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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 11717ORDINANCE NO ~' AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 35-56(a), 35-56(b), 35-56(c), 35-56(d), 36- 101(a), 35-101(c), 35-101(d), ADDING SECTIONS 35-39(h), 35-39(i), 35-39(j), 35- 39(k), 35-56(i), DELETING 35-39(a)(3) 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. 35 56(a) is amended by adding the term "director" to the list of definitions, such definition to be as follows "Director shall mean -the director of the water department of the City of Fort Worth or his authorized representative" SECTION 2. That Section 35-56(b) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the Crty of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended to be and 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 customer class, as defined in this chapter, for furnishing water to residential water customers located wrthm 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 " t', F,S~. 1~ RATE FOR WATER SERVICE MONTHLY SERVICE CHARGE FOR WATER Meter Size Inches Monthly Charge 5/8 x 3/4 (Standard Meter) 3.25 1 5 45 1-1/2 1080 2 17.30 3 32.50 4 55.20 6 108.35 g 173 35 10 249.20 "The monthly volume charge for water service is as follows RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER CLASS Cubic Feet Rate First 4,000 or less cubic feet of water used $1 36 per month, per 100 cubic feet For all in excess of 4,000 cubic feet of 1 53 water used per month, per 100 cubic feet COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER CLASS Rate First 250,000 cubic feet of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet $1.34 Over 250,000 cubic feet of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet $0 96 INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMER CLASS Rate First 250,000 cubic feet of water used per month per 100 cubic feet $1.20 Over 250,000 cubic feet of water used per month per 100 cubic feet 96 IRRIGATION METERS RATE All usage of water used per month, per 100 cubic feet $1 37 RAW WATER SERVICE All use per month $0 5915 per 1,000 gallons inside Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No 1 All use per month $0 6726 per 1,000 gallons outside Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No 1 The service charges set out m the foregoing schedule are based upon the amount of water used as measured by meters." SECTION 3. That Section 35-56(c) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended to be and read as follows. "(c) The following schedule of rates per month or fraction thereof shall be the basis for determimng 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 B O.D 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 m the amount of one dollar and twenty-four cents ($1.24) per one hundred (100) cubic feet of water used, and to nonresidential/non monitored customers in the amount of one dollar and twenty-four ($1.24) 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 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 fo only that volume entering the sewers, as determined by a method approved by the director " SECTION 4. That Section 35-56(d) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City 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 m this class shall be computed m accord with the following five-part rate schedule MONITORED GROUP Customer monthly service charge $4 50 ~' Volume charge, per 100 cubic feet $0 824 B O.D strength charge, per pound of B O.D $0 115 Suspended solids strength charge 0 198 per pound of suspended solids 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 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 mdustnes 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 5. That Section 35-101(a) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby amended to be and read as follows "(a) All nondomestic users which discharge into the san2tary sewer system of the authority shall be grouped according to the following definitions Group I -Significant Industrial Users. Group II -Commercial Facilities and Small Industrial Users. Those commercial facilities and mdustnal users which are not included in Group I. Examples include, but are not limited to, automotive service shops, small food processors and photographic developing shops. Group III -Classed High Strength Users. Restaurants, car washes or other businesses which can be classed according to any average strength or abnormal strength of their wastewater Group IV -Wastewater Haulers. Septage and chemical toilet waste haulers desiring to discharge into the authority's sanitary sewage system. Waste must be generaged within the authority's service area. Group V -Ground Water Remediation Dischargers. Dischargers who are retrieving contaminated underground water, pretreatmg such water, and then discharging into the sanitary sewer system." SECTION 6. That subsection 35-101(c) and (d) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1886), as amended, are hereby amended to and be read as follows "(c) No new Group I, Group IV or Group V user shall be allowed to discharge until issued a valid permrt/contract. "(d) The authority will evaluate the completed application and data fiirmshed by the discharger and may require additional information. If, after evaluation the application is deemed satisfactory then an appropriate permrt/contract (wastewater discharge or ground water remediation discharge) will be issued. The permrt/contract shall be subject to the terms and conditions specified herein and to the regulations of the authority " SECTION 7. That Section 35-39 of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby further amended by adding subsection 35-39(h), (i), (j), and (k) which shall be and read as follows "(h) Resumes. All customers requesting account information and history such as consumption and associated charges will not be charged for this service unless the historical information requested exceeds three years. If the information requested is for the time penod greater than one year, a charge of fifteen dollars ($15) for each year of additional research requested will be added to the customer's account." "(i) Meter Testing. All customers requesting a meter test will be provided with one meter test per year, per customer account, at no charge. Any customer "(i) Meter Testing. All customers requesting a meter test will be provided with one meter test per year, per customer account, at no charge Any customer requesting more than one meter test per year will be assessed a fee of fifteen dollars ($15), provided that the meter test indicated that the meter is functioning properly and is usable at another location. No charge will be assessed to the customer if the meter is not functioning properly " "(j) After Hours Service Connection Charge. All customers requesting the connection of service on the same day as the request was made or outside of normal business hours (8.00 A.M. - 5.00 P.M. Monday -Friday) will be assessed a charge often dollars ($10) for field action for the same day and/or after hours service which will be added to the customer's account." "(k) Hanging Past Due Notification Tags on Multi-Units. Any commercial multi-unit customer with a delinquent amount which is scheduled for termination service, will be charged a fee for hanging customer notification tags on each unit hours prior to service termination. The fee will be added to the customer's account. "The fee structure is as follows. 