Fiscal Note
Revenues and expenses have been anticipated in the 2011 Adopted Capital and Operating Budgets. Some levy-neutral adjustments may be made to the 2011 Adopted Budget, as appropriate. No appropriation is required. There is no impact upon the property tax levy.
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Amending Secs 35.02(7) and 35.025(4) of the Madison General Ordinances to establish 2011 Sewer Utility Rates (including Landfill Remediation Fees) effective January 1, 2011 and amending Sec. 37.05(4) of the Madison General Ordinances to establish 2011 rates for the Public Stormwater System.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance establishes the Sewer Utility rates, Stormwater Utility rates and Landfill Remediation Fees for 2011. This ordinance also adds language to Sec. 35.025(4) to clearly indicate the applicability of landfill remediation fees to flat rate sewer customers as well.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subsection (7) entitled "Schedule of Demand Charges, Sewer Rental, Miscellaneous Charges and Industrial Cost Recovery Charges" of Section 35.02 entitled "The Public Sewerage System" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(7) Schedule of Demand Charges, Sewer Rental, Miscellaneous Charges and Industrial Cost Recovery Charges.
(a) Demand Charges.
1. The demand charges for each six (6) month period for customers who are billed for sewer use based on their metered water use (or equivalent), said charges being necessary to recover the Madison Sewer Utility's cost and which are in addition to the demand charges levied by the Water Utility, shall be as follows:
5/8" meter $52.3554.35
3/4" meter 52.3554.35
1" meter 111.23112.33
1 1/2" meter 209.35208.95
2" meter 327.10324.90
3" meter 601.85595.45
4" meter 994.35981.95
6" meter 1,975.601948.20
8" meter 3,153.103107.70
10" meter 4,723.104,653.70
12" meter 6,293.106,199.70
2. The demand charges for each six (6) month period for customers who request a separate meter to measure water usage that does not enter the sewer system, said charges being necessary to recover the Madison Sewer Utility's cost and which are in addition to the demand charges levied by the Water Utility, shall be as follows:
5/8" meter $11.05
3/4" meter 11.05
1" meter 15.1015.55
1 1/2" meter 21.8523.05
2" meter 29.9532.05
3" meter 48.8553.05
4" meter 75.8583.05
6" meter 143.35158.05
(b) Sewer Rental.
1. The sewer rental for those customers who do not elect or are not required to monitor the characteristics of their effluent shall be $1.5971 $1.7443 per one hundred (100) cubic feet of wastewater contributed.
2. The sewer rental for those customers who elect or are required to monitor the characteristics of their effluent shall be $0.7595 $0.8079 per one hundred (100) cubic feet of waste contributed, plus $0.1385 $0.1481 per pound of Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand, plus $0.2139 $0.2346 per pound of suspended solids, plus $0.3737 $0.4058 per pound of nitrogen as measured Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, plus $2.3204 $2.7735 per pound of Total Phosphorous.
(c) Schedule of Charges Where Measurement of Sewer Rental is Not Practical .
Where the Engineer has determined that the measurement of the volume of sewage or industrial waste contributed is not practical, s/he is authorized to establish a flat rate charge for sewer rental and demand charges, the minimum flat rate charge to be $122.62 $131.10 for each semi-annual bill.
(d) Schedule of Charges for Septic Tank Waste. The charge for discharges of waste (from septic tanks, industrial or domestic waste holding tanks, seepage pits, grease traps, mobile public toilets, permanent or portable privies or liquid industrial waste) at the City Engineering Division's Facility located at 1602 1600 Emil Street, or at any other approved site on the Public Sewerage System shall be $33.93 $32.95 per load plus $17.50 $16.20 for each additional one thousand (1,000) gallons in excess of the first one thousand (1,000) gallons. Waste containing approximately 10,000 milligrams per liter of 5-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) or 20,000 milligrams per liter of suspended solids shall be considered "average" waste for the purpose of this subsection. The City Engineer is authorized to establish a modified schedule of charges based on the unit cost established in accordance with Sec. 35.02(7)(b)2 for septic tank waste which materially differ in strength from the average."
2. Subsection (4) entitled "Schedule of Landfill Remediation Fees" of Section 35.025 entitled "Landfill Remediation" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(4) Schedule of Landfill Remediation Fees. The Landfill Remediation Charge for each six (6) month period shall be in addition to the demand charges established by Section 35.02(7) of these ordinances and shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
5/8-inch meter $8.006.00
3/4-inch meter 8.006.00
1-inch meter 25.0019.00
1 1/2-inch meter 60.0045.00
2-inch meter 108.0081.00
3-inch meter 236.00177.00
4-inch meter 447.00335.00
6-inch meter 1,064.00798.00
8-inch meter 1,914.001,436.00
10-inch meter 3,177.002,383.00
12-inch meter 4,552.003,414.00
The foregoing schedule shall apply to all customer bills issued on or after January 1, 20092011. For the purpose of calculating the bills for the customers of the Sewer Utility, the Landfill Remediation Charge may be added to demand charges established by Section 35.02(7). Sewer customers without a meter who are billed a flat rate for sewer service shall be charged, under the foregoing schedule, based on the appropriate sized meter applicable to their water service."
3. Subdivision (f) "Rate Structure" of Subsection (4) entitled "Rates and Charges" of Section 37.05 entitled "The Public Stormwater System" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(f) Rate Structure. Effective January 1, 2010 2011, the following schedule of rates and charges are in effect:
1. The Customer Charge for each six months shall be $4.90 $5.45 for each lot or parcel of land.
2. The Impervious Area Charge for each six months shall be $10.870 $12.0950 per 1,000 square feet of Impervious Area.
3. The Pervious Area Charge for each six months shall be $0.765 $0.8500 per 1,000 square feet of Pervious Area."