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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 21855-09-2015 ORDINANCE NO. 21855-09-2015 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 $10.50 3/4 X 3/4 $10.75 1 $19.25 1-1/2 $35.00 2 $53.50 3 $139.00 4 $237.00 6 $502.00 8 $875.00 10 $1,312.00 Ordinance No.21855-09-2015 Page 1 of 5 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 $2.07 per month, per 100 cubic feet For the next 1,200 cubic feet of water used $2.96 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 $2.71 Industrial Customer Class Cubic Feet Rate All usage of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet $2.59 Surer User Customer Class Cubic Feet Rate All usage of water used per month,per 100 cubic feet $2.36 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 $3.69 per month, per 100 cubic feet Ordinance No.21855-09-2015 Page 2 of 5 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 $5.77 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 $7.70 1-1/2 $12.75 2 $18.80 3 $46.50 4 $78.30 6 $164.00 8 $285.00 10 $426.25 12 $534.10 (2) A monthly volume charge shall also be charged to residential customers in the amount of three dollars and forty-nine cents ($3.49) per one hundred (100) cubic feet of water used, and to nonresidential/non-monitored customers in the amount of four dollars and thirty-two cents ($4.32) 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 Ordinance No.21855-09-2015 Page 3 of 5 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 . 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 $3.00 BOD strength charge, per pound of BOD $0.2926 Suspended solids strength charge per pound of suspended solids $0.1350 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 CF , Part 403, General Pretreatment Regulations. This schedule shall replace all other charges previously made for industrial waste strength. SECTION . 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. Ordinance No.21855-09-2015 Page 4 of 5 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, 2016. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ............. ....................... R� aly n Chn st, Lope ynolds iary'.I. K, Sr. Assistant City Attorney City Secretary ADOPTED: September 1, 2015 EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2016 Ordinance No. 21855-09-2015 Page 5 ot'5 City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication WNNWIbNNIIINNNN0N001NWW1NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIpONNNIIIIIIIIIl000MIIIIIIIIWIIIIIIIIIIIIpppppppll010.A�IIIIINININNNNNNMNINH'NNINIpppllllpppNINIINIININNNNNN�PoNNI00110W�llllpp IIIIIIIOIIOONNWNNNIININNNINNNNNNIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIINNNNIIONOIIpIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN�NNII10011000110ppIIIl0011111111111111011NNNINNNIIIIIIIIIIIl01011110WNNNNIOppIIIIIIp11111011111111111 III�ININNNIIIININIIIIIIIININNNIIIIplllllll INININIIIIIIIIONIpINppINIIIINI COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 9/1/2015 - Ordinance No. 21855-09-2015 NoNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOIINIIIOONIONIIIUNNmnlmllmmmlmlllllllllllluNNUN.NNIIIIIIIINUwwuuIINNIIIIIIIIIIIIOOOONUNNrvmIIIIIIIIIINNNNIIIIIIIwNNNNwNNNNNNNNIIwuvumilmmmmmlNlINOIUUINmIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIOIINNNwuuuNNNONIIIIINNNIN�mINIIININOIIOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIINmNmommollllllllllllolllllllllllllllllNlNINOOOOOOUNNiwlluoollNININIOIIOIIIIUIIINUIIUNNNNNIIIIINN�NNNNIIIIIIIINONNNIIIIIIOIIOOIIIIIIIIUIINNNNNwNNlllllullu ININlllllllullllllulluml _.......... imlll00000lllloolmwuwNll DATE: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 REFERENCE NO.: -18550 LOG NAME: 60TAIL RATES ORD 2016 SUBJECT: Adopt Ordinance Revising Retail Water and Wastewater Rates and Charges and Amending Sections - 6( ), (c) and ( ), Article III - Charges, of Chapter 35 -Water and Sewers of the City Code, Effective January 1, 2016 and Revising the Rate of Disposing of Liquid Pursuant to Section 12.5-703, Article VII - Liquid Waste of Chapter 1 - Environmental Protection and Compliance of the City