish ground water into water
suitable for municipal, industrial, or agricultural uses.
Acquisition of new water supplies and water rights, including the establishment and
funding of a reserve dedicated to offset the costs of acquisition of additional water
rights and the implementation of long range water resource development and related
capital improvements.
Construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities to reduce water losses from
water resources due to evaporation or the release of water from a reservoir due to
the operation of law.
Acquisition and transportation of emergency water supplies, including the costs of
transporting water by vessel or pipelines from other regions.
Water supply development and protection, including consultants' studies and reports,
investigations, legal fees, court costs, and any other costs related to the development
or protection of the water supply.
Administrative costs, including overhead and the portion of the city's general
administrative costs applicable to the activities enumerated in this definition.
(Ord. No. 9472, 8 -27 -1969; Ow. No 11613; 8 -8 -1973: Ord. No. 12208. §§ 1, 2: 8 -7 -1974: Ord. No. 14140.
§§ 1 -3, 1 -25 -1978; Ord. No. 16446, §§ 1, 2, 8 -12 -1981; Ord. No. 16593 § 1. 10 -14 -1981; Ord. No. 17166;
§§ 1 -3; 7 -28 -1982; Ord. No. 17762, §§ 1, 2. 8 -3 -1983; Ord. No. 18351, §§ 1, 2, 7 -24 -1984: Ord. No.
18587, §§ 1, 2, 12 -4 -1984; Ord. No. 20411. §§ 1. 2; 7 -26 -1988: Ord. No. 21001, § 1. 10 -9 -1990; Ord. No.
21438. §§ 1 -4, 7 -21 -1992: Ord. No. 21814. § 1(a) —(c); 12 -14 -1993: Ord. No. 22741. § 1; 11 -12 -1996;
Ord. No. 22832, § 1. 1 -28 -1997; Ord. No. 22879, § 1, 3 -25 -1997; Ord. No. 23706. § 1; 7 -20 -1999, Ord. No.
23910, § 1. 1 -11 -2000; Ord. No. 24132, § 1. 7 -25 -2000: Ord. No. 24531. § 1a. 7 -24 -2001; Ord. No. 24969;
§ 1. 7 -23 -2002; Ord. No. 25386. § 1, 7 -22 -2003: Ord. No. 025866, § 1. 7 -27 -2004; Ord. No. 026368. § 1;
7 -26 -2005; Ord. No. 026900,. § 1, 7 -25 -2006; Ord. No. 027355, § 1. 7 -24 -2007; Ord. No. 027781. § 1, 7-
22 -2008; Ord. No. 028256; § 1, 7 -28 -2009; Ord. No. 028686, § 1. 7 -20 -2010; Ord. No. 029158. § 1, 7 -26-
2010; Ord. No. 029386, § 1; 2 -28 -2012; Ord. No. 029584. § 1; 7 -31 -2012; Ord. No. 029917, § 1. 7 -30-
2013)
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City Code of Ordinances
Chapter 55 Utilities
ARTICLE IV. GAS RATES AND CHARGES.
Sec. 55 -60. Definitions,
The following terms as used in this article shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to them:
Cycle: A group of gas customers regularly billed together for their separate accounts
by the city utilities division. Cycles are numbered from "1" up.
Installed total energy: The total energy output at a metered location of all customer -
owned or controlled electric - powered generation and gas -fired equipment.
(Ord. No. 89883, § 1, 842 -1970)
Sec. 55 -61. Classification of customers and schedules of rates.
(a) Residential customers.
(1) Inside city limits:
a. Winter rates from November Cycle 11 through April Cvcle 10).
Rate per MCF
Monthly Consumption
August 1, 2013
July 31September 30, 2014
Meter Charge
$1.03
First 1 MCF (minimum bill)
9.70
Next 2 MCF
5.43
Next 3 MCF
3.14
Next 4 MCF
3.05
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Next 20 MCF
2.96
Next 20 MCF
2.53
All over 50 MCF
2.10
Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
b.
