HomeMy WebLinkAbout3980oRDINANce No. 31 Po
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, amending Section
7.04.280 Kent City Code to adJust the schedule of
charges for sewer rates for increases for King
County METRO mandatory services.
RECITALS
A. The city is obligated by contract to send all of its wastewater
for treatment to King County METRO which bills its costs for services to the
city to be passed through to city customers.
B. The King County Council has increased METRO rates for 2011
due to increased costs. The city will increase rates solely to pass through
the METRO increases.
C. Starting with the month of January, 2011, for single family
residential dwellings and 1nd1v1dually-metered mult1-fam1ly dwellings,
monthly rates will increase by $4.20 plus the associated twenty-five cent
utility tax increase. The total monthly charge will increase from $48.26 to
$52. 71 (9.2%) for these service types.
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D. Single family residential/lifeline rates will also increase by
9.2°/o, increasing from $44.40 1n 2010 to $48.49 in 2011.
E. All other service types, primarily commercial and industrial,
will increase by 9.2 percent from $6.44 to $7.03 per 100 cubic feet of
water used.
F. The Public Works Committee has recommended that these
increases, including applicable ut1l1ty tax, be passed along to the City's
customers.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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ORDINANCE
SECTION 1. -Amendment. Section 7.04.280 of the Kent City Code
is amended as follows:
04 2&0 ~cheduJe or £barges far 1erv1ee
The f.ollowmg samtary sewer seMce charge~ for $Cl"V1ce msule the city limits ate m effect on the dates and m the amounts hsted below Sewer serv1ce charges for customers
res1d1ng oul&1de the city shall be the charges as on tile '" the <1ty olork's offi<e
Type of Serv100
S.mgle-famlly
re11dent1al dwelling, u
defined m Ch 15 02
KCC
2 Two-family or
mt1lt1plc-famtl}'
res1den11al dwcUmg,, as
defined m Ch 15 oi
KU', e•ohun1t
oeparaJely meter~i! 11lll
charged
Smgle famtly
res1dent1al/hfel ine
chg1b1l1tj cntcna for
the hfelme uUIU} rate
set forth in K.CC
7 01 080
Charge per Month
Effeett¥e
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...... 1 .. 1.,ul shall be
bLllcd m accordance
Wllh th( cons .. mptlon
of water and at the
foHowrng rare, except
that uo monthly bill
shall be less than the
smgle-farn1l;
res1dent1al rates~ forth
1n sen.ice l)'pe No 1
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l&llltHfy-1, lfttlll8l'fl, fflllll>f}-1, Janunry I Effective on l:'P)ilJlui!J~
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$4826 m.11
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$4-8'31"'f!OO i;; 13-per-IW ,. 57 per 100 f~9">-per~OO $(i 44 per 100 17.Ql.JM
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SECTION 2. The adJusted fees are for services beginning January
1, 2011.
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SECTION 3. -Savings. The existing section 7.04.280 of the Kent
City Code, which is amended by this ordinance, shall remain in full force
and effect until the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. -Severability. If any one or more sections,
subsections, or sentences of this ordinance are held to be unconstitutional
or invalid, such dec1s1on shall not affect the val1d1ty of the remaining
portion of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. -Corrections by Citv Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon
approval of the City Attorney, the City Clerk and the code reviser are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the
correction of clerical errors, references to other local, state or federal laws,
codes, rules or regulations; or ordinance numbering and sect1on/subsect1on
numbering.
SECTION 6.-Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be
m force thirty (30) days from and after its passage a"Qlaw.
ATTEST:
RNEY
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E OOKE, MAYOR
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PASSED: /? day of November, 2010.
APPROVED: //p day of November, 2010.
PUBLISHED: /'f day of November, 2010.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No.
31f 0 passed by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washingto , and
approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as hereon indicated.
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