Code, Effective January 1, 2016 (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS) RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Adopt the attached ordinance revising tail 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, 2016; and . Approve the revised rate for disposal of liquid t of 1. r 1,000 gallons pursuant to Section 12.05-703 Article VII Liquid Waste of ter 12.5 Environmental Protection and Compliance of the City Code, effective January 1, 2016. DISCUSSION: Each year the Water Department Staff conducts cost of service studies stblish 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 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, r User and Irrigation classes. Staff conducted four meetings with the Stakeholder Group to receive input and feedback on topics including fixed versus variable rev nue recovery for the water and wastewater systems and a restructulring of residential water volume tiers. The Fiscal Year 2016 cost of service studies identified for an increase in retail revenue requirements of 12.20 percent for the water system 11.46 percent for the wastewater system. The recommended water and sewer rates include continuation of has implementation increased cost recovery from fixed service charges o improve revenue stability. As part of the revenue requirement analysis, staff reviews t r and wastewater usage trends for all retail customer classes. In 2014, the typical r i ei I customer was billed for 593 CIF (approximately 4,436 gallons) per month for sewer service. The winter quarter average, is is based on winter water use and generally reflects indoor use, is currently 696 CF (approximately 5,206 gallons) and has been steadily declining over the last decade. This trend is ct continue. Given those factors, Staff has determined that the Residential water tiers can be restructured lower the first three tiers to more closely reflect usage patterns, while recovering sufficient revenue tooperate the utility with no impact on Lon e: 60RETAIL RATES ORD 2016 Page t of 4 Residential water rates. Adjustments in the volumes associated with the first three tiers allows for the rate by tier to remain flat. As a result, staff recommends new tier structure for Residential water usage as follows: Current _ NProposed .........._.. .. _........__.. First 800 First 600 C Over 800 to 2,000 Over 600 to 1,800 CIF _._........ .__._ ....._._.. .w_ ....... ..... ...._.... Over 2,000 to 3,000 Over 1,800 to 3,000 C _ . w ........--.__w__......_. ..._.. ...._ __ ..... ........._CF k Over 3,000 ver 3,000 To generate revenue required to meet the water revenue requirements of other water customer classes, staff recommends increases in volume rate charges for the Commercial, Industrial, Super User and Gas Well Driller classes. No change is recommended in Residential or Irrigation volume rates. Staff also recommends increases in onthly service charges s part of the revenue stability plan. The primary driver of the water system rate increase is rc n increase in raw water rates paid to the Tarrant Regional Water District. For wastewater, staff recommends raising volume rate and monthly service charges for Residential, Non-Monitored and Monitored classes to generate additional funds to meet operating revenue requirements. The primary drivers of this rate recommendation are increased costs for biosolids processing and odor control resulting from new regulatory requirements, equipment purchases for a new Sanitary Sewer Asset Management program wastewater treatment provided by the Trinity River Authority. RETAIL WATER RATES .............. __..__ _ ......... ei r Size �&rrent Charge Charge _._. ... ._..... 10a50...... _...._........ _.. 113...1 ..... ....._.... 1e25 ... _. ............ rl ....... __.___.. 139.00 . __.._. ....... k o C r: 6 n°m ....... ........_. .. e �o . o .____...... ._....._ 3"° 324.30 375.090 posed yml�pn.......__. .._......._ Iii°� q z ......._.. ._ .____.._41 1M�:�ia._...___.._. .. ... Residential C Current �Volurne Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - First 800 ... � __._..._�.._ , . ... __........_....._.. ..... .. ....ww.Cubic ... i_............