Summer rates from April Cycle 11 through November Cycle 10).
Note Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
(2) Outside city limits:
a. Winter rates (from November Cycle 11 through April Cycle 10).
Rate per MCF
Monthly Consumption
August 1, 2013
July 31September 30, 2014
Meter Charge
$1.03
First 1 MCF (Minimum Bill)
9.70
Next 2 MCF
5.43
Next 3 MCF
3.14
Next 4 MCF
2.36
Next 20 MCF
1.58
Next 20 MCF
1.54
All over 50 MCF
1.40
Note Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
(2) Outside city limits:
a. Winter rates (from November Cycle 11 through April Cycle 10).
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Note. Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
b. Summer rates from April Cycle 11 through November Cycle 10).
Rate per MCF
Monthly Consumption
August 1, 2013 —July 31September 30, 2014
August 1, 2013
Meter Charge
$1.28
First 1 MCF (minimum bill)
11.97
Next 2 MCF
6.08
Next 3 MCF
3.52
Next 4 MCF
3.42
Next 20 MCF
3.32
Next 20 MCF
2.83
All over 50 MCF
2.35
Note. Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
b. Summer rates from April Cycle 11 through November Cycle 10).
Rate per MCF
Monthly Consumption
August 1, 2013
July 31September 30, 2014
Meter Charge
$1.28
First 1 MCF (minimum bill)
11.97
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Next 2 MCF
6.08
Next 3 MCF
3.52
Next 4 MCF
2.64
Next 20 MCF
1.77
Next 20 MCF
1.72
All over 50 MCF
1.57
Note. Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
(b) General rate customers (commercial, industrial, and institutional rates):
(1) Inside city limits:
Rate per MCF
Monthly Consumption
August 1, 2013 —July 31September 30, 2014
Meter Charge
$12.32
First 1 MCF (minimum bill)
9.93
Next 2 MCF
5.43
Next 3 MCF
5.07
Next 4 MCF
4.98
Next 40 MCF
4.88
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Next 50 MCF
2.10
Next 100 MCF
1.75
Next 100 MCF
1.54
Next 700 MCF
1.47
Next 1,000 MCF
1.27
Next 13,000 MCF
1.14
All over 15,000 MCF
1.09
Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
2) Outside city limits:
Rate per MCF
Monthly Consumption
August 1, 2013 —July 31Septembet 30, 2014
Meter Charge
$15.40
First 1 MCF (minimum bill)
12.24
Next 2 MCF
6.08
Next 3 MCF
5.68
Next 4 MCF
5.58
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Next 40 MCF
5.47
Next 50 MCF
2.35
Next 100 MCF
1.96
Next 100 MCF
1.72
Next 700 MCF
1.65
Next 1,000 MCF
1.42
Next 13,000 MCF
1.28
AR over 15,000 MCF
1.22
Note. Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
(c) Seasonal customers (partial year service) rates. (All customers who have requested
a cutoff and re- connection at the same location or for services to the same premises,
including increases or reductions of the same premises, and which cutoff was not
necessitated by reason of reconstruction of the building on the premises, shall be classified
as seasonal customers, and in lieu of the rates applicable to residential customers, shall be
charged and collected the following charge for gas furnished and delivered to the meters by
the gas department of the city):
1) Inside citlimits:
y
Rate per MCF
Monthly Consumption August 1, 2013 — .4y -2 _,r _3u, 2014
Meter Charge $ 1.03
First 1 MCF (minimum bill) 16.10
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Next 2 MCF
14.54
Next 3 MCF
10.72
Next 4 MCF
6.91
Next 30 MCF
2.96
Next 20 MCF
2.53
All over 50 MCF
2.10
Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
21 Outside city limits:
Rate per MCF
Monthly Consumption
August 1, 2013 —July 3lSeptember 30, 2014
Meter Charge
$ 1.28
