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Home My WebLink About5382 ORDINANCE NO. 5382 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Sections 15.06.010 and 15.06.015 of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to utility rates and charges. WHEREAS,the City Council desires to amend Section 15.06.010 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled"Purpose" in order to clarify language relating to utility services outside the City limits; and WHEREAS,the City Council desires to amend Section 15.06.015 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled"Assessments, Rates, Fees and Charges—Established"in order to change the index relating rate adjustments of general facility charges;NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 15.06.010 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Purpose"is hereby amended to read as follows: 15.06.010 PURPOSE. This chapter provides for the establishment of fees,rates, and other charges for connection to or utilization of the utility system, for providing utility service, administration and maintenance of utility accounts, and for the operation, maintenance, repair, and improvements of the utility system. Fees, rates, and other service charges shall include,but not be limited to, front footage fees, general facility fee;charges, connection charges,utility service rates, account maintenance charges,plan check, and system development fees and charges. All fees,rates, and charges for service outside the City limits,with the exception of general facility charges,will be assessed at a charge of one hundred fifty percent(150%) of the City rate for wastewater and one hundred fifty percent(150%)) of the City rate for water. SECTION2. Section 15.06.015 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "Assessments, Rates, Fees and Charges—Established"is hereby amended to read as follows: 15.06.015 ASSESSMENTS, RATES,FEES AND CHARGES -ESTABLISHED (a) Assessments, rates, fees, and charges for services relating to the Department for water, wastewater, stormwater utilities, and other related services are on file with the City Clerk and posted on the City of Bremerton's website. See Chapter 3.01 BMC for the link to the City of Bremerton's website for rates and fees. (b) Commencing on January 1, 2018, and on January 1st of each successive year thereafter,the established utility rates, fees and charges identified in Chapter 3.01 BMC,not otherwise adjusted by the City Council during the previous six (6)month period, shall automatically be adjusted as follows: Page 1 of 2 Chapter 15.06 BMC- GFC Amendments (1) The utility GFCs shall be adjusted upward to the nearest dollar based upon the most current ENR(Engineering News-Record) Construction Cost Index -20 City AverageSeattle Construction Index (SCI); and (2) All other utility rates, fees and charges shall be adjusted upward to the nearest dollar based on the most current Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, Seattle. SECTION 3. Corrections. The City Clerk and codifiers of this ordinance are authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of scrivener, clerical, typographical, and spelling errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers and any references thereto. SECTION 4. Severability. If any one or more sections, subsections, or sentences of this ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION S. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten (10)days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law. PASSED by the City Council the CP--11h day of 10e,Y" , 2019. ERIC YOUN/'', Coil President Approved this (04A. day of 1J. o..)e b e_r- , 2019. GRE 411 ELER, Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: ANGEL HOO ER, City Clerk ROGER A. LUBOVICH, City Attorney PUBLISHED the day ofY , 2019. EFFECTIVE the L As day of e0‘i-OTV\ Y' , 2019. ORDINANCE NO. "f R:\L.egal\Legal\Ordinances\Public Works&Utilities\2019.10.25 BMC 15.06.010 and 15.06.050-Ordinance.docx Page 2 of 2 Chapter 15.06 BMC- GFC Amendments I Kitsap Sun PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK i I PROOF OF PUBLICATION I I CITY OF BREMERTON Cl TY OF BREMERTON 345 6 TH STREET SUITE 100 CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON BREMERTON,WA 98337 ORDINANCE NO. .5379 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, STATE OF WISCONSIN,COUNTY OF BROWN amending provisions of Chapter 2.78 of the Bremer- i ton Municipal Code entitled I,being first duly sworn on oath,deposes and says:That I "Real' Property Transac- am now,and at all times embraced in the publication tions herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and ORDINANCE NO. 5380 publishers of KITSAP SUN;that said newspaper has been AN ORDINANCE of the approved as a legal newspaper by the order of the Superior City Council of the City of Court of the Count of Kitsap,in which County it is Bremerton; Washington, Y P. tY amending Sections 2.92.040 published and is now and has been for more than 6 and 2.92.060 of the Bremer- ton Municipal Code relating months prior to the date of the publication hereinafter to the purchase of insurance referred to,published in the English language continually policies, funded self- insurance programs, pooled as a daily newspaper in Bremerton,Kitsap County, coverage and related serv- Washington,a weekly newspaper in Kitsap County, ices,guage and amending Ian- Washington,ton and is now and during all of the said time,was mans relating to claims 9 9 management printed in an office maintained in the aforesaid place of ORDINANCE NO. 5382 publication of said newspaper;that the following is a true text of an advertisement as it was published in regular AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of issues(and not in supplement form)of said newspaper on Bremerton, Washington, the following date(s),to wit:And on amending Sections 15.06.01( and 15.06.015 of the Bremer- ton Municipal Code relating November 9,2019 to utility rates and charges PASSED by the City such newspaper was regularly distributed to its Council on the 6th day of subscribers during all of said period November,2019. The full text of this ordi- Subscribed ands or to before on November 11,2019 Hance available from the City Clerk's Office, 345 Sixth Street, Suite 100, Bre- merton,WA 98337. Nov.9,2019 #3891872 Legal Clerk Notary, tate f I,County of Brown My commission expires Publication Cost:$158.00 S H E L LY H O R A Ad No:0003891872 Customer No: 1239917 N of a,ry Public ' PO#: 5379 State of Wisconsin This is not an invoice