�.__t_}. 2 07_ oLuneCarg ( r1 ® 'cNext1, Cu 96. . ...... ...........................m. ........ . .....__M.... ... _.w._.......�_ Volume Charge(....ver 10.0.....Cubic t - ext.. ...,.... ......�....Cubic Feet) �...... ....3.69 Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet_ Over 3,000 Cub i F } $4.44 F olume Charge. .(... ...r...100......_.Cubic..__.. .......First.. .0.......Cubic Feet) ....__ ��� m .._ 7 Volume Charge (.. r 100 ..._u.bi _ t..- ext 1'.... __._.u ic._�me..t>... �......_.................$2.9.6 . . .. 9 Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - Over 3f000Cubic Feet) �$.......44 4 L n es 60RETAIL RATES ORD 2016 Page 2 of Commercial .._ Current�Pr Fd—om I. opo � � .. ..... ..... . ...... Volume C'harge (P"er1"0O-"C'ub,i-c"'F'eet -'All) $2.43 $2.71 .............. lFd"u""s" tir ia—I ..........—Curren't�P�iop sea $2.35 lume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet All) lv—o 2.5 -—---------- Fsuper"User-'------"-""-— ----------------- FC6 rre-nt Proposed "Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet All)� $Z02 $2.36 -------- ............ ........ Irrigation Current Proposed .. .............. .......... - —----- lume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet- First 5,000 Cubic eet $2.96 $2.96 —--—----------------------------—--- ------ ----- ...................... Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet Next 5,000 Cubic F eet $3.69 $3.69 .............. .. .... ........... .............. , , - , —-- �] Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - Over 10,000 Cubic Feet) 4.44 $4.44 Gas Well Driller rrent[Pir o p o se d ........................................... — "'Fc—u 4 $5.77 Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet - All) ........................................... ------------ .............. --� .I-............ . ................... RETAIL WASTEWATER RATES Meter" " Size "ince current Proposed, " , 15'/'8" x 3/4.. . ...... --"$'5.5 0- $6.50- 3/4".............x 3/4" $6.80 ............. ........ 11a 60 ... ............ �i&80 T $35. $46.50 ' [4" 8.-3.-5- 78.30 611 $121.20 $164.00 ......... ....................... ...........— I. ...................— 8'w $210.00� $285M ............... ov� . .............. ........ -"'1$313. - $39207 45� ."25 ........... 3,._ [12yv.. .. .... ............ -, 6� $54.10 .............. n Proposed �Residential �Curre" "t Pr' Volume Charge (Per 100 Cubic Feet)[ $3.13 $3.49 .. . ................................ ........................ ......... . .. .............. .... .. ........................... Non Residential/Non-Monito-reci-----�dur Volume r ( r ubic ... .32... - --- —--—---- Chage Pe 100 C Feet) 3.97 $4 ..... ............. Logname: 60RETAIL RATES ORD 2016 Page 3 of 4 _m .... _..... _. ........ _....... �R...�Monitored Group Current..u. .r..r_e_..n..t.. .... . loluneCharge ( r 1 Cubic t) . 1 ._r_o......p.._3o_..m 0�.0_ .d.... BOD Charge (Per ) $042665 26 �T Charge (Per Pound) p$0 1..... .,. 0.1350._ ...... ._ ....... ........ ..... _..... 042.0 ... .._..__ TD r ( r Pound) r II rill rs�. .. $0.'.042.0....... Staff has also reviewed i i Waste Disposal Fee and proposes to increase it from the current rate of $16.09/1,000 gallons adopted in 1998. Other cities' e s were gathered and compared. Those fees ranged from 37.20/1, lions to .90/1,000 gallons and averse d $59.22/1,000 gallons for the sample. Staff recommends ince sin the fee to $51.28/1,000 gallons based on current strengths of liquid st coming into I t, the Fiscal Year 2016 wastewater rates for outside city customers n this benchmarking data. FISCAL INFORMATION / CERTIFICATION: The Financial Management Services Director certifies that the Water Department is responsible for the collection and deposit of funs due to the City, FUND CENTERS: TO Fund/Account/Centers FROM Fund/Account/ enter 45 493012 0601000 0.00 P 45 493022 0701000 0.00 F45 493412 0701000 0.OQ CERTIFICATIONS: Fernando Costa 6122 Submitted for_ ity_Manger's ice b� ) Originating Department Head: John Carman ( 2 6) Additional Information Contact: Skipper Shook ( ) Lo c: 60RETAIL RATES ORD 2016 Page 4 of 4.