Fiscal Note
City of Madison water and sewer utilities provide service to customers outside the City of Madison to the following local jurisdictions:
Cities of Fitchburg, Middleton, and Monona
Towns of Blooming Grove, Burke, Middleton, and Verona
Villages of Maple Bluff, McFarland, and Shorewood Hills
The Madison Water Utility administers the billing service for water and sewer service to residents in these other jurisdictions. All delinquent water and sewer bills for these other local jurisdictions with due dates between September 23, 2021 thru September 21, 2022 will get transferred into the respective local jurisdiction’s tax rolls for eventual collection. This resolution is one of the necessary steps to aid those jurisdictions to accomplish this. No appropriation is required.
Madison Water Utility is currently exploring options to address water affordability for all City residents subject to existing regulatory guidelines.
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Authorizing Madison Water Utility's General Manager to certify municipal services bills, assessments, and charges to the 2022 tax rolls of other governmental units for delinquent accounts in those jurisdictions.
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WHEREAS, Madison Water Utility administers the billing system for the City of Madison Municipal Services Bill, which includes water and sewer bills, stormwater, landfill remediation, and urban forestry charges; and
WHEREAS, the City water and sewer utilities provide service to customers outside the City of Madison in accordance with Madison General Ordinances Section 13.16(2) and Section 35.02; and
WHEREAS, the City water and sewer utilities are authorized under section 66.0809(3) of Wisconsin Statutes to certify amounts owed in arrears to the utilities to the tax rolls of the appropriate town, village, or city;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council authorizes Madison Water Utility's General Manager to certify the 2022 tax rolls to the towns of Blooming Grove, Burke, Middleton, and Verona, of the villages of Maple Bluff, McFarland, and Shorewood Hills, and the cities of Fitchburg, Middleton, and Monona any delinquent municipal services bills, water or sewer main assessment installations, and water and sewer lateral charges.