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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 2014-001 Rescinding Utility Rate increase for 2014i • MEN MC i' r a r r r r a r a is r a a r a c WHEREAS, of Arlington, • • has the authority to enact laws tt promote the health, safety and welfare of its citizens; and WHEREAS, the City of Arlington continues to examine equitable rates for water, sewer and stormwater service; and WHEREAS, • '' adjustment • Council wishes to defer for 2014; and NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Arlington as follows: Section 1. The two prefatory subparagraphs of Arlington Municipal Code section 13.12.04t shall be and hereby are amended to read as follows: 1/ 1 Water rates and charges.and city utility taxesare included in the following - f charges for•` f` a base charge by meter size, • a consumptionrate, as set forthbelow. Beginning on !11, the rates set forth for2010 shall be increased annually by the October reported percentage increase of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Seattle -Tacoma -Bremerton area for All Urban Consumers, or other measure commonly used by from 1 to January 14, • I 1 and provided further, however, notwithstanding any reduction in the CPI, rates shall not decrease. Section 2. Arlington Municipal Code section 13.12.040(4)(B) shall be and hereby is amendei to • • • usage - • for r• be increased annually by - October reported percentage increase of • Price Index for the Seattle -Tacoma -Bremerton for •.n Consumers, or other measure commonly used by • • it change;provided, • no CPI adjustmentbe made for the period from January 15, 2012 to January 14, 2015, and provided further, however, • •ing any reductionnot decrease. Section 3. Arlington Municipal Code section 13.12.130 shall be and hereby is amended to read as follows: State and city utility taxes are included in the following rates and charges for sewer service. The effective dates for the following four-year plan will be based on the city°s billing cycle for use beginning on June 1, 2010, and January 15th of each year thereafter: ...._.,_.TMonthly 2010TES E .�2012...RATE ...2013...RATE 2014_,.....�LL.�_..__ RATE charge char e .___. sewer Ba e to er $57.45_._ . 1 62.80__..-_ ._..� $ 68.15 70.15 � __ _. p � 70.,1 S res unit_�_.. .�.............._._..__.................._._.. ._.........._-_-._ _...,w....___.._...�. Beginningon t the rates set• • the year 2014be increased • twill •t -• • •- • �. • for the Seattle -Tacoma -Bremerton area for All Urban Consumers, or other measure commonly used by • r it change;provided, • -r, that notwithstanding any reduction in the CPI,not decrease, Section Arlington Municipal••- section 13.12.140(a)and • be , • hereby .••-•�-• to read as follows: classifiedZ. All sanitary sewerage users consisting of any public or private premises not under Sectioni or classified as an industrial•- • 1 shall be -• as commercialand charged upon the basis of consumption. State a• city utility taxesr-• in the following ratesand charges for sewer service. The effective dates for the following five-year plan will be based on billing cycle foruse beginning on - 1, 2010 and January of each year thereafter. Each user shall pay a minimum monthly charge of one base rate plus a volume rate for all consumptionover three hundred cubic feetper • ORDINANCE 21 11 12013 RAT charge 1 (sewer) Base rate $57.45 $62.80 $68.15 $70.15 .15 (includes 300 j cubic feet per month) Volume rate $5.95 $6.50 $7.05 $7.25 (per 100 r e cubic feet per month forthb. Beginning on January 15, 2015, and on January 15th each year thereafter the rates set •r the year 2014 shall be increased annually by October -.• - percentage Urbanincrease of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Seattle -Tacoma -Bremerton area for All • or other measure commonly used by • • it change, provided, •notwithstanding any reduction in the CPI,not decrease. Section 5. Arlington Municipal Code section 13,12.150 shall be and hereby is amended to read as follows: ratesThe a charges for industrial users,- - • is 4i 13.08.250, 13.36 of •.- shall be ! i (1) All user charges shall be based upon equitable unit charges established for flow BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) loading and TSS (total suspended solids) loading, based upon the average : i i TSS and other •. -ter(s) concentratio costs ORDINANCE D 1 411 (A) For an industrial user with waste strength less than two hundred fifty mg/l, measured as five-day BOD and TSS, and other parameters within limits established in Sections 13.08.240, 13.08.250, 13.36 of this title, and whose discharge does not require regular monitoring other than flow, the minimum monthly charge is as set forth below: Sewer 2010 RATE 2011 kATE Charges Waste $352 00 $384.00 strength 250 < 111-11 ... . ... .... .. . ...... - T 2012 RATE 2013 RATE 2014 RATE $417.00 $429.00 $429.00 (B) For an industrial user with waste strength in excess of two hundred fifty mg/l for two months or more per year, the minimum monthly charge is as set forth below: Sewer 2610 RATE 2011 RATE 2012 RAT-E 2013 RATE 2014 RATE Charges (monthly) Waste $1,406.00 $1,536.00 1—,666.00"" $1,715.00 $1,715.00 strength >250 �l ...... . ... mg " .., ''. (C) Beginning January 15, 2015, and each January 15th thereafter, the charges set forth in Subsections (1) (A) and (1) (B) of this section, shall be increased annually, by the October reported percentage increase of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Seattle -Tacoma -Bremerton area for All Urban Consumers, or other measure commonly used by the city should it change; provided, however, that notwithstanding any reduction in the CPI, rates shall not decrease. (3) Until such time as a sewer user charge analysis can be conducted to establish