Code of Ordinances Amendment - Title 13 Fixing Water Rates for Residential-Industrial, Fire Sprinklers Copyrighted
March 7, 2017
City of Dubuque Action Items # 2.
ITEM TITLE: Code of Ordinance Amendment-Title 13 Fixing Water
Rates for Residential and Industrial Use and All Other
Uses; and Fixing Water Rates for Fire Sprinkler Service
SUMMARY: ORDINANCE Amending City of Dubuque Code of
Ordinances Title 13 Public Utilities, Chapter 1 Water Use
and Service, Article C Rates, Section 13-1C-1 Residential,
Commercial, Industrial, and All Other Uses
ORDINANCE Amending the City of Dubuque Code of
Ordinances Title 13 Public Utilities Chapter 1 Water Use
and Service, Article C Rates Section 13-1 C-2 Fire Sprinkler
Service
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Motion B; Motion
A
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Staff Memo Staff Memo
Ordinance Amendment for Water Rates Ordinance
Ordnance Amendment for Fire Sprinklers Ordinance
Utility Rate Comparison Supporting Documentation
Suggested Motion Supporting Documentation
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Denise Ihrig, Water Department Manager< ��1
SUBJECT: Rate Revision to City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances Section Title 13
Public Utilities Chapter 1 Article C — Rates, Section 13-1C-1(a)
Residential, Commercial, Industrial and other uses and Section 13-1C-2
Fire Sprinkler Service
DATE: March 2, 2017
INRODUCTION
The purpose of this memorandum is to submit to you a copy of two proposed ordinance
changes for your review and approval. These ordinance changes would revise City of
Dubuque Code of Ordinances Title 13 Public Utilities Chapter 1 Article C, Section 13-
1C-1(a) Fixing Water Rates for Residential and Industrial Use and all other uses, and
Section 13-1C Fixing Water Rates for Fire Sprinkler Service.
DISCUSSION
It is being recommended in our budget request for FY18 that a 3% rate increase be
implemented. The old and new rates are shown on the following pages
RECOMMENDATION
Staff and I are recommending that the attached proposed ordinances be submitted to
the City Council for adoption during the FY18 Budget Hearings with an effective date of
July 1, 2017.
Attachments
cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Jenny Larson, Budget Director
Jean Nachtman, Finance Director
Kevin Firnstahl, City Clerk
Brant Schueller, Water Distribution Supervisor
File
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ORDINANCE NO. 7-17
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 13 PUBLIC
UTILITIES, CHAPTER 1 WATER USE AND SERVICE, ARTICLE C RATES, SECTION
13-1C-1 RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND ALL OTHER USES
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. Section 13-1C-1 of the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended to read as follows:
13-1C-1: RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND ALL OTHER USES:
A. Rates Established: The rates to be charged for water for residential, commercial,
industrial and all other uses and purposes by any person, firm or corporation within the
city shall be based on units of one hundred (100) cubic feet (748 gallons) or per gallon
as follows:
Monthly Consumption Charge Per
(In Hundreds Of Cubic Feet) Hundred Cubic Feet
First 30 $3.67
) Next 120
Next 350
Next 500
Next 1,000
Monthly Consumption
(In Gallons)
First 22,440
Next 89,760
Next 261,800
Next 374,000
Next 748,000
2.90
2.69
2.38
2.11
Charge Per Gallon
$0.00474
0.00387
0.00361
0.00319
0.00280
Rates shall be subject to the following minimum monthly charge according to the size of
the meter:
Meter Size
(Inches)
5/$
3/4
1 1/2
2
Monthly Consumption
(In Hundreds Of Cubic Feet)
2
5
8
26
46
106
168
368
625
Monthly Consumption
(In Gallons)
Minimum Charge
1,496 $7.09
3,740 17.72
5,984 28.36
19,448
92.14
34,408 152.67
79,288 .... _............... .. [326.48
125,664 '1502.49
275,264 1,041.79
467,500 1,696.28
A property owner shall pay a fifty dollar ($50.00) disconnect fee for water service that is
disconnected by the city for a meter not in service. When a tenant account is subject to
disconnection due to delinquency, the tenant shall pay the fifty dollar ($50.00)
disconnect fee.
A fifty dollar ($50.00) service call fee shall be charged to property owners or tenant
account for those service calls that are determined to be related to customer
negligence.
A five dollar fifty cent ($5.50) minimum monthly charge shall be assessed for meters not
in service.
Attest:
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect on the 1St day of July, 2017.
