HomeMy WebLinkAbout4082 S[IVMARY OF C~DI~ ND. 4082
AN ORDI~ amending Ordinance Ordinance #4063, Sec-
tion 3, whichamended Ordinance #3700, Section 3, as
earlier amended by Ordinance No. 3825 regarding an
addition Septage discharge fee to cover the costs of
a Septage Monitering program.
SEC~I(~N 1. §3(A)(6) of Ordinance No. 3700 is amended to read as
fol lows:
6. A. Septage Charge. Septage haulers, licensed as a busi-
ness with the City of Bremerton, may discharge waste at the wastewater
treatment facility septage receiving station. Charge for the service is
based upon a 1,500 gallon unit or portion thereof.
a. Domestic septage charge will be $52.50 per
unit.
b. Non-domestic approved waste will be $75.00 per
unit.
Septage haulers whose septage charge is unpaid and delinquent
shall not be allowed to discharge septage until all delinquent charges are
paid.
c. To cover the costs of a septage monitoring program,
an additional fee of one cent per gallon will be charged at
each septage discharge and transferred for the Public Health
Pooling Fund once each quarter.
Any person desiring the full text of the foregoing Ordinance may
so request from the City Clerk and it shall be provided:without charge.
N~D BY the City Council on the first reading on /~-Y_~
day of k.~,/~ , 1986.
PASSED BY the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by
the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk in authentication of such
passage on the ~7~d/~, day of (~~/~_//~ , 1986.
ATTEST:
~,F. ENL. MCC~US~, City Clerk
Director of Adminitrative Services
~-~'~ AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 4063,
~ ~ ~~-~--%~'(~ S3, which amended Ordinance No. 3700,
earlier amended by Ordinance No. 3825,
regarding an additional septage discharge
fee to cover the costs of a septage
monitoring program.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1: Ordinance No. 4063, §3, paragraph 6, is amended
to read as follows:
SECTION 3: ESTABLISHMENT OF USER CHARGE SYSTEM:
A. General User Charge Criteria.
1. Types of User Charqe~. The user charge system
shall consist of charges for (a) O & ' costs, (b) capital
improvements, and (c) a facilities equity charge to new or
expanding usage users.
2. Bi-Monthly User Charge Format. The basic
bi-monthly wastewater user charge, for all users but the U.S.
Navy, will consist of two (2) parts:
a. A Fixed Charge which will include the cost of
account billing procedures, a portion of capital cost
contribution, and in the case of the residential user
classes, the cost of a minimum amount of wastewater
discharge.
b. A Variable Charge which will depend on the
volume of water consumed on (or wastewater discharged
from) the user's premises and the typical strength for
each user class.
3. Bi-Monthly Charges for U.S. Navy. The U.S.
Navy will be charged bi-monthly for volume and strength of
wastewater discharges only. That portion of capital costs
attributable to system capacities for handling wastewater from
the U.S. Navy will be recovered by provisions of a negotiated
contract.
4. User Classes.
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a. Strenqth of Wastewater. Ail users will be
assigned to one of the following classes for purposes of fixing
the typical strength of their wastewater discharges:
1. Residential - single family
2. Residential - multi-family
3. Commercial
4. High-strength commercial
5. Industrial
6. Septage'
7. Contract
8. Verified Strength.
b. User's Discharqe Location. Users will be
classified to indicate whether their premises are
located within City limits, within Kitsap County Sewer
Distric No. 1, or outside of both such areas.
5. TyDical a.n..d Ve.rified Stre. ngth. Once each year,
the Wastewater Superintendent shall assign a typical waste
strength to each user class except "verified strength," for
purposes of determining user charges. Users in the verified
strength class will have their strength determined by direct
period composite samDling and analysis. Composite samples shall
be collected and analyzed at the user's expense.
To be eligible to be charged as a verified strength
user, the user must have its discharge(s) to the wastewater
system structured in such a way that sampling of the discharge(s)
can be reasonabaly achieved without contamination or dilution by
other discharges. If special provisions are required to achieve
discharge sampling, such provisions shall be made at the user's
expense.
