HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 22374-08-2016 ORDINANCE NO. 22374-08-2061
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 35-56 (b), (c) and (d) OF
CHAPTER 35, "WATER AND SEWERS", OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH (2015), AS AMENDED, BY REVISING AND ADDING
CERTAIN VOLUME RATES AND CHARGES; MAKING THIS
ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE FORT WORTH CITY
CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 35-56(b) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (2015), as amended,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) The following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof, shall be the charges to all
residential and nonresidential customers for furnishing water to such customers located
within the city. The residential monthly volume charge for water service shall be the
charges to the residential class, as defined in this chapter, for furnishing water to
residential water customers located within the city. The nonresidential monthly volume
charge for water service shall be the charges to the nonresidential customer class, as
defined in this chapter, for furnishing water to nonresidential water customers located
within the city.
RETAIL WATER RATES
Monthly Service Charge for Water
Meter Size (inches) Monthly charge
5/8 X 3/4 $10.75
3/4 X 3/4 $11.00
1 $21.10
1-1/2 $39.15
2 $60.80
3 $160.10
4 $273.85
6 $580.80
8 $1,014.15
10 $1,519.75
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The monthly volume charge for water service is as follows:
Residential Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rate
First 600 or less cubic feet of water used $2.12
per month, per 100 cubic feet
For the next 1,200 cubic feet of water used $2.93
per month, per 100 cubic feet
For the next 1,200 cubic feet of water used $3.69
per month,per 100 cubic feet
For all in excess of 3,000 cubic feet of $4.44
water used per month,per 100 cubic feet
Commercial Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rate
All usage of water used per month,per 100 cubic feet $2.67
Industrial Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rate
All usage of water used per month,per 100 cubic feet $2.55
Super User Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rate
All usage of water used per month,per 100 cubic feet $2.38
Irrigation Meters
Cubic Feet Rate
First 5,000 or less cubic feet of water used $2.96
per month,per 100 cubic feet
Next 5,000 cubic feet of water used $3.56
per month,per 100 cubic feet
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For all in excess of 10,000 cubic feet of $4.44
water used per month,per 100 cubic feet
Gas Well Drillers
Cubic Feet Rate
All usage of water used per month,per 100 cubic feet $5.85
per month
The service charges set out in the foregoing schedules are based upon the amount
of water used as measured by meters.
SECTION 2.
That the monthly wastewater volume rates as described in Section 35-56(c)(1) and (c)(2) of
Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
(1) Monthly Service Charge for Sewerage Service Only
Meter Size (inches) Monthly charge
5/8 X 3/4 $6.50
3/4 X 3/4 $6.80
1 $9.40
1-1/2 $16.20
2 $24.30
3 $61.50
4 $104.10
6 $219.05
8 $381.35
10 $570.70
12 $715.10
(2) A monthly volume charge shall also be charged to residential customers in the
amount of three dollars and sixty-two cents ($3.62) per one hundred (100) cubic feet
of water used, and to nonresidential/non-monitored customers in the amount of four
dollars and twenty-three cents ($4.23) per one hundred (100) cubic feet of water
used, or wastewater produced, as more specifically set forth hereinafter.
The monthly volume charges for residential class customers will be based on the
individual customer's average monthly water use during the preceding winter quarter
months of December, January and February. The volumes used to compute these
charges are based on the amount of water used by the residential class customer as
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measured by a meter. Where no preceding winter quarter average is available from
records, the director shall estimate a volume to be used for this monthly volume
charge.
The monthly charges to the nonresidential/non-monitored customers will be based
on total water use as measured by appropriate meters, with the provision that if a
customer can prove, to the satisfaction of the director, that a significant portion of
the metered water usage does not enter the sanitary sewers, the customer will be
charged for only that volume entering the sewers, as determined by a method
approved by the director.
SECTION 3.
That the monthly volume rates for the monitored class as described in Section 35-56(d) of
Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Volume charge,per 100 cubic feet $2.71
BOD strength charge,per pound of BOD $0.2929
Suspended solids strength charge
per pound of suspended solids $0.1558
Dissolved solids strength charge,per pound of
dissolved solids (applicable to gas well drillers) $0.0420
Monitoring and pretreatment charge= Total actual cost
The monitoring charge shall consist of all cost for personnel, material and equipment
used to collect and analyze samples from the customer's wastewater to determine the
strength of the wastewater produced and, when appropriate, to inspect pretreatment
facilities, to administer pretreatment permit systems and to enforce ordinance
requirements. Pretreatment requirements primarily affect industries that are subject to
40 CFR, Part 403, General Pretreatment Regulations.
This schedule shall replace all other charges previously made for industrial waste
strength.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in
direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting
provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 5.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid
judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not
affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this
ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the
incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph
or section.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2017.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Christa . Lopez-Re nolds 0 Mary J. IQ49r,r
Sr. Assistant City Attorney City Secretary
ADOPTED: August 30, 2016
EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2017
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 8130/2016 - Ordinance No. 22374-08 2016
DATE: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 REFERENCE NO.: G-18806
LOG NAME: 60RETAIL RATES 2017
SUBJECT:
Adopt Ordinance Revising Retail Water and Wastewater Rates and Charges and Amending Sections 35-
56(b), (c) and (d), Article III - Charges, of Chapter 35 - Water and Sewers of the City Code, Effective
January 1, 2017 (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance revising retail water and wastewater
rates and charges and amending Sections 35-56(b), (c) and (d), Article III - Charges, of Chapter 35 -water
and sewers of the City Code, effective January 1, 2017.
