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MEMORANDUM
Mayor & Council
Darrell Mack
September 12,1995
ITEM 3.2.
Ordinance Amendment Required By The City of
Elk River Request
The City of Elk River is requesting an ordinance amendment in the billing section of the
sewer ordinance to reflect the current way we calculate sewer bills.
The current ordinance is based on quarterly metered water usage during the first quarter
of the calendar year and we are billing on monthly metered water usage. We would also
like to amend the ordinance to use an average of metered water usage for the months of
November, December, January, February and March instead of the first quarter average.
Stafffeels we will get a more accurate average from all residents including the people who
• leave for a month or so.
Attached is a copy of the proposed ordinance.
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13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425
• ORDINANCE 95-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1302.06 (2), USER CHARGES
FOR NORMAL DOMESTIC STRENGTH USERS, OF THE CITY OF
ELK RIVER CODE OF ORDINANCES
The City Council of the City of Elk River does ordain as follows:
Section 1. That Section 1302.06, Subdivision (2) User Charges for
Normal Domestic Strength Users, is hereby amended as follows:
See Attached
Section 2. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
from and after the date of its publication.
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Passed and adopted this ~,8'th day of September, 1995, by the City
Council of the City of Elk River.
C
Henry A. Duitsman, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sandra A. Thackeray, City Clerk
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i. Measurement of Wastewater Volume for Domestic
• Users:
a. Measurement of Wastewater Volume
for Domestic Users Connected to the City's Water
Utility:
Except as provided for herein,
billable wastewater volume for residential users
shall be calculated on the basis of metered water
usage. Metered water usage shall be determined by
calculating a monthly average based on water
consumption for the months of November, December,
Januarv, February and March.
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minimum rate will be billed on unit cost of 1,000
gallons per month.
b. Measurement of Wastewater Volume
for Domestic Users Not Connected to the City's
Water Utility:
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connected to the City's water utility shall be
established as a flat rate per month based on the
average water use of metered residential users in
the community.
The City reserves the right to require
residential users to install water meters for the
purpose of determining billable wastewater volume.
ii. Measurement of Wastewater Volume for Non-
Domestic Users:
The charges assessed non-domestic users
discharging "Normal Domestic Strength Wastewater" shall
be established proportionately according to billable
wastewater volume. Billable wastewater volume shall be
calculated as follows:
The billable wastewater volume of non-domestic
users may be determined in the same manner as for
• residential users connected to the City's water
utility, except that if the City determines that there
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are significant seasonal variations in the metered
• water usage of non-residential users resulting in a
proportionate increase (or decrease) in wastewater
volume; then billable wastewater volume shall be: 1)
calculated on the basis of i__~~-monthly metered
water usage recorded throughout the year, or 2)
calculated on the basis of wastewater flow meters.
The City may, at its discretion, require
non-domestic users to install, at the user's expense, a
water meter, or such additional water meters or
wastewater flow meters as may be necessary to determine
billable wastewater volume.
iii. Determination of Loadings for Normal Domestic
Strength Users:
The billable amounts of BOD and TSS will be
calculated from the volume of metered water usage, as
determined above; where the billable quantities will be
those attributable to wastewater at a concentration of
200 mg/1 BOD and 250 mg/1 TSS (i.e. "Normal Domestic
Strength Wastewater).
. iv. Determination of Loadings for Non-Domestic
Strength Users:
The City may, at its discretion, require
non-domestic users to install a sewage monitoring
facility.
Each industrial user required by the City to
install and maintain sewage monitoring facilities shall
submit to the City a monthly report of daily flow and
BOD on a form approved by the City. This report shall
be used for billing purposes and shall be submitted
prior to the fifteenth (15) day of the subsequent
month.
The City shall have the right to periodically or
continuously inspect the monitoring facilities to
measure, sample and analyze the industrial user's flow
and to analyze the samples obtained by such user. In
the event of any discrepancy between the flows or loads
determined by the City and those determined by the
industrial user, the values determined by the City
shall be used for billing purposes.
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B. Determination of User Charges for Normal Domestic
Strength Users:
User Charges for Normal Domestic Users except senior citizens
and unmetered water users shall be calculated e-s--aon base
a unit
charge for each 1, 000 gallons ~~e~~ess e€~~e~s~ase-ors-awe.
However, under no circumstance will a user be billed less
than the minimum charge. Senior citizens shall be charged
for the actual metered usage at the unit cost per 1,000
gallons. Unmetered users shall be charged a flat fee
calculated from the average domestic usage throughout the
community.
The user charges for the three classifications of Domestic
users shall be as follows:
i. Metered Water Users:
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month billable wastewater volume shall be an average of
the metered water usage during the months of November,
December, January, February, and March.
. ii. Unmetered Water Users:
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iii. Senior Citizens:
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