6. A. Septage Charge. Septage haulers, licensed
as a business with the City of Bremerton, may discharge waste at
the wastewater treatment facility septage receiving station.
Charge for the service is based upon a 1,500 gallon unit or
portion thereof.
a. Domestic septage charge will be $52.50
per unit.
b. Non-domestic approved waste will be
$75.00 per unit.
Septage haulers whose septage charge is unpaid and
delinquent shall not be allowed to discharge septage until ali
delinquent charges are paid.
c. To cover the costs of a septage monitoring
program{ an .additional fee of one cent per gallon will be charged
at each septage discharge and transferred for the Public Health
Pooling Fund once each quarte'r.
B. Operation and Maintenance Costs.
The following methodology assures that the portion of
the user's charge attributable to O & M Costs shall be determined
in accordance with the quality and quantity of the user's
waste discharge.
1. System Elements and Sub-Elements. 0 & M Costs
shall be estimated annually for the following system elements and
s ub-el ement s:
a. Gravity sewers and minor pump stations.
b. Transmission facilities.
c. Treatment facilities.
d. User account management (i) standard
billing accounts; (ii) special and contract accounts.
e. General administration and overhead.
The costs for element "e" will be allocated to, and
included in, elements "a," "b," and "c," in proportion to the
direct costs for each such element.
2. Element-Parameter Cost. Annual O & M Costs for
elements "a," "b," and "c" shall be allocated to flow, BOD, and
TSS. Cost allocations for each parameter within each element
will be identified as "element-parameter costs."
3. ~ser Class..Responsibilit¥ for Element Costs.
An appropriate determination shall be made of which user classes
shall be responsible for the cost burdens imposed by each
respective element.
4. Element-Parameter-Class Loadings. The
Wastewater Superintendent shall annually estimate the sewage
flow, BOD and TSS expected to be discharged to each element of
the wastewater system by each respective user class. These
estimated annual quantities shall be expressed in terms of
gallons (flow) or pounds (BOD, TSS). These quantities shall be
termed "element-parameter-class loadings." The total loading of
each parameter for all user classes combined for each system
element shall be termed the "element-parameter loading."
5. Element-Parameter Unit Cost. Following tasks
1, 2, 3 and 4 above, the "element-parameter cost" for each
element will be divided by the respective "element-parameter
loading" to establish a value termed "element-parameter unit
cost" which shall represent the 0 & M Cost of one unit (gallon or
pound) of that parameter being handled through that system
element.
6. volumetric Unit Charqe. The typical strengths
of BOD and TSS for each user class will be expressed in pounds
per cubic feet. When multiplied by the respective
"element-parameter unit costs" for these parameters for each
element, it will generate "parameter-element volumetric charges"
in the form of cost per cubic foot. The parameter-element
volumetric charge for the flow parameter will also be expressed
in cost per cubic foot.
The sum of 'all "Parameter-element volumetric
charges" for all elements and for the parameters of flow, BOD and
TSS as appropriate to each user class will then result in a
"volumetric unit charge" for each respective user class,
expressed in the form of cost per cubic foot of sanitary sewage.
7. Bi-Monthly Volumetric User Charqe.
a. The bi-monthly volumetric user charge for
each user or account will be computed by multiplying
the appropriate "volumetric unit charge" by the'
"adjusted volume" discharged by each user during the
bi-monthly billing period. The "adjusted volume" of
wastewater discharged is deemed to be eighty percent
(80%) of the volume of water delivered to each user's
premises as measured by a water service meter, or one
hundred per cent (100%) of the volume of wastewater
discharged to the system for accounts having wastewater
flow meter provisions. In the event that water service
meter readings for a user are not available to the
City, it shall be assumed that such water consumption
is equal to one and one-quarter (125%) times the water
consumption by similar users or accounts for which
water meter readings are available to the City.