DISCUSSION:
Each year the Water Department Staff conducts cost of service studies to establish annual operating
revenue requirements for retail water and wastewater services. The resulting revenue requirements are
shared with the informal Water and Sewer Retail Rate Structure Stakeholder Group which provides input
concerning the City's fair and equitable cost allocation among the retail classes. The Stakeholder Group is
made up of representatives of the Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Super User and Irrigation classes.
Staff conducted four meetings with the Stakeholder Group to receive input and feedback on topics
including untying Irrigation volumetric water rates from Residential rates and moving both Residential and
Irrigation tier 2 rates to their cost of service, and continuing the fixed versus variable revenue recovery
plan for retail water and sewer service.
The Fiscal Year 2017 cost of service studies identified a need for an increase in retail revenue
requirements of 1.38 percent for the water system and 1.10 percent for the wastewater system. The
recommended Water and Sewer rates include continuation of the phased implementation of increased
cost recovery from fixed service charges to improve revenue stability. The primary drivers of the system
revenue requirement increases are a 7.17 percent increase in the raw water rate for Fiscal Year 2017;
additional debt service and pay-go cash financing to support the City Council-adopted Capital
Improvement Plan and improve debt service coverage ratios; and increases in transfers to the General
Fund.
To generate revenue required to meet the revenue requirements of the Water customer classes, Staff
recommends small increases in the Water monthly service charges as part of the revenue stability plan.
Based on the recommendations of the Stakeholder Group, Staff recommends setting the tier 2 volumetric
rates for Residential and Irrigation classes at their cost of service. Increases in anticipated volumes for
Commercial and Industrial customers enable a small decrease from current volumetric rates for these
customer classes. The Super User class increases to its cost of service.
For sewer service, Staff again recommends increases in the monthly service charges as part of the
revenue stability plan for all but the smallest two meter sizes, which would remain unchanged. Staff
recommends increasing the volumetric rate charges for the Residential class and the strength charges for
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the Monitored Class, and decreasing the volume rate charges for the Non-Monitored and Monitored
classes based on cost of service factors.
RETAIL WATER RATES
Meter SizeF Current Proposed
5/8" & 3/4" $10.50 $10.75
3/4" x 3/4" $10.25 $11.00
11" [ $19.25 $21.10
$35.00 $39.15
12" F $53.50 F $60.80
$139.00 $160.10
$237.001 $273.85
6 C $5020OF $580.80
(8" F $875.00 $1,014.15
1 $1,312.00 $1,519.75
[Customer Per 100 Cubic (Current Proposed
_ Feet I�"
Residential First 600 CF $2.07F $2.12
600 to 1,800 CF $2.96 $2.93
1,800 to 3,000 &F $3.69 F $3.69
Over 3,000 CF F $4.44 $4.44
Commercial All Usage $2.71 F $2.67
Industrial All Usage $2.59 $2.55
Super User All Usage F $2.36 $2.38
Irrigation 0 to 5,000 CF $2.96 $2.96
5,000 to 10,000 $3.69 $3.56
CF
Over 10,000 CF $4.44 $4.44
Gas Wells All Usage F $5.77F $5.85
RETAIL WASTEWATER RATES
Meter Size Current Proposed
5/8" & 3/4" $6.50 $6.50
3/4" $6.86F $6.80
1" F $7.70[_ $9.40
11/2" $105 $16.20.
2" $18.80 F $24.30
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3" 1$46.50 ( $61.50
4" w` $78.30 F $104.10
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8" $285.00 F$381.35
10" $426.25 $570.70
12" $534.10 $715.10
Residential ICurrent Proposed
Volume Charge (per 100 Cubic Feet)F $3.49 $3.62
Non-Monitored Current Proposed
Volume Charge (per 100 Cubic Feet) $4.32F $4.23
Monitored Group Current Proposed
Volume Charge (per 100 Cubic Feet) $3.00 $2.71
FBOD Charge (per Pound) 1$0.2926 $0.2929
TSS Charge (per Pound) $0.1350 $0.1558
TDS Charge (per Pound) for Gas Fso.0420[ $0.0420
Well Drillers
This M&C does not request the approval of a business entity.
FISCAL INFORMATION / CERTIFICATION:
The changes proposed in this Mayor and Council Communication are anticipated to generate an
additional $3,975,316 in revenue that will be used to provide needed funding for operations and to
maintain the Water and Sewer System's infrastructure. The Director of Finance certifies that the Water
Department is responsible for the collection and deposit of funds due to the City.
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CERTIFICATIONS:
Submitted for City Manager's Office by: Jay Chapa (5804)
Originating Department Head: John Carman (8246)
Additional Information Contact: Robert Shook (8402)
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