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Jason Buelterman Diane Schleicher
CITY COUNCIL OF COUNCIL
Wanda Doyle,Mayor Pro Tern Janet LeViner
Barry Brown - `
Robert Callahank°' CITY ATTORNEY
Bill Garbett , Edward M.Hughes
Monty Parks r,
Paul Wolff
CITY OF TYBEE ISLAND
City Council Agenda Item Request
Agenda Item Requests and supporting documentation must be submitted to the Clerk of Council by
4:00PM on the Thursday prior to the next scheduled Council meeting. If this form is received after the
deadline,the item will be listed on the next scheduled agenda.
Council Meeting Date for Request: January 23, 2014
Item: Proposed Water and Sewer Rate Increase Based on the CPI—U of 1.5%
Sec.70-106.Water and sewerage charges;irrigation
(a)From and after the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived there shall be established a water-sewer service charge for
each connection to the water-sewerage system of the city both inside and outside the city limits,and each water-sewer service customer shall pay the
appropriate water-sewer charge established by the city council and on file with the city clerk.
(b)The rates for all water-sewer service customers shall have a minimum base charge and said minimum base charge shall be considered a set
standard or readiness to serve charge and will be charged whether the premises are occupied or not.In cases of abandoned or unoccupied houses,the
readiness to serve charge will continue until the meter is removed by the city,at which time the charge will be discontinued.
(c)The rate charges for water-sewer service shall be determined by the amount of water used and these charges shall be on file with the city clerk.
(d)The standby minimum base charge and the usage rate charges shall be increased annually commencing with calendar year 2005 in accordance
with any increase of the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States
Department of Labor from the base year of 2004 to the then current year.
(e)Irrigation systems water rates on irrigation meters(those not connected to the city wastewater treatment plant system)shall be on file with the city
clerk.
(f)This section has application to water used by irrigation systems which are on an independent meter not connected to water entering the city's
wastewater treatment plant system.
(g)In the event the owner or occupier of a property establishes that the property is not suitable for a shallow well,the city will repurchase any
previously installed irrigation meter.
(h)All irrigation systems shall be equipped with rain sensors.
(Code 1983,§6-3-1)
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Submitted by: Diane D. Schleicher
Phone/Email: dsch @cityoftybee.org
Comments:
Date given to Clerk of Council 1.23.14
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