b. For purposes of computing the
bi-monthly volumetric charge for all residential
users, 400 cubic feet per bi-month per
residential unit shall be deducted from the
"adjusted volume" because the charge for such 400
cubic feet per bi-month per unit will be included
in a flat charge portion'of the bill to each such
user. In the event that a residential user's
"adjusted volume" is less than 400 cubic feet per
bi-month per unit, no volumetric unit charge
shall be applied, but no deduction from the flat
charge portion shall be allowed.
c. A special basis for volumetric user charges
will be applied to single-family residential classes of
users during a s/x-m6nth period (either April-May,
June-July, and August-September or May-June,
July-August, and September-October billing periods,
depending upon which bi-monthly cycle applies to a
specific account). For such six-month period of
probable irrigation use of metered water, volumetric
charges for sewer service will not exceed the maximum
volumetric charge for a bi-monthly billing during the
preceeding six (6) months providing the user account
was in effect and active for at least two billing
periods of the preceeding six (6) months. The above
allowance for irrigation usage of water may be extended
to other than single family residential user class
accounts providing the user applies for such allowance
in writing and can reasonably demonstrate that such
irrigation usage allowance is appropriate.
8. Flat Rate 0 & .M Charges. All users will be
assessed a flat rate 0 & M charge on all service billings to
include the equally allocated costs for standard billing and
receiving (see Section 3(B)(1)(g)(i)). Additionally, special O &
M charges for metering, sampling, analysis and/or special
computer operations will be added to all bills for all users in
the "contract", "septage" and "verified strength" user classes.
(See Section 3(B)(1)(g)(ii)). The flat rate portion of 0 & M
charges to all residential users will also include a charge for a
minimum 400 cubic feet of wastewater discharge per residential
unit per bi-monthly period.
C. Capital Costs. The estimated funds for capital
improvements, less amounts recovered through a contract with U.S.
Navy and from specific grants, will be recovered by charges
allocated to all users, except U.S. Navy.
Any debt service or redemption costs for bonds or
loans for wastewater system improvements will be treated as would
direct payments for capital improvements.
Part of the capital funds needed each year will be
recovered by fixed bi-monthly charges apportioned to all non-Navy
users on the basis of parameter design loadings and the remaining
portion will be recovered by variable charges to all non-Navy
users on the basis of volume and strength of actual discharges by
users.
Both fixed and variable charges will be allocated as
though all improvements to all system elements would become
functional at the same time and without regard to the actual
schedule or sequence of construction.
The following sequence of tasks defines the method of
allocating capital cost obligations to system users:
1. Capital cost allocations to elements and
parameters.
The estimated capital costs for improvements will
be allocated to at least the following elements of system
improvements:
a. Local gravity sewers and minor pump
stations.
b. Major pump stations and transmission lines.
c. Headworks.
d. Primary treatment.
e. Seconda'ry treatment.
f. Sludge digestion, sludge disposal.
g. Disinfection.
h. Laboratory facilities.
i. Administration and service facilities.
j. System controls.
k. Land acquisition, landscaping and security.
1. Miscellaneous improvement related costs.
Each of these allocated costs will be reduced by the
amount of Navy capital cost participation appropriate to each
element and by the amount of grant funds provided for each such
element. The remaining costs for each element will be further
allocated to the parameters of flow, BOD, TSS. These
element-parameter net allocations will then be allocated equally
to nih (9) cost recovery 'years and be termed "element-parameter
annual capital cost" values.
2. Design capacity allocations to user classes.
The parameter handling capacity designed for or allocated to each
element listed in task 1 above will be allocated to user classes.
Flow, BOD and TSS design capacities will be daily average values
(gallons/day for flow and pounds/day for BOD and TSS).
The parameter capacities of elements will be termed
"element-parameter design loadings". When allocated to user
classes, the allocations will be termed "element-parameter-class
design loadings."
3. Capital costs per unit of parameter capacity.
Each "element-parameter annual capital cost" from task
1 will be divided by the corresponding "element-parameter design
loading" value from task 2 to generate values termed
"element-parameter annual unit capital costs" (S/year per
gallon/day, S/year per pound/day).