First 1 MCF (minimum bill)
19.34
Next 2 MCF
16.28
Next 3 MCF
12.01
Next 4 MCF
7.74
Next 20 MCF
3.32
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Next 20 MCF
2.83
All over 50 MCF
2.35
Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
(d) Incentive air cooling and conditioning rate customers rates. (Limited to customers
using less than fifteen thousand (15,000) MCF per month annual average. All general rate
customers that have installed total energy or have gas operated air cooling and air
conditioning equipment, or both, and have an average used in MCF per month in the seven
(7) summer months that exceeds the five (5) winter months in average use, when inspected
and approved by the gas department, who request in writing to be billed in the summer
months on the summer incentive gas rate schedule starting with Cycle 11 in April and ending
with the billing Cycle 10 in November shall be billed on the following rate schedule):
(1) Inside city limits:
Rate per MCF
Monthly Consumption
August 1, 2013—A4-3-1-September 30, 2014
Meter Charge
$12.32
First 1 MCF (minimum bill)
9.93
Next 2 MCF
5.43
Next 3 MCF
5.07
Next 4 MCF
4.40
Next 40 MCF
3.71
Next 150 MCF
1.58
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Next 100 MCF
1.47
Next 700 MCF
1.27
Next 1,000 MCF
1.14
Next 13,000 MCF
1.09
All over 15,000 MCF
1.04
Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
2) Outside city limits:
Rate per MCF
Monthly Consumption
August 1, 2013
July 31September 30, 2014
Meter Charge
$15.40
First 1 MCF (minimum bill)
12.24
Next 2 MCF
6.08
Next 3 MCF
5.68
Next 4 MCF
4.93
Next 40 MCF
4.16
Next 150 MCF
1.77
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Next 100 MCF
1.65
Next 700 MCF
1.42
Next 1,000 MCF
1.28
Next 13,000 MCF
1.22
All over 15,000 MCF
1.16
Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
(e) Purchased gas adjustment. The rates in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this
section are subject to gas cost adjustments as follows: Rates will be adjusted monthly by the
city following the receipt of notice of the cost of gas from the supplier to pass on to the
consumer the full amount of such cost adjusted for pressure base and gas loss and
unaccounted -for factors. Additional fees and charges paid to the supplier, which are
necessary for the city to receive the gas, shall be included in the cost of gas. All general rate
customers, who consume over fifteen thousand (15,000) MCF in one (1) month, and who
receive gas from the city's distribution system at the same pressure base at which the city
receives the gas from its supplier (14.65 psi), shall be billed 2.05 per cent less per MCF for
purchased gas adjustment than the general customer rate schedule.
(f) Interruptions. Deliveries of gas to commercial or industrial customers may be
interrupted or curtailed in case of shortage, or threatened shortage, of gas supply from any
cause whatsoever, to conserve gas for residential and other human need customers served
hereunder, according to all mandatory orders of governmental agencies having jurisdiction.
(Code 1958, §§ 38 -46. 38 -47; Ord. No. 8552, § 1, 8-2 -1967; Ord. No. 9685, § 1, 3 -25 -1970, Ord. No. 9812,
§ 1, 6 -24 -1970: Ord. No. 9883. § 2, 8 -12 -1970: Ord. No. 11614. §1, 8 -8 -1973: Ord. No. 11755, § 1, 10 -24-
1973; Ord. No. 11867; § 1, 1 -9 -1974; Ord. No. 12210, § 1, 8 -7 -1974: Ord. No. 15043, § 1, 8 -8 -1979; Ord.
No. 15701. §§1 3, 8 -13 -1980; Ord. No. 15950, §§ 1, 3, 12-24-1980; Ord. No. 16451. § 1, 8 -12 -1981; Ord.
