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Item No. 12-205
Date: June li, 2012
� Item/Subject: ORDER, Establishing Sewer Rates to go into Effect for Accounts Billed Starting
]uly 1, 2012
Responsible Department: Wastewater Treatment Plant
� Commentary: If approved, this order will increase sewer rates by 8.6% beginning July 1,
2012. In order to maintain compliance with State and Federal Environmental requirements.
After discussions with CH2M Hill and the Environmental Regulatory Agencies, it was determined
that the City would need to make immediate plans to undertake the following projects:
Implement a capacity management study,
Implement an operation and maintenance program (CMOM) for the sewer system; and
Complete sewer mapping through the City geographic information system;
Develop an asset management program; and
Develop a Phase Two long term control plan for abatement of combined sewer overflows.
The implementation of this program will necessitate a need to fund an additional $650,000 of
operating costs. If approved, the impact of the rate increase on a minimum user (12 hundred
cubic feet) would be $5.40 per quarter or $21.60 per year. The impact of a 8.6% increase on
an average user (20 hundred cubic feet) would be $9 per quarter or $36 per year.
Failure to implement these programs could result in regulatory actions being taken against the
city such as fines and increased scrutiny over development. This need for the increase was
reviewed at a budget workshop.
Department Head
Manager's Comments:
City Manager
Associated Information: Order
Budget Approval:
Finance ector
Legal Approval:
City Solicitor
Introduced for
X Passage
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12-205
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(TITLE.) Order, Establishing Sewer User Rates To Go Into Effect For Accounts Billed Starting )uly
1, 2012
By ifie City Cauneil of the �'it}�of Bangor.�
ORQERED,
That the following sewer user rate is adopted effective July 1, 2Q12 and represents an
8.6°/a inerease over the current rate:
Qu�rterly M4nthly
Rate: Minimum Minimum
$5.�0/HCF* $68.4Q $22.80
*Hundred Cubie Feet
The rates pravided above shall be applied to a[I accounts billed on or afiter the eff�tive date
listed above. This Qrder supersedes all prior CounciC Qrders establishing volume-based sewer
rates.
IN CITY COUNCIL
June 11, 2012
Motion Made and Seconded
for Passage
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