4. Capital costs per unit of flow capacity. The
BOD and TSS design strength assumed for each user class
(pounds/gallon) will be multiplied by the corresponding
"element-parameter annual unit capital cost" values (S/year per
pound/day) to yield "element-parameter annual volumetric unit
capital cost" values (S/year per gallon/day). These values can
then be added to the "element-parameter annual unit capital cost"
for flow (also in S/year per gallon/day) to obtain combined
"element annual volumetric unit capital cost" value for all three
(3) of these parameters for each element and each user class.
These unit volume values will then be added across all elements
appropriate to each user class to ~btain "system annual
volumetric unit capital cost values" (S/year per gallon/day) for
each user class.
5. Fixed portion of bi-monthly capital charqes.
This capital charge portion of bi-monthly billings to all users
is intended to cover one-half (1/2) of the capital costs of all
system improvements. Since the designed facilities provide
capacities beyond the flow, BOD and TSS needs of currently
connected users and als(wprovi~e capacity for storm flows that
are not considered as a basis for charges, the capital charges
for flow, BOD and TSS discharges by each user must be increased
to fifty percent (50%) more than was assumed for purposes of
actual design.
For each user class, the "system annual volumetric unit
capital cost" value from task 4 will be multiiplied by 1.5
(excess over design), then divided by six (six billing periods
per year), and then again divided by 2 (one-half to be derived by
fixed charge portion) to yield a "system bi-monthly fixed
volumetric unit capital charge" value. (Note: 1.5 divided by (6
x 2) = 0.125 net multiplier to convert "annual volumetric" to
"bi-monthly volumetric" values). This "system bi-monthly
volumetric unit capital charge" (S/bi-month per gallon/day) will
then be multiplied by the design volumetric capacity for each
user in the class to determine the fixed capital amount to be
charged on each bi-monthly bill for flow, BOD and TSS.
6. Variable portion of bi-monthly capital charges.
The "system bi-monthly fixed volumetric unit capital charge"
values from task 5 (S/bi-month per gallon/day) will be multiplied
by 7.5 gallon/cubic foot,then divided by 60 days/bi-month, and
then divided by 2 (Note: 7.5 divided by (60 x 2) = 0.0625 as a
single step conversion) to derive a factor for the variable
portion of bi-monthly capital charges for flow, BOD and TSS for
each user class. These values will be termed "system bi-monthly
variable volumetric unit capital charges" (S/cubic foot).
The "adjusted volume" of wastewater discharge (see
Section 3(B)(7)) for each user wil~ be multiplied by the "system
bi-monthly variable volumetric unit capital charge" value for his
user class. The resulting product will be the variable charge
amount of capital costs to be included on the bi-monthly sewerage
service bill.
D. Facilities Equity Charqes. All new users who desire sewerage
service by the wastewater facilities system of the City, and all
existing users who desire to increase their potential usage of
such system, shall be required, to pay a capital charge to
establish an equity in the capital assets of the system. The
facilities equity rights for currently connected users, and any
equities that may subsequently be established, shall be presumed
to be vested with, and inseparable from, the connected premises.
The equities shall be transferred along with the premises being
served whenever the legal ownership of such premises are
transferred or conveyed by any method.
The equity charge described here shall be in
addition to any charges for sewer permits, for inspection fees,
for construction of side sewers, or any other charges or costs
associated with the extension of sewerage service from existing
sewerlines to a user's premises.
1. Amount of Facilities Equity Charge. The amount
to be paid to the City by users for any desired new or increased
equity in capital assets shall be determined by the following
formula:
Facilities Equity Charge = Desired User .Capacity
Existing System Capacity x
Existing System Capital Value
where the "existing system capital value" shall be the current
undeprecited asset value of facilities less any current bond or
loan indebtedness for capital improvements.
2. Payment and Distribution of Facilities Equity
Charges. This equity charge shall be paid to the City prior to
any use, or increase in use, of any sewerage service connection.