equitable charges under a negotiated discharge permit between the city and the industrial user, the following shall be used as the basis for industrial user charges: I I I IN I I I i�i I III Ili Ili' I I I I I I! ii •� • M., *RDINANCE 2014-001 -4 Sewer charge 2010 RATE 2011 RATE 2012 RATE 2013 RATE 2014 RATE (mon I Ithly) 1 Flow -based . .. I $0 016 - 81 $0.01837 ]'0.02051 charge (per cubic foot) '_'_' BOD charge $0.529 $0.578 0.627 $0.645 $ , 0.64 , 5 (per pound BOD) TSS charge $0.354 $0.386 $0.419 $0.431 QAHI (per pound TSS) . ..... (D) Beginning January 15, 2015, and each January 15th thereafter, the charges set forth in subsections (c) of this section, shall be increased annually, by the October reported percentage increase of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Seattle - Tacoma -Bremerton area for All Urban Consumers, or other measure commonly used by the city should it change; provided, however, that notwithstanding any reduction in the CPI, rates shall not decrease. (4) Flow shall be based upon one hundred percent of the water consumption or rate of flow of wastewater discharge into the sewer (measured in an industrial user installed flow measurement and recording equipment installed in control manhole, pursuant to Chapter 13.36 of the Arlington Municipal Code). Strength of wastewater discli,arged shall bo cslablisl)ed ba.sed UJ)011 tkVC11t)_1'0L11'-h0Ljr composite samples made by the city at the control manhole and tested by the city's wastewater treatment plant laboratory or state certified testing laboratory, All testing shall be in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater," APHA, AWWA and WPCF. BOD and TSS, pounds per day, shall be calculated based upon concentration of composite samples and established flow rates. (A) If any user believes that a portion of the user's metered flow, larger than ten percent, is not discharged into the sewer system (when flow measurement is not provided in the control manhole), the user should make written application to the public works director for review of the user's flow of wastewater. If the public works director agrees that charges for the user should be adjusted, they shall so notify the city council, which may approve such change, or direct a recomputation of the user's sewer rztes. (B) If the public works director does not agree to the adjustment of user charges, the user may further appeal to the city council, which may direct further study or take other appropriate action. ORDINANCE 2014-001 5 Section 6. Arlington Municipal Code section 13.12.540 shall be and hereby is amended to read as follows: HMARHHIW=�� I - - - LTIMcorcialiCt, 11 1 L11 L11%, I ZTV, Su ITAT ieveloped real property within the boundaries of the utility, the following service charges: (1) State and city utility taxes are included in the following rates and charges• stormwater service. See Table 3. (2) Beginning on January 15, 2015, the rates set forth for the year 2014 shall be increased annually by the October reported percentage increase of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Seattle -Tacoma -Bremerton area for All Urban Consumers, or other measure commonly used by the city should it change; provided, however, that no annual increase shall exceed two percent; and provided further, that notwithstanding any reduction in the CPI, rates shall not decrease. Stormwater .2011 RATE 2012 RATE 2013 RATE 2014 RATE charges (monthl ... .. ... .. .. ... ...... Base rate per 4.75 5.82 $6.89 6.89 ESU (3) For all other developed property including multifamily, condominiums and mobile home parks within the boundaries of the utility, except as specified under Section 13.28.130, the monthly service charge shall be based on the above table (Table 3) per month multiplied by the number of equivalent service units deten-nined by the utility to be contained in such parcel. For all single-family property owners qualifying for the senior low-income utility discount established in Section 13.12.140, the discount shall apply to stormwater service charges. Section 7. Severability. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid for any reason, or should any portion of this ordinance be preempted by state or federal law or regulation, such decision or preemption shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances. Section 8. Effective Date. The title of this ordinance, which summarizes the contents of this ordinance, shall be published in the official newspaper of the City. The ordinance shall take effect and be in full force five (5) days after the date of publication, provided, however, that the amended rates shall be effective on January 15, 2014. ORDINANCE 2014-001 6 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF ON THE ADAY OF 2014. CITY OF ARLINGTON wrim Bv Barbara Tolbert, Mayor Kris 'i Banfiiekf, City LJerk 27616819m� IC'svy�—it-torney 49JUVIUM-1491IMINUM MAIRNMAN You are hereby notified that on January 6, 2014, the City Council of the City Arlington, Washington, did adopt Ordinance No. 2014-001 entitled, I "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON DEFERRING CERTAIN INCREASES TO CITY UTILITY RATES AND CHARGES" IF111 iijm�111111�111 M61 The full text of the ordinance is available to interested persons and will be mailed upon request. Kristl Banfield City (I City of Arlington 1, Kristin Banfield, being the duly appointed and acting Clerk of the City of Arlington, Washington, a municipal corporation, do hereby certify that the following Ordinance No. 2014- 001 was approved at the January 6, 2014 City Council meeting. "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTO-2 DEFERRING CERTAIN INCREASES TO CITY UTILITY RATES AND CHARGES" T 11 111111�11111111111 ! ��111111111 KristinQ'Infield City Clerk for the City of Arlington