No. 16582, § 1, 10 -7 -1981; Ord. No. 17155, §§ 1, 2, 4, 7 -28 -1982; Ord. No. 17761, §§ 1, 2, 4, 8 -3 -1983:
Ord. No. 18939, §§ 1. 2; 4, 7 -23 -1985; Ord. No. 21001. § 1, 10-9-1990; Ord. No. 21439, § 1. 7 -21 -1992;
Ord. No. 21814, § 1(d). 12 -14 -1993; Ord. No. 23706. § 1, 7 -20 -1999; Ord. No. 24132, § 1. 7 -25 -2000; Ord.
No. 24531, § lc; 7 -24 -2001: Ord, No. 24969. § 4. 7 -23 -2002; Ord. No. 25396, § 4, 7 -22 -2003: Ord. No.
025866, § 3. 7 -27 -2004; Ord. No. 026368. § 3, 7 -26 -2005; Ord. No. 026900, § 3, 7 -25 -2006; Ord. No.
027355, § 3, 7 -24 -2007; Ord. No. 027781. § 5, 7 -22 -2008; Ord. No. 028256, § 3, 7 -28 -2009; Ord. No.
028688; § 1. 7 -20 -2010: Ord. No. 029917, § 3, 7 -30 -2013)
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City Code of Ordinances
Chapter 55 Utilities
ARTICLE VII. WASTEWATER RATES.
Sec. 55 -100. Schedule.
(a) The monthly charge to be paid by users of sewer service furnished by the city's
municipal sewer system, except as otherwise provided in articles VII and XI of chapter 55,
shall be based on the amount of water used by the user according to the following rates:
Classification
August 1, 2013 to Jui September 30,
2014
Inside city limits $ 25.96
One - family minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons)
Inside city limits
One - family per 1,000 gallons over 2,000
Inside city limits
One - family maximum monthly charge (up to 25,000
gallons)
5.25
146.71
Outside city limits 32.45
One - family minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons)
Outside city limits
One - family per 1,000 gallons over 2,000
Outside city limits
One - family maximum monthly charge (up to 25,000
gallons)
11.65
300.40
Inside city limits 35.37
Commercial minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons)
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Inside city limits
Commercial per 1,000 gallons over 2,000
Outside city limits
Commercial minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons)
3.76
44.21
Outside city limits
Commercial per 1,000 gallons over 2,000
(b) The amount of water used to compute the monthly bills to one - family residential
customers shall be computed on the basis of the "winter average" or "interim average" that is
calculated under this subsection.
(1) Definitions.
a. Winter averaging wastewater charge period: The period of water and
wastewater service during the three (3) complete consecutive reading
periods commencing on or after December 1 of each year.
b. Winter average usage: The monthly wastewater usage established by
the city during the "winter averaging wastewater charge period" based upon
their average monthly water consumption during that period.
c. Interim average: The monthly wastewater usage established by the
city for individual customers who have not established a "winter average
usage ". The "interim average" is recalculated each year based on the total
"winter average usage" of all customers subject to winter averaging divided
by the number of winter averaging customers, and is be the basis for monthly
billings until a "winter average usage" as defined in subsection (b)(1)b. of this
section is established for the individual customer.
d. Service area: The geographic region served by the city's wastewater
system.
(2) Winter average criteria.
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a. The customer must receive wastewater service at one (1) location
during the three (3) consecutive reading periods in order to establish a
"winter average usage ".
b. "Winter average usage" charges shall apply to one - family residential
customers only.
c. The "winter average usage" shall be based on a customer's average
water consumption for three (3) complete consecutive reading periods
commencing with the customers first reading period on or after December 1
of each year.
d. The following method will be used to calculate a customers "winter
average usage ":
1. Add the three (3) winter months' water consumption to get
total water consumption.
2. Divide three -month usage amount by three (3) to get winter
average usage. Such winter average usage shall be limited to a
maximum of twenty -five thousand (25,000) gallons.
e. Using the winter average usage, apply the applicable rates
established in subsection (a) to calculate the customers wastewater bill for
each month until a new winter average usage is established or rates are
changed. The adjusted rate that applies to service after June -30 August 31
will reflect wastewater usage based on the previous "winter averaging
wastewater charge period ".
f. New and relocating customers; adjustments:
1. Customers new to the service area, who have not established
a "winter average ", shall be billed at the "interim average" rate.
