HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 20946-09-2013 ORDINANCE NO. 20946-09-2013
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 35-56(b), (c) and (d),
ARTICLE III "CHARGES", 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), Article III"Charges" of Chapter 35 "Water and Sewers" 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
3/4 X 5/8 $9.00
3/4 X 3/4 $9.25
1 $14.75
1-1/2 $26.00
2 $39.50
3 $93.50
4 $161.25
6 $345.00
8 $596.75
10 $911.25
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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 $3.55
per month, per 100 cubic feet
For all in excess of 3,000 cubic feet of $4.40
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 $2.30
Industrial Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rate
All usage of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet $2.25
Super User Customer Class
Cubic Feet Rate
All usage of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet $1.85
Irrigation Meters
Cubic Feet Rate
First 5,000 or less cubic feet of water used $2.80
per month, per 100 cubic feet
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Next 5,000 cubic feet of water used $3.55
per month, per 100 cubic feet
For all in excess of 10,000 cubic feet of $4.40
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 $4.79
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), Article
III "Charges" of Chapter 35 "Water and Sewers" 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 three dollars ($3.00) per one hundred (l 00) cubic feet of water
used, and to nonresidential/non-monitored customers in the amount of three
dollars and eighty-four cents ($3.84) 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.
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SECTION 3.
That the monthly volume rates for the monitored class as described in Section 35-56(d),
Article III "Charges" 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 $2.67
BOD strength charge, per pound of BOD $0.2600
Suspended solids strength charge
per pound of suspended solids $0.1184
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 deten-nine 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.
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SEC140N 6.
This ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2014.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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Sr. Assistant City Attorney
ADOPTED: September 17,2013
EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2014
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
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DATE: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 REFERENCE NO.: G-18009
LOG NAME: 60RETAIL RATES FY14
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, 2014 (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached 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, 2014.
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 Wastewater Retail Rate Structure Stakeholder Group who provided
input on the City's fair and equitable cost allocation among the retail rate classes. The Stakeholder Group
is made up of representatives of the residential, commercial, industrial, super user and irrigation classes.
The Fiscal Year 2014 cost of service studies identified a need for an increase in retail revenue
requirements of 6.41 percent for the water system and 5.27 percent for the wastewater system. The
studies were discussed by the Stakeholder Group at three scheduled meetings.
To meet the water revenue requirements, Staff recommends increases in volume rate charges for
Commercial, Industrial, Super User, and Gas Well Driller Classes; and high-usage customers in the
Irrigation and Residential classes. The primary drivers of this rate recommendation are a 14.9 percent
increase in raw water costs and the need to overcome a Fiscal Year 2013 adopted budget deficit to
prevent further use of reserves in Fiscal Year 2014. Staff also recommends increases in monthly water
service charges to begin the phase-in of a plan to improve revenue stability through a revenue neutral
approach that increases revenues from more stable fixed monthly charges and decreases revenues from
more volatile volume charges.
For wastewater, Staff recommends raising the volume rate charges for Residential, Non-Monitored and
Monitored Classes to generate additional funds to meet operating revenue requirements. The primary
driver of this rate recommendation is the completion of a two-year phase-in to align budgeted sewer
volumes with actual flows. No changes are proposed for monthly service charges or strength charges.
RETAIL WATER RATES
,Meter Size inches Current Rate ,Proposed Rate
5/8 inches x 3/4 inches $7.50 $9.00. .
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3/4 inches x 3/4 inches $7.75 $9.25
1 inch $11.00 $14.75 .
1 1/2 inch $19.00 $26.00
2 inches I $28.50 $39.50
3 inches _.. $61.75 $93.50
4 inches $10_8.0_0 _ 1$161.25 _
_..
6 inches $235.00 $345.00
8 inches ,$402.00 $596.75
10 inches $630.00 $911.25
VOLUME RATES
.Residential Current;Proposed]
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - First 800 Cubic Feet) i$1.97 `$1.97
. ._ maw.. ....
Volume Charge(Per 100 Cubic Feet - Next 1,200 Cubic Feet)`$2.80 $2.80
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - Next 1,000 Cubic Feet) $3.48 '$3.55
me Charge Per 100 Cubic Feet - Over,3,000 Cubic Feet)j$4.20
Commercial CurrentiProposed
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet-All) ;$2.23 1$2.30
Industrial iCurrent;Proposed.
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet-All) ;$2.09 2-.-2 5
Super User Current ,Proposed
Valume Char e Per 100 Cubic Feet - All) �$� . _ -
g ( } 70 $1.85
Irrigation., f Current jProposed
Volume Per 100 Charge (e Char Cubic Feet - First 5,000 Cubic �$2 80 $2.80 i
Feet
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - Next 5,000 Cubic $3.48 $
Feet)
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - Over 10,000 Cubic
Feet) w. _ _ g$4.20 x$4.40
;Gas Well Driller Current Proposed
__._ .
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - All) $4.50 ($4.79
RETAIL WASTEWATER RATES
.Meter Size (inches) ,Current Proposed 1
15/8 inches... ._ .... _ ... ..� �...
$.5.10 $ 5.10
3/4 inches x 5/8 inches - - $ 5.10 $ 5.10
3/4 inches
x 3/4 inches $ 5.40 $ 5.40
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1 inch $ 6.00 $ 6.00
1 1/2 inches $ 7.50 $ 7.50
2 inches $ 9.30 $ 9.30
3 inches $ 17.55 $ 17.55
4 inches $ 27.00 ,$ 27.00
6 inches $ 52.50 $ 52 50
w .2.
i8 inches $ 88.50 $ 88.50
10 inches $130.50 $130.50
_... .._ ....
12 inches $163.50 j$163.50
VOLUME RATES
Residential _ Current jProposed
Volume Charge Per Feet 32.85 1$3.00 100 Cubic .._ . 1
g ( )
Non Residential/Non-Monitored !Current ,Proposed
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet) 1$3.58 1$3.84
Monitored Group jCurrent 'Propos,_ .
_ _ _ sed
Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet) 2.50 0 ;$2.67
BOD Charge (Per Pound) ;$0.2600 ;$0.2600
ITSS Charge (Per Pound) .
$0.1184 x$0.1184
TDS Charge (Per Pound) for Gas Well Drillers $0.0420 i$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 FROM Fund/Account/Centers
PE45 493012 0601000 $0.00
PE45 493022 0701000 $0.00
CERTIFICATIONS:
Submitted for City Manager's Office by: Fernando Costa (6122)
Originating Department Head: S. Frank Crumb (8207)
Additional Information Contact: Skipper Shook (8402)
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