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File #: 12579    Version: 1 Name: Sewer, Stormwater and Landfill rates and fees
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/10/2008 In control: BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)
On agenda: 12/2/2008 Final action: 12/2/2008
Enactment date: 12/23/2008 Enactment #: ORD-08-00139
Title: Amending Sections 35.02(7) and 35.025(4) of the Madison General Ordinances to establish 2009 Sewer Utility Rates (including Landfill Remediation Fees) effective January 1, 2009 and Amending Section 37.05(4) of the Madison General Ordinances to establish 2009 rates for the Public Stormwater System.
Sponsors: David J. Cieslewicz
Fiscal Note
Revenues and expenses have been anticipated in the 2009 Executive Capital and Operating Budgets.  Some levy-neutral adjustments will be made to the 2009 Adopted Budget, as appropriate.  No appropriation is required.  There is no impact upon the property tax levy.
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Amending Sections 35.02(7) and 35.025(4) of the Madison General Ordinances to establish 2009 Sewer Utility Rates (including Landfill Remediation Fees) effective January 1, 2009 and Amending Section 37.05(4) of the Madison General Ordinances to establish 2009 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 2009.
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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      $45.50$46.55
            3/4" meter      45.50  46.55
                  1" meter      93.05  97.25
            1 1/2" meter      172.30181.75
            2" meter      267.40283.15
            3" meter      489.30519.75
            4" meter      806.30857.75
            6" meter      1,598.801,702.75
            8" meter      2,549.802,716.75
            10" meter      3,817.804,068.75
            12" meter      5,085.805,420.75
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      $10.20$11.05
3/4" meter      10.20 11.05
1" meter      13.8014.95
1 1/2" meter      19.8021.45
2" meter      27.0029.25
3" meter      43.8047.45
4" meter      67.8073.45
6" meter      127.80138.45
(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 $1.23001.3343 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 $0.55340.6185 per one hundred (100) cubic feet of waste contributed, plus  $0.12370.1248 per pound of Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand, plus $0.19340.2038 per pound of suspended solids, plus $0.34040.3683 per pound of nitrogen as measured Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, plus $1.80122.2049 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 $99.62106.59 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 $21.0035.67 per load plus $11.6519.30 for each additional one thousand (1,000) gallons in excess of the first one thousand five hundred (1,500)(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      $8.00
3/4-inch meter      8.00
1-inch meter      25.00
1 1/2-inch meter      60.00
2-inch meter       108.00
3-inch meter       236.00
4-inch meter       447.00
6-inch meter      1,064.00
8-inch meter      1,914.00
10-inch meter      3,177.00
12-inch meter      4,552.00
The foregoing schedule shall apply to all customer bills issued on or after January 1, 20082009. 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)."
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, 20082009, the following schedule of rates and charges re in effect:
1.      The Customer Charge for each six months shall be $3.90$4.45 for each lot or parcel of land.
2.      The Impervious Area Charge for each six months shall be $8.67$9.885 per 1,000 square feet of Impervious Area.
3.      The Pervious Area Charge for each six months shall be $0.61$0.695 per 1,000 square feet of Pervious Area."