HomeMy Public PortalAboutAB 03-128 Attachment Ord 785 - H2O Conctn ChargeORDINANCE NO. 785
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF McCALL, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, AMENDING THE CONNECTION CHARGES FOR THE CITY OF MCCALL WATER SYSTEM AND THE EXEMPTION
OF DEPOSITS REQUIRED FOR WATER OR SEWER SERVICE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of McCall desires to set appropriate water system connection charges,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of McCall desires to provide appropriate service and encourage electronic payment of water and sewer bills,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF McCALL, Valley County, Idaho, as follows:
Section 1. Connection Charges
Title 6, Chapter 4, Section 050, Subsection (A) shall be amended to
read as follows:
6-4-050: CONNECTION CHARGES:
(A) Water: The initial service connection charges shall include a pro rata portion of the value of the water system, determined as replacement
cost, less depreciation, less the principal of associated debt, plus the then amount of the Water Capital Improvement Fund and other cash reserves. The proration shall be accomplished
on the basis of the maximum number of users that could be connected to the system existing from time to time. Until an accurate determination of replacement cost is accomplished, book
value of the system may be used in the calculation. for installing a water connection to a service location that has not paid an initial water connection charge in the past, shall be
established using the American Water Works Association Manual 26 based on the incremental-cost pricing method for the system buy-in amount. In addition, the The connection charge shall
also include City provided labor, material, and equipment. The connection charge shall be deposited in the Water Revenue Fund and managed as provided by Ordinance 669 of the City of
McCall adopted August 25, 1994, unless and until the water revenue bonds authorized by such Ordinance, and any subsequent debt instruments authorized by such Ordinance to be issued without
further analysis of liquidity impacts on the City, are paid in full.. The Mayor and Council shall, by resolution and on a rational basis, determine the connection charge according to
this Section annually prior to commencement of the construction season., such charge to be reviewed and adjusted as necessary at least every three years.
Section 2. Deposit Required
– Exemptions:
Title 6, Chapter 4, Section 070, shall be amended to read as follows:
6-4-070: Deposit Required – Exemptions: Each applicant desiring water or sewer service or both services shall pay a refundable deposit to the City in an amount equal to the expected
billings for such service(s) for three (3) months at the premises desired to be served. The City treasurer shall determine this amount based upon pertinent past service data and the
information provided in the application for utility services required by section 6-4-010 of this chapter. Such deposit shall be required unless the applicant has had with the City within
the past two (2) years, one or more accounts for utility service, in his/her won name, and has had satisfactory payment record for the last twelve (12) months such account(s) was (were)
in effect or the applicant may provide a letter or copies of bills from another utility for twelve (12) months of current service with such utility showing a “satisfactory payment record’,
or the applicant agrees to maintain automatic payment of their water or sewer service or both bills for a minimum period of twelve months with a “satisfactory payment record”. Failure
to maintain a “satisfactory payment record” during the first twelve months of automatic payment of water or sewer or both services bills for a minimum period of twelve months with a
“satisfactory payment record” will require that the applicant shall immediately pay such deposit in order to maintain service. A “satisfactory payment record” shall be defined as one
in which all payments were made on or before the date due, for all accounts in effect during the aforementioned twelve (12) months. (Ord. 746, 9-28-2000)
Section 3. Severability.
The sections of this ordinance are severable. The invalidity of a section shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections.
Section 4. Effective Date: This Ordinance shall
take effect and be in full force upon the later of October 1, 2003 or its passage, approval and publication in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the City of McCall.
DATED
this 11th day of September 2003.
CITY OF McCALL
Valley County, Idaho
By________________________________
Ralph Colton, Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
Barbara
Bauer, City Clerk
City of McCall
Certificate of Recording Officer
STATE OF IDAHO }
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County of Valley }
I, the undersigned, the duly appointed, qualified, City Clerk of the City of McCall, Idaho,
do hereby certify the following:
That pursuant to the provisions of Section 50-207, Idaho Code, I keep a correct journal of the proceedings of the Council of the City of McCall, Idaho,
and that I am statutory custodian of all laws, ordinances and resolutions of said City.
That the attached Ordinance No. 785 is a true and correct copy of an ordinance passed at a regular
meeting of the Council of the City of McCall held on September 11, 2003 and duly recorded in my office; and
That said regular meeting was duly convened and held in all respects in accordance
with law and to the extent required by law, due and proper notice of such meeting and that a legally sufficient number of members of the Council voted in the proper manner and for the
passage of said ordinance; and that all other requirements and proceedings incident to the proper adoption and passage of said ordinance have been duly fulfilled, carried out and observed;
and that I am authorized to execute this certificate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of McCall, Idaho this 11th day of September
2003.
Barbara Bauer, City Clerk