Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required. There is no anticipated impact upon cost controls or the tax levy.
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Amending Sections 35.02(7) and 35.025(4) of the Madison General Ordinances to establish 2007 Sewer Utility Rates (including Landfill Remediation Fees) effective January 1, 2007.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance establishes the sewer utility rates and landfill remediation fees for 2007.
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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. 5/8" meter $ 44.05 45.50
3/4" meter 44.05 45.50
1" meter 89.65 93.05
1 1/2" meter 165.65 172.30
2" meter 256.85 267.40
3" meter 469.65 489.30
4" meter 773.65 806.30
6" meter 1,533.65 1,598.80
8" meter 2,445.65 2,549.80
10" meter 3,661.65 3,817.80
12" meter 4,877.65 5,085.80
2. The demand charges for each six (6) months period for meters which only measure water usage, 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 $ 10.10 10.20
3/4" meter 10.10 10.20
1" meter 13.70 13.80
1 1/2" meter 19.70 19.80
2" meter 26.90 27.00
3" meter 43.70 43.80
4" meter 67.70 67.80
6" meter 127.70 127.80
(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 $1.1335 $1.1647 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 $0.5033 $0.5262 per one hundred (100) cubic feet of waste contributed, plus $0.1324 $0.1182 per pound of Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand, plus $0.1754 $0.1905 per pound of suspended solids, plus $0.3537 $0.3409 per pound of nitrogen as measured Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, plus $1.8275 $1.8165 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 $93.92 $96.75 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 Emil Street, or at any other approved site on the Public Sewerage System shall be $21.00 per load plus $11.65 for each additional one thousand (1,000) gallons in excess of the first one thousand five hundred (1,500) 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 $ 12.00 9.00
3/4-inch meter 12.00 9.00
1-inch meter 38.00 28.00
1 1/2-inch meter 90.00 67.00
2-inch meter 161.00 121.00
3-inch meter 354.00 266.00
4-inch meter 671.00 503.00
6-inch meter 1,595.00 1,197.00
8-inch meter 2,871.00 2,153.00
10-inch meter 4,766.00 3,575.00
12-inch meter 6,829.00 5,121.00
The foregoing schedule shall apply to all customer bills issued on or after January 1, 2005 2007. 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)."