HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 06-17 City water feesRESOLUTION NO. 06-17
' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MCCALL RELATING TO UTILITY SERVICES;
DEFINING WATER CUSTOMER CLASSES; SETTING THE RATES FOR WATER
SERVICE; SETTING THE CHARGES FOR CONNECTON TO THE CITY WATER
SYSTEM; PROVIDING FEES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, REPEALING ALL PREVIOUS
WATER CONNECTION RESOLUTIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. .
WHEREAS, the City provides water services to users both inside and outside the corporate
limits of the City; and
WHEREAS, McCall City Code Section 6.4.050 requires the Mayor and Council by resolution to
determine the connection charge to the City Water System; and
WHEREAS, McCall City Code Section 6.4.100 requires the Mayor and Council to review water
charges and set the schedule of charges by resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MCCALL THAT:
Section 1: Water Classifications: All users of the water system of the City of McCall are
hereby classified as follows:
Class A — Private Residences
Class B — Industrial and Commercial Users
Class C — Unmetered Accounts
Section 2: Water Charges: The City of McCall shall charge and the user shall pay monthly
for water service the following rates:
A. For each Class A user, a base rate of $33.70 per month per equivalent
residential unit, which includes no volume of water.
For each Class B user, a base rate of $37.70 per month per equivalent
residential unit, which includes no volume of water.
For each Class A and B user, there shall be a consumption rate in addition
to the base rate, in the amount of $0.71 per thousand gallons of water
delivered to the premises.
B. For each Class C user, a base rate of $68.32 per month per equivalent
residential unit.
Section 3: Equivalent residential unit ("ERU"), as that term is used in this Section 2, means
the capacity of the connection to deliver water, measured according to the size for
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the installed meter. The number of ERU's for any given connection shall be
determined from the following table:
Meter Diameter ERU's
5/8" or 3/" 1
1" 2
1 '/z" 4
2" 8
3" 16
4" 29
6" 64
8" 114
Section 4: Where the structure(s) on the premises served is one or more multifamily
residences, or is one or more multi -tenant business buildings, or is a townhouse or
condominium development, rates shall apply separately to each of the individual
residential or commercial units in the structure(s). In the case of residential uses,
"unit" in the Section 3 shall have the same meaning as in Title 3 of the McCall
City Code. In the case of commercial or industrial uses, the term "unit" shall
mean a structure or portion of a structure. In case of doubt, and pending further
action of Council, the City Manager shall have the authority to determine how
many units are at a location and the equivalent residential units appertaining to
such a given unit. The decision of the City Manager is final unless appealed to
Council by the affected party within five days after receipt of the City Manager's
decision.
Section 5: Non -Resident rates: Water system users outside the corporate limits of the City
of McCall shall be charged 150% of the rates contained in this resolution.
Section 6: The buy -in fees that are appropriate for new customers of the City Water System
are calculated as required by McCall City Code Section 6.4.050, using the
American Water Works Association Manual 26 based on the incremental -cost
pricing method.
Section 7: Water connection charges: That the charge for installing a water connection to a
service location that has not paid an initial water connection charge in the past,
shall be $4,400, or actual labor and material costs plus $3,750 (buy -in fee),
whichever is greater, and in either case per dwelling unit or commercial unit, of
which $3,750 per dwelling unit or commercial unit shall be paid into and held and
administered as part of the Water Capital Improvements Fund. The number of
units shall be determined as follows:
• in the case of condominium development, by the number of separately
described habitable units, according to the declaration and survey plans;
• in the case of multifamily housing, by the number of kitchens; and
• in the case of hotels and motels, by the Building Official on the basis of
equivalent single family residential units as is done with reference to
sewer service connection fees.
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Section 8:
Section 9:
Section 10:
Reduced cost for small business and small residences: In the case of small
businesses with the number of fixture units less than 10 and/or resident users with
the number of fixture units less than 12 as defined by the National Standard
Plumbing Code, that the charge for installing a water connection to a service
location that has not paid an initial water connection charge in the past the fee for
system buy -in shall be $3,463, or actual labor and material costs plus $2,813
(buy -in fee), whichever is greater. This is a reduction in the buy -in of 25%.
Resolutions 3-15 and 3-16 and all previous resolutions relating to the charges
made for use of and connection to the City Water System are replaced by this
resolution and shall, as of September 30, 2006, be of no further force and effect.
This resolution shall be in full force and effect on and after the lst day of October
2006 or following the date of the reading closest to that date with respect to the
given connection, for billing in the October billing cycle.
Passed and approved this 24y day ofpok.9,a,ti- 2006.
ATTEST:
vta Lam,
Jdanne York 6
City Clerk
CITY OF MCCALL
Valley County,,Jdaho
William A. Robertson
Mayor
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