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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-163 CCR Member Tony Kuefler introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 78 -163 RESOLUTION AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF RATES, FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE USE OF AND CONNECTION TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER WHEREAS, a municipal public utilities department exists for the purpose of providing and maintaining water and sanitary sewer facilities for the citizens of the City of Brooklyn Center; and WHEREAS, it is the requirement of the City Charter that the Public Utilities Department be a self- sustaining entity through revenue provided by a uniform schedule of rates, fees, and charges; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, formerly known as the Metropolitan Sewer Board, assumed ownership and operation of all existing interceptors and treatment works needed to implement the Metropolitan Council's Comprehensive Plan for collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage in the Metropolitan area pursuant to the Metropolitan Sewer Act, Chapter 449, 1969 Session Laws, State of Minnesota; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, in order to receive and retain grants in compliance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Acts of 1972 and regulations thereunder, adopted Resolution No. 76 -172, on June 15, 1976, imposing an Industrial User Sewer Strength Charge upon users of the Metropolitan Disposal System to recover operation and maintenance costs of treatment works attributable to the strength of the discharge of industrial waste, such sewer strength charge being in addition to the charge based upon the volume of discharge; and WHEREAS Minnesota Statutes Section 444.075, Subd. 3 empowers the City to make such sewer charge to be charged against the owner, leasee, occupant or all of them, and certify unpaid charges to the County Auditor as a tax lien against the property served; and WHEREAS, consistent with Chapter 11 of the Brooklyn Center City Charter, the City Council on August 14, 1978, conducted a public hearing at which oppor- tunity was afforded all interested citizens to be heard. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center that the schedule of sanitary sewer rates, fees, and charges be adopted in amended form as follows: RESOLUTION NO. 78 -163 RATES: 1. Residential Quarterly Rates Year Single Family* Apartment Elderly 1978 12.25 8.60 8.75 1979 15.75 11.00 8.75 1980 19.00 13.30 1981 20.00 14.00 1982 21.25 14.90 *Includes double bungalows, duplexes and townhouses. *For elderly residents with the head of household or spouse 62 years of age or older and a maximum of 2 persons in the household. Persons meeting the above reauirements shall file with the City in Tanuary of each year an affidavit approved by the City. 2. Non Residential Year Per 1,000 Gallons* Fixture Unit 1978 0.55 0.75 1979 0.70 0.95 1980 0.85 1.15 1981 0.90 1.25 1982 0.95 1.30 *Multiplied by the metered water consumption. *All uses without water meter, fixture unit as defined by the City of Minneapolis Plumbing, Water and Gas Piping Ordinances (1959) FEES: 1. Connection Permit $20.00 /Connection 2. Disconnection Permit 20.00 /Disconnection 3. Metropolitan Service Availability Charge for 1978 $400.00 per unit equivalent The number of unit equivalents which are connected or for which a building permit is issued shall be computed in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission on file in the office of the City Engineer. A summary of the guidelines is as follows: a. Single family, double bungalows, duplexes and townhouses 1.0 unit equivalent b. Apartments and Condominiums .8 unit equivalent c. Non Residential 1.0/100,00 gallons of estimated flow (with minimum of 1 unit) RESOLUTION NO. 78 -163 d. Public and Federal subsidized low and moderate income and housing 75% of unit equivalent CHARGES: 1 Delinquent Account $1.00 per quarter per account 2. Preparation for Certification to taxes of delinquent accounts $10.00 per account 3. Metropolitan Industrial Users Strength Charge with formula as follows: a. Strength Charge Formula SCF SR [Rss (SS SS o Rcod (COD-COD 0 SS COD where: SCF Strength Charge Factor SR Strength Phase Ratio (Strength costs to system costs for administrative and O M of treatment works) R Suspended Solids Cost Ratio R cod Chemical Oxygen Demand Cost Ratio SS Suspended Solids Concentration of Discharge (SS>SS SS Suspended Solids Concentration of Base COD Chemical Oxygen Demand Concentration of Discharge (COD>COD) COD Chemical Oxygen Demand Concentration of Base b. Strength Charge SC (SCF) (V) (TW) where: SC Strength Charge SCF Strength Charge Factor V Volume of Discharge TW Treatment Works Unit Cost RESOLUTION NO. 78-163 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED as follows: 1. That the Strength Charge established above shall be paid by each industrial user receiving waste treatment services and subject thereto before the twentieth (20th) day next succeeding of date of billing thereof to such user by and on behalf of the City, and such payment thereof shall be deemed to be delinquent if not so paid to the billing entity before such date, and if such payment is not paid before such date an industrial user shall pay interest compounded monthly at the rate of two- thirds of one percent (2/3 per month on the unpaid balance due. 2. As provided by Minnesota Statutes, Section 444.075, Subd 3, it is hereby approved, adopted, and established that if the payment of the Strength Charge established above is not paid before the sixtieth (60th) day next succeeding the date of billing thereof to the industrial user by or on behalf of the City, said delinquent sewer Strength Charge, plus accrued interest established pursuant to the above shall be deemed to be a charge against the owner, leasee, and occupant of the property served, and the City or its agent shall certify such unpaid delinquent balance to the County Auditor with taxes against the property served for collection as other taxes are collected provided however that such certification shall not preclude the City or its agent from recovering of such delinquent sewer Strength Charge and interest thereon under any other available remedy. 3. The above amended schedule of sanitary sewer rates, fees, and charges becomes effective for accounts billed after August 14, 1978. August 14, 1978 Date May,�/f ATTEST: `Wrk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Celia Scott and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Dean Nyquist, Tony Kuefler, Bill Fignar, Gene Lhotka, and Celia Scott; and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.