Fiscal Note
No appropriation required.
Title
Amending Sec. 13.16 of the Madison General Ordinance to update the water service area limitations.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance amends Sec. 13.16 of the Madison General Ordinances to update the water service area limitations. This section has not been amended since 2002, and currently limits water service area extensions beyond the municipal limits to properties subject to intergovernmental agreements or cooperative plans with the City of Fitchburg, the City of Monona, the Village of Maple Bluff and the Village of Shorewood Hills. However, since 2002, the City has entered into cooperative plans with the Town of Madison and the City of Fitchburg (Oct. 10, 2003), the Town of Middleton (Dec. 11, 2003), the Town of Blooming Grove (Oct. 3, 2006), and the Town of Burke, the Village of De Forest and the City of Sun Prairie (May 4, 2007), and portions of these cooperative plans have required the City to provide water service to properties located outside of the City, usually subject to a delayed attachment of the property to the City. This amendment updates the water service area limitations in this section to include service area extensions to properties covered by intergovernmental agreements and approved cooperative plans, regardless of which municipalities are involved. This amendment will be much less burdensome then requiring a new paragraph under sub. (2)(d) each time service is extended beyond the municipal boundary pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement or approved cooperative plan, and will make all such existing connections consistent with the ordinance. This amendment will also allow the City to enter into future intergovernmental agreements and cooperative plans that cover water service area expansions without having to re-amend this section.
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