1 - 2 Units 3 - 4 Units 5 - 25 Units 26 - 75 Units 75 - 125 Units 126 - 150 Units 151 and above $ 20 $ 25 $ 45 $ 65 $ 85 $ 100 $ 100 plus $10 for each additional 10 units. SECTION 8. That Section 35-56 of Chapter 35 of the Code of the Crty of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby further amended by adding subsection 35-56(I) which shall be and read as follows "(i) A permrt/contract fee up to five-thousand dollar ($5,000) will be assessed for a ground water remediation discharge permit. The term of the permit/contract shall not exceed two (2) years. In addition to a volume charge based on current rates, a monthly service fee of four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) will be assessed." SECTION 9. That section 35-39 of Chapter 35 of the Code of the Crty of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby further amended by deleting subsection 35-39(a)(3) relating to Seasonal Meters. SECTION 10. 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 m direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, m which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code, m which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 11. 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 C1ty Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. valid permit. SECTION 12. That this ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, provided, however, that the increased rates specified herein shall apply to residential and nonresidential, statements sent by the City of Fort Worth on or after December 1, 1994, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY ~./ Asses t Crt Attorney Date /~~~9~ Adopted. ~~~ ~ ~~ Effective ~~ /~- City of Fort i~orth, Texas Mayor and Council ~;crrrt~nunication DATB R8P'SRBNCR NtTiMBRR LOA NAbD; PAC~B 11 /01 /94 G-1067 60RETAIL 1 of 3 SUBJBCT PROPOSED RETAIL WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE INCREASE RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached ordinance which revises water and wastewater rates, includes fees for specialized services and provides an effective date of billing the new rates on or after December 1, 1994. DISCUSSION On April 19, 1994, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a contract with Financial Concepts and Application, Inc, to conduct a retail cost of service study for water and wastewater retail rates To assist with decisions about allocating costs on a "fair" and "equitable" basis to each customer class, a Citizen Advisory Committee was formed consisting of fourteen members Membership included representatives from neighborhood associations, commercial customers, large volume water users and industrial customers, developers and builders, an environmentalist, and non-profit organizations A total of nine meetings were conducted with the Committee members The responsibilities of the Committee were to make recommendations to City staff concerning the equity of the rate structure only, not the amount of any rate increase that might be enacted later. Based on the Committee's recommendation, aretail cost of service study identified a rate structure to recover the costs of providing water and wastewater service to our customers The overall retail increase recommended is 8%, resulting from combined increases of 4 39% for water and 13 01 % far wastewater Retail water rates have not been increased since November 1989, and wastewater rates were last increased in August 1993. The following water and wastewater rates are proposed by the Water Department. RETAIL WATER RATES Current Proposed Meter Monthly Water Service Monthly Water Service Size Ch~ ar4e Char4e 5/8" - 3/4" 53.05 53 25 1 " 5 45 5 45 Current Proposed 1-1 /2" 9 40 10.80 2" 14 15 17 30 3" 26 80 32 50 4" 41 00 54 20 6" 80 70 108 35 +~ Printed on recycled paper City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council' C'crr,~munication DATR RSFSRSNCS NIIMSSR LOG NAME PADS 11 /01 /94 X10567 60RETAIL 2 of 3 susaSCT PROPOSED RETAIL WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE INCREASE 8" 128 25 173 35 10" 183 75 249 20 Residential Monthlv Water Volume Charge per 100 cubic feet Water Use Cubic Feet Current Proposed 4,000 51 28 1 36 Over 4,000 144 1 53 Non-Residential Monthlv Volume Charge per 100 cubic feet Proposed Water Use Cubic Feet Current Commercial Industrial 4,000 $1 67 S 1 34 S 1 20 46,000 1 67 1 34 1 20 Next 200,000 1 14 1 34 1 20 Over 250,000 0 89 0 96 0 96 Irrigation Meters Non-Residential Proposed Current Commercial Industrial 4,000 51 67 S 1 37 $1 37 46,000 1 67 1 37 1 37 Next 200,000 1 14 1 37 1 37 Over 250,000 0 89 1 37 1 37 Residential Current Proposed 4,000 $1 28 S 1 37 Over 4,000 1 44 1 37 RETAIL SEWER RATES Current Proposed Monthly Service Charge S4 50 S4 50 Volume Charge Per 100 cubic ft Residential S 1 08 S 1 24 t~ Printed on recycled paper City of Fort i~orth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATS RSFSRSNCS NUbIBSR LOG NAME PAGS 11 /01 /94 G10S67 60RETAIL 3 of 3 3IISJSCT PROPOSED RETAIL WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE INCREASE Non-Residential/ Non-Monitored $1 08 S 1 24 Monitored Group Monthly Service Charge , S4 50 $4 50 Volume Charge - 100 cf SO 705 SO 824 BOD Charge/pound of BOD $0 092 SO 115 SS Charge/pound of SS 50 169 50 198 The Committee also recommended additional fees for specializing services such as preparation of billing history (resume), customer requested meter testing, after hours connection charges, and hanging of past due notify tags on multiple units Additionally, groundwater remediation permits and monthly charges are addressed FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION The Customer Service Division of the Water Department is responsible for all b illing and collection of water and wastewater revenues MGI Submitted for City Manager's F[JND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Office by: (to) APPROVED Mike Groomer 6140 CITY COUNCIL Originating Department Head: NOV ~ ~~~ Richard Sawey 8207 (from) [~.tJ For Additional Information Ci o $~ct wry of ~t~ Contact: C ~ orltt+ 2exa~ Richard Sawey 8207 =~ Printed on recycled paper