In the case of users within Kitsap County Sewer District No. 1, a
proportionate fraction of the equity charge payment shall be
transferred to such district if the current capital value of that
district's collection lines is determined and included in the
equity charge formula.
All other money received by the City as facility
equity payments shall be applied to debt service or redemption of
any outstanding bonds or loans for system capital improvements if
any then be outstanding. If there should be no bond or loan
indebtedness at the time of such facility equity fund receipts,
then the facility equity receipts shall be placed in a cumulative
reserve fund for renovation, major repair or replacement of
wastewater facilities.
3. Facilities Equity Surcharge - Outside Users.
There shall be a surcharge of fifty per cent (50%) applied to,
and collected with, all facilities equity charges for those users
or premises located outside the corporate limits of the City.
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E. Connection Charge. Connection charges will be
determined by the City Engineer on the basis of the following:
a. Class A connections.
(i) Single famiy dwellings - Two hundred
Seventy Five Dollars ($275.00) per lateral service connection
including inspection and permit fee;
(ii) Multiple family dwellings - Twenty
Five Dollars ($25.00) per residential unit but not less than Two
Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($275.00) per lateral service
connection including inspection and permit fees;
(iii) Commercial buildings - $0.25 per
square foot of floor space but not less than Two Hundred Seventy
Five Dollars ($275.00) per lateral service connection including
inspection and permit fees;
(iv) Unoccupied property - no charges.
b. Class B connections.
(i) Single family dwellings - Seven Dollars
($7.00) per construction front foot of property fronting on the
sewer line but not less than TWo Hundred Seventy Five Dollars
($275.00) per lateral service connection to the property;
(ii) Multiple family dwellings - Seven
Dollars ($7.00) per construction front foot of property fronting
on the sewer line or Twenty Fi~e Dollars ($25.00) per residential
unit whichever is greater but not less than TWo Hundred Seventy
Five Dollars ($275.00) per lateral service connection to the
property;
(iii) Commercial buidings - Seven Dollars
($7.00) per construction front foot of property fronting on the
sewer line or $0.025 per square foot of floor space, whichever is
greater, but not less than Two Hundred Seventy Five Dollars
($275.00) per lateral service connection to the property;
(iv) Unoccupied property - At the time that
structures requiring sanitary sewer service are constructed on
unoccupied property, the connection charge which is in addition
to the late connection charge will be determined as provided in
subparagraphs (i), (ii) or (iii) above.
c. Class C connections.
(i) Single family dwellings - Eighteen
Dollars ($18.00) per water'front construction front foot, but not
less than Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00) for the first lateral
connection and Two Hundred Seventy Five Dollars ($275.00) for
each additional lateral connection to the property;
(ii) Multiple family dwellings- Eighteen
Dollars ($18.00) per waterfront construction front foot or Fifty
Dollars ($50.00) per residential unit, whichever is greater, but
not less than Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00) for the fi!' ~'
lateral connection and Two Hundred Seventy Five Dollars ($275.00)
for each additional lateral connection to the property;
(iii) Commercial buildings - Eighteen Dollars
($18.00) per waterfront construction front foot or Five Cents
($.05) per square foot of floor space, whichever is greater, but
not less than Nine Hundred Dollars ($900.00) for the first
lateral connection and Two Hundred Seventy Five Dollars ($275.00)
for each additional lateral connection to the property;
(iv) Unoccupied property - At the time that
structures requiring sanitary sewer service are construced on
unoccupied property, the connection charge which is in addition
to the late connection charge will be determined as provided in
subparagraphs (i), (ii),-and ('iii).
d. Other connection charges. The connection
charge for those sewer facilities that are not constructed by a
local improvement district and not constructed by a private party
as an extended service shall be established by special ordinance
covering said facilities.
e. Connection Charges shall be adjusted on January
1st of each year based on the Consumer Price Index for November
of the year preceding for all items as reported in "Economic
Indicators" prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this _
/~F._~ day of ~, 1986.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
Washington, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this ~4,Dday of ~F'~t-L~/~ ,
1986.
GE LOBE, Mayor
ATTEST: ~
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, Clerk