2. Customers who are relocating within the service area, who
established a "winter average" at their previous address, shall be
billed at the "interim average" rate or their "winter average" rate at the
previous address, whichever is less.
3. Customers who are relocating within the service area, who
have not established a "winter average" at their previous address,
shall be billed at the "interim average" rate.
4. When a customer experiences a substantial increase in water
or wastewater usage from hidden water leaks in the plumbing system
during the winter average charge period, and if the customer can
produce proof of repairs, the director of finance or the director's
designee may adjust the wastewater bill.
(3) Administrative change in rates.
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a. The city manager shall annually, based upon the winter average
wastewater usage determined during the winter averaging wastewater
charge period, adjust the rate in the new fiscal year applied to each
customer's winter average or interim average so that the adjusted rate will
produce an amount equal to the budgeted revenues.
b. In years in which preliminary winter average data is available to be used in
the utility rate model for determining wastewater rates, the adopted
wastewater rates will not be subject to an administrative change in rates
unless the final winter average data is materially different than preliminary
data. A difference of at least two (2) per cent shall be considered material.
(c)The rates established in subsection (a) of this section are based upon water consumption
for wastewater service customers with wastewater characteristics of five hundred sixty -two
(562) parts per million or less by weight of chemical oxygen demand index, two hundred fifty
(250) parts per million or less by weight of biochemical oxygen demand index, and two
hundred fifty (250) parts per million or less by weight of suspended solids index. If the
wastewater characteristics exceed any of these parameters shall pay an additional abnormal
wastewater surcharges as provided in section 55 -148.
(Code 1958, § 38 -49; Ord. No. 9863, § 1; 7 -29 -1970: Ord, No. 11612, § 1. 8 -8 -1973: Ord, No. 12209, § 1.
8 -7 -1974; Ord. No 12656; § 1, 6 -25 -1975; Ord. No. 13860. § 1, 8 -3 -1977; Ord. No. 15700. § 1, 8 -13 -1980:
Ord. No. 16448, § 1, 8 -12 -1981: Ord. No. 17156. § I. 7 -28 -1982, Ord, No. 17763, § 1, 8 -3 -1983; Ord. No.
18352, § 1, 7 -24 -1984; Ord. No. 18940, § 1, 7 -23 -1985: Ord. No. 19403. §1 ; 7 -29 -1986; Ord, No. 20412,
§ 1, 7 -26 -1988; Ord. No. 20748. § 1, 8 -8 -1989: Ord. No. 21001, § 1; 10 -9 -1990: Ord. No 21440, § 1. 7 -21-
1992; Ord. No. 21662; § 1. 5-25-1993: Ord, No. 21671, § 1; 6 -8 -1993: Ord. No. 21814, § 1(e). (f). 12 -14-
1993; Ord. No. 21965, § 1; 6 -14 -1994; Ord. No. 22743, § 1. 11 -12 -1996: Ord. No. 23706. § 1, 7 -20 -1999:
Ord. No. 24132, § 1. 7 -25 -2000; Ord. No, 24531; § le, 7 -24 -2001; Ord. No. 24969, § 6. 7 -23 -2002; Ord.
No. 25396, § 6. 7 -22 -2003; Ord. No. 025866. § 5, 7 -27 -2004: Ord. No. 026368, § 5. 7 -26 -2005; Ord, No
026900, § 5, 7 -25 -2006; Ord. No. 027355. § 5. 7 -24 -2007; Ord, No. 027781. § 7. 7 -22 -2008; Ord, No.
028256. § 5, 7 -28 -2009: Ord. No, 028690, § 1, 7 -20 -2010; Ord. No. 029160, § 3. 7 -26 -2011; Ord. No.
029917. § 7. 7 -30 -2013)