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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 13576ORDINANCE NO I C?j S 7 ~p AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 35-56(b), 35-56(c), and 35- 56(d) OF CHAPTER 35 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), AS AMENDED, BY REVISING AND ADDING CERTAIN 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 Section 35-56(b) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended to be and 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 wrtlun 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 " MONTHLY SERVICE CHARGE FOR WATER "A monthly service charge in the following amount shall be charged based on the size of the meter serving the customer ..._ Meter Size Inches Amount 5/8 x 3/4 $3.50 1 $5 45 1-1/2 $10 80 2 $17.30 3 $32.50 4 $54.20 6 $108.35 8 $173.35 10 $249.20 The monthly volume charge for water service is as follows RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER CLASS Cubic Feet RATE First 4,000 cubic feet of water used per month per 100 cubic feet $1 48 Over 4,000 cubic feet of water used per month per 100 cubic feet $1 69 COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER CLASS Cubic Feet RATE First 250,000 cubic feet of water used per month per 100 cubic feet $1 43 Over 250,000 cubic feet of water used per month per 100 cubic feet $1 09 INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMER CLASS Cubic Feet RATE First 250,000 cubic feet of water used per month per 100 cubic feet $1.28 Over 250,000 cubic feet of water used per month per 100 cubic feet $1 06 IRRIGATION CUSTOMER CLASS RATE All usage of water used per month per 100 cubic feet $1.50 RAW WATER SERVICE All use per month $0 6653 per 1,000 gallons inside Tarrant Regional Water District All use per month $0 7333 per 1,000 gallons outside Tarrant Regional Water District The service charges set out in the foregoing schedule are based upon the amount of water used as measured by meters." SECTION 2. That Section 35-56(c) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the Crty of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended to be and read as follow (c) The following schedule of rates per month or fraction thereof shall be the basis for determining charges to all customers for rendering sanitary sewerage service, where the sewage produced by such customer is a normal strength wastewater (two hundred ten (210) mg/1 BOD and two hundred forty (240) mg/1 suspended solids) and where such customer is located within the city RATES FOR SEWERAGE SERVICE ONLY (1) A monthly service charge shall be charged to all customers m the amount of four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50). (2) A monthly volume charge shall also be charged to residential customers in the amount of one dollar and fifty-nine cents($1 59) per one hundred (100) cubic feet of water used, and to nonresidential/non monitored customers in the amount of one dollar and sixty-one cents ($1 61) per one hundred (100) cubic feet of water used, or waste water 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 m no event shall the volume used to compute this monthly charge for a single family residential unit or a duplex unit exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500) 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/nonmomtored 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 Section 35-56(d) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the Crty of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended to be and read as follows. (d) The director shall establish a monitored group class, consisting of those customers whose wastewater strength is, m his judgment, abnormally high or whose wastewater contains limited substances or materials, and charges to customers in this class shall be computed in accord with the following five-part rate schedule MONITORED GROUP Customer monthly service charge $4 50 Volume charge, per 100 cubic feet $1 46 BOD strength charge, per pound of BOD $0.214 Suspended solids strength charge per pound of suspended solids $0 075 Monitoring and pretreatment charge ti 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 which 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 Crty Council without the incorporation m this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. .; SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect for usage from and after January 1, 1999, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY Assistant rty Attorney Date 9~9~9~ ADOPTED ~ -- LS - °1 J~ EFFECTIVE. City of Fort Worth, Texas n/~Ayar And Caunc~l Cammun~cAt~an 9/15/98 ~ G-12326 ~ 60RETAIL ~ 1 of 2 5up~ect ~ ORDINANCE REVISING RETAIL WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance, which revises retail water and wastewater rates and provides an effective date of billing the new rates for usage on or after January 1, 1999 DISCUSSION Fort Worth Water Department staff conducted cost of service studies to establish proposed fiscal year 1999 water and wastewater rates. To assist with decisions about allocating costs on a "fair" and "equitable" basis to each customer class, an Informal Retail Customer Advisory Committee was formed consisting of nine members. Membership included representatives from neighborhood associations, commercial customers, 'and large volume industrial customers A total of five meetings were conducted with the Committee members. The responsibilities of the Committee were to make recommendations to Fort. Worth Water Department staff concerning the equity of the rate structures. Based on the Committee's guidance, staff is recommending rates designed to recover the costs of providing water and wastewater service to retail customers with an equitable distribution of the adjustment among the customer classes The retail portion of the overall revenue requirement resulted in an increase of 5 10% for wastewater and 6 18% for water The Water Department proposes the following water and wastewater rates RETAIL WATER RATES Months Service Charge urrent Proposed 5/8" Meter per Month $3.25 $3.50 3/4" Meter per Month $3.25 $3 50 The monthly service charge for other sized meters remains the same Residential urrent Pro o e Volume Charge (per 100 cf -first 4,000 cf) $1 36 $1 48 Volume Charge (per 100 cf -over 4,000 cf) $1 53 $1 69 Commercial urrent Pro os Volume Charge (per 100 cf -first 250,000 cf) $1 34 $1 43 Volume Charge (per 100 cf -over 250,000 cf) $0 97 $1 09 Industrial urrent Pra ose Volume Charge (per 100 cf -first 250,000 cf) $1 20 $1.28 Volume Charge (per 100 cf -over 250,000 cf) $0 97 $1 06 Irriaation Current Pro ose Volume Charge (per 100 cf -ail cf) $1 37 $1 50 City of Fort worth, Texas n-~Ayar And Caunc~l ~,;ammun~~cAt~an Date Reference Number Log Name :Page 9/15/98 G-12326 60RETAIL 2 of 2 subject ORDINANCE REVISING 'RETAIL WATER AND 1NAST'EWAT' ER RATES RETAIL WASTEWATER RATES Residential Current P o Service Charge per Month $4 50 $4 50 Volume Charge (per 100 cf) $1 45 $1 59 .Non Residential/Non-Monitored rr Propos Service Charge (per month) $4 50 $4 50 Volume Charge (per 100 cf) $1 51 $1 61 Monitored Group Current Pr os Monthly Service Charge $4 50 $4.50 Volume Charge (per 100 cf) $1.21 $1 46 BOD charge (per pound) $0 183 $0.214 TSS charge (per pound) $0.236 $0 075 FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION The Finance Director certifies that the adoption of this rate schedule will require no expenditures of City funds. The Customer Service Division of the Water Department is responsible fo r billing and collection of water and wastewater service revenues. MGj Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY __ Office by: (to) A~Q~ov~~. Mike Groomer 6140 V ~} pp ~~, ~ i~p ~ '~~ ~~~ ~ ~ O i i ti D H d - " " ""' ` r g na ng epartment ea : SEh ~ ~ 1~~ Lee Bradley, 7r 8207 (from) ~ Additional Information Contact: "'' ~"'""tJ City ~cretary of the Clty of Fort SVorth Texas Lee Bradley, ,Tr 8207 , Ado~~~a Ordinance No..1. ~