RESOLUTION No. 2017 – 16

 

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MOLALLA, OREGON ESTABLISHING WATER RATES AND ANNUAL INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS THEREAFTER AS APPROVED BY MOLALLA MUNCIPAL CODE CHAPTER 13.04

 

WHEREAS, The Molalla Municipal Code Section 13.04.160 provides that fees for water service be established by resolution of the City Council; and

 

WHEREAS, the City desires to regularly review the costs of operating, maintaining and improving the water system; and

 

WHEREAS, the City has previously established via Resolution No. 2016-08, a schedule of future water rate increases effective May 25, 2016; and

 

WHEREAS, the City has prepared a fee rate study which has identified water system costs, rate structure alternatives, and equitable cost recovery methods; and

 

WHEREAS, the City completed a 5-year water capital improvement plan and rate study to revise the fees based on the updated plan; and

 

WHEREAS, the City Council desires to implement the average annual rate increase of 2.86% for the first year as identified in the July 2017 Utilities Rate Study.

 

WHEREAS, the City desires to establish within its water rate structure both incentives for water conservation and the ability for the City to recover the costs of providing water services; and

 

WHEREAS, the City desires to establish within its water rate structure an annual increase to address inflation based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Portland-Salem for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), service provision and maintenance.

 

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Molalla as follows:

 

Section 1.  Resolution No. 2016-08 is repealed upon the effective date of this Resolution.

 

Section 2.  The Water Rates and Fees are established:

 

Rate Schedule thru June 30, 2018 – Water

(All Residential, Commercial, and Industrial inside the City)

 

Meter Size

(inches)

Rate

Use Charge

(per 100 cubic feet)

3/4

$13.07

$2.87

1

$21.90

$2.87

1-1/2

$43.57

$2.87

2

$70.01

$2.87

3

$152.47

$2.87

4

$261.37

$2.87

6

$544.51

$2.87

8

$784.10

$2.87

 

 

Rate Schedule Effective July 01, 2018 – Water

(All Residential, Commercial, and Industrial inside the City)

 

Meter Size

(inches)

Rate

Use Charge

(per 100 cubic feet)

3/4

$13.44

$2.95

1

$22.53

$2.95

1-1/2

$44.82

$2.95

2

$72.01

$2.95

3

$156.83

$2.95

4

$268.85

$2.95

6

$560.08

$2.95

8

$806.53

$2.95

 

 

All Fire Line Rates are set at $0.00 per month.

 

Section 3.  Rates for all services outside of the City limits shall be 150% of the rate schedule shown above.

 

Section 4.  Annual inflationary adjustments for all water users shall be effective automatically each year on July 1 based on the published values by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Portland-Salem for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).

 

Section 5.  This Resolution is and shall be effective upon adoption and all rates and charges established herein for water customers shall go into effect as of such date.

 

Duly adopted by Molalla City Council the 8th day of November, 2017.

 

 

           _____________________________________

           Mayor, Jimmy Thompson

 

ATTEST the 8th day of November, 2017

 

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City Recorder