HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 19910-09-2011ORDINANCE NO. 19910 -09 -2011
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 (1986), 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:
SECTION 1.
That the Section 35 -56(b) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as
amended, is hereby amended to read as follow:
(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
$7.50
3/4 X 5/8
$7.50
3/4 X 3/4
$7.75
1
$11.00
1 -1/2
$19.00
2
$28.50
3
$61.75
4
$108.00
6
$235.00
8
$402.00
10
$630.00
The monthly volume charge for water service is as follows:
Residential Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rate
First 800 or less cubic feet of water used $1.97
per month, per 100 cubic feet
For the next 1,200 cubic feet of water used $2.80
per month, per 100 cubic feet
For the next 1,000 cubic feet of water used $3.48
per month, per 100 cubic feet
For all in excess of 3,000 cubic feet of $4.20
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 $2.23
Industrial Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rate
All usage of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet $2.09
Super User Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rate
All usage of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet $1.70
Irrigation Meters
Cubic Feet Rate
First 5,000 or less cubic feet of water used $2.80
per month, per 100 cubic feet
Next 5,000 cubic feet of water used $3.48
per month, per 100 cubic feet
For all in excess of 10,000 cubic feet of $4.20
water used per month, per 100 cubic feet
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Gas Well Drillers
Cubic Feet
Rate
All usage of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet $4.50
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)(2) of Chapter 35 of
the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follow:
(2) A monthly volume charge shall also be charged to residential customers in the
amount of two dollars and seventy -one cents ($2.71) per one hundred (100) cubic
feet of water used, and to nonresidential /non - monitored customers in the amount of
three dollars and fifty -six cents ($3.56) 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, but in no event shall the volume used
to compute this monthly charge for a single family residential unit or a duplex unit
exceed three thousand (3,000) cubic feet. The volumes used to compute these
charges are based on the amount of water used by the residential class customer as
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 follow:
Volume charge, per 100 cubic feet $2.41
BOD strength charge, per pound of BOD $0.2492
Suspended solids strength charge
per pound of suspended solids $0.1140
Dissolved solids strength charge, per pound of
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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 (1986), 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.
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, 2012.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
�1M &AIJ � Nlj�h
Christa M. Reynolds
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
ADOPTED: September 20, 2011
Ordinance No. 19910-09-2011
City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
COUNCIL ACTION.; Approved on 9/20/2011 - Ordinance No. 19910- 09.2011
DATE: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
LOG NAME: 60RETAIL RATES 2012
REFERENCE NO.: G -17386
SUBJECT:
Adopt Ordinance Revising Retail Water and Wastewater Rates and Charges for Volume Usage 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, 2012 (NO COUNCIL DISTRICT)
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt an Ordinance Revising Retail Water and Wastewater Rates
and Charges for Volume Usage 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, 2012.
DISCUSSION:
Water Department staff conducted cost of service studies to establish proposed Fiscal Year 2012 Retail
Water and Wastewater Rates for the Fort Worth Water Department. To assist with decisions about
allocation of costs on a fair and equitable basis to each customer class, the Water and Wastewater Retail
Rate Structure Advisory Committee (Committee) was formed consisting of nine members. Membership
includes representatives from neighborhood associations, commercial customers and large volume
industrial customers.
To discuss this recommendation, a total of four meetings were conducted with the Committee whose
responsibilities include making recommendations to Fort Worth Water Department staff concerning the
equity of the rate structure. Based on the Committee's guidance and consideration, staff is recommending
rates designed to recover the costs of providing water and wastewater service to retail customers. The
retail portion of the recommended revenue requirements resulted in an increase of 4.84 percent for water
and 4.95 percent for wastewater.
To generate adequate revenue required to cover operating costs, staff recommended and the Committee
concurred with increases in volume rate charges for Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Super User and
Irrigation Classes. No change was recommended to the Gas Driller Class. Staff also recommended and
the Committee concurred with increases in the monthly service charges.
Regarding wastewater, staff recommended and the Committee concurred with raising the volume rate
charges for Residential, Non - Monitored and Monitored Classes to generate adequate funds to meet
operating costs. Additionally, City Staff recommended and the Committee concurred with raising strength
charges. No changes are proposed for monthly service charges.
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RETAIL WATER RATES
6
10
;Current P
Proposed
... .... .... . ...
Residential
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - First 800 Cubic Feet)
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - Next 1,200 Cubic Feet)
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - Next 1,000 Cubic Feet)
._ . _..�.�.
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - Over 3,000 Cubic Feet)
r _ .__ ��_ _ ........
Commercial Current Proposed
...........
.... .........
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet -All)! $2 15 $2.23
Industrial C u r r e - n- ty Proposed
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Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet -All) $1.90 $2.09
Super User Current Proposed E
Volume Charge P 1 _.
g ( er 100 Cubic Feet -All); $1.63 $1.70.
urrent
$1.91
$2.68
$3.31'
$3.98
Proposed
_ $1.97
$2.80
$3.48';
$4.20'
Irrigation Current Proposed
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - First 5,000 Cubic Feet) $2.68 $2.80
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - Next 5,000 Cubic Feet) $3.31 { $3.48?
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - Over 10,000 Cubic Feet) $3.98 $4.20'
Gas Well Drillers
Current Proposed
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Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet -All)! $4.501
RETAIL WASTEWATER RATES
Meter Size (inches)CurrentProposed
5/8
$5.101
$5.10
'3/4 x 5/8�
:.........._,.._........_.__.._._.....
$5.10
$5.10
3/4 x 3/4
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v .........................__._...... ...._.........._............._.
? $5.40
5.40
1 .......
_. .............
? $6.
$6.00'
. ......
1 1/2
..._.m._
_
$7.501
$7.50
2
_ _
1 .30
._
$9.30
3
$17.55
$17.55
4
$27.
$27 00
6
152.50 I
$52.50
8
;$88.50 j
$88.50
10
$130.50
$130.50.
12
1163.501
$163.501
$4.50
Residential 'Current Proposed
�... ..... ....
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet) $2.64, $2.71
Non Residential / Non Monitored
__ � �.. _ _ �
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet)
current, Proposed
$3.24; $3.561
Current Proposed'
$2.40 € $2.41 .
$0.2265] $0.2492.
$0.10361 $0.1140
............
$0.04201 $0.0420
FISCAL INFORMATION / CERTIFICATION:
The Financial Management Services Director certifies that the Water Department is responsible for the
collection and deposit of funds due to the City.
FUND CENTERS:
TO Fund /Account/Centers
PE-45 493012 0601000 $0_.00
PE45 493022 0701000 $0.00
FROM Fund /Account/Centers
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CERTIFICATIONS:
Submitted for City Manager's Office by:
Originating Department Head:
Additional Information Contact:
Fernando Costa (6122)
S. Frank Crumb (8207)
Melissa Ramon (8245)
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