Passed, approved, and adopted this 7th day q Mach, 2017.,
KevVi/S.'Firnstahl, City 1erc
Roy D. Rupp Mayor
EFFECT OF AMENDMENT
13-1C-1 : RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND ALL OTHER USES:
A. Rates Established: The rates to be charged for water for residential, commercial,
industrial and all other uses and purposes by any person, firm or corporation within the
city shall be based on units of one hundred (100) cubic feet (748 gallons) or per gallon
as follows:
Monthly Consumption Charge Per
(In Hundreds Of Cubic Feet Hundred Cubic Feet
First 30 $3.67316
Next 120 12.902.82
Next 350 2.692.61
Next 500 12.382.31
Next 1 ,000 12.112.05
Monthly Consumption
(In Gallons) Charge Per Gallon
First 22,440 $0.004710.00'160
Next 89,760 0.003870.00376
Next 261 ,800 0.003610.00350
Next 374,000 0.003190.00310
Next 748,000 0.002800.00272
NEm
Rates shall be subject to the following minimum monthly charge according to the size of
the meter:
Meter Size M Monthly Consumption Monthly Consumption
(Inches) (In Hundreds Of Cubic Feet) (In Gallons) Minimum Charge
I 5/8 2 1 ,496 L$7.096.88
314 5 3,740 127.7217.20
I1 18 15,984 28.3627.53
11/2 26 19,448 L92.189.16
2 46 34,408 152.671'18.22
3 106 79,288 326.48316.97
4 168 125,664 502.49187.85
I
6 368 275,264 1,041 .791,011 .'15
8 j 625 467,500 1I 11,696.281 ,6 16.87
A property owner shall pay a fifty dollar ($50.00) disconnect fee for water service that is
disconnected by the city for a meter not in service. When a tenant account is subject to
disconnection due to delinquency, the tenant shall pay the fifty dollar ($50.00)
disconnect fee.
A fifty dollar ($50.00) service call fee shall be charged to property owners or tenant
account for those service calls that are determined to be related to customer
negligence.
A five dollar fifty cent ($5.50) minimum monthly charge shall be assessed for meters not
in service.
ORDINANCE NO. 8-17
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 13 PUBLIC
UTILITIES, CHAPTER 1 WATER USE AND SERVICE, ARTICLE C RATES, SECTION
13-1C-2 FIRE SPRINKLER SERVICE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. Section 13-1 C-2 of the City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances is hereby
amended to read as follows:
13-1C-2: FIRE SPRINKLER SERVICE:
Customers who have fire sprinkler service shall be billed for this service on a monthly
basis. The monthly charge shall be as follows:
mzeon
Current Number Of Heads
Up to 200 (minimum)
200 - 299
300 - 399
400 - 599
. 600 - 799
800 - 999
gi 1,000 - 1,199
1,200 - 1,399
1,400 - 1,599
1,600 - 1,799
1,800 - 1,999
2,000 - 2,199
2,200 - 2,399
2,400 - 2,599
2,600 - 2,799
2,800 - 2,999
Monthly Charges
$21.70
26.05
30.34
34.72
39.02
43.39
47.74
52.03
56.38
60.73
65.03
69.39
73.72
78.07
82.41
86.84
Over 3,500 (for each additional 500 heads or fraction thereof)
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect on the 1st day of July, 2017.
Passed, approved, and adopted this 7th day of Larch, 2017.
40L1
Roy D. Buo/layor
Attest:
Kevir(S 'Firnstahl, city Clerk
EFFECT OF AMENDMENT
13-1C-2: FIRE SPRINKLER SERVICE:
Customers who have fire sprinkler service shall be billed for this service on a monthly
basis. The monthly charge shall be as follows:
r Current Number Of Heads —1 Monthly Charges
Up to 200 (minimum) $21 .7021 .07
200 - 299 26.0525.29
300 - 399 L30.3429.46
400 - 599 34.7233.71
I
600 i 79939.0237.88
999 L43.39/12.13
1 ,000 - 1 ,199 L47.7/1'16.35
1 ,200 - 1 ,399 52.0350.51
1 ,400 - 1 ,599 56.385,1.7'1
1 ,600 - 1 ,799 60.7358.96
1 ,800 - 1 ,999 65.0363.11
2,000 - 2,199 69.3967.37
2,200 - 2,399 73.7271.57
2,400 - 2,599 I1 78.0775.80
2,600 - 2,799 [82.4180.0-1- I
2,800 - 2,999 86.8/18,1.31
3,000 - 3,499 ] 91 .0788. 2
Over 3,500 (for each additional 500 heads or fraction thereoirl 4.334.20
CITY OF DUBUQUE
UTILITY RATE COMPARISON
FY17toFY18
PROJECTED WATER RATES
Rates based on units of one-hundred cubic feet(748 gallons)
Monthly FY 17 FY 18
Consumption 3.0% 3.0%
First 30 $ 3.46 $ 3.56
Next 120 $ 2.82 $ 2.90
Next 350 $ 2.61 $ 2.69
Next 500 $ 2.31 $ 2.38
Next 1,000 $ 2.05 $ 2.11
Monthly FY 17 FY 18
Consumption 3.0% 3.0%
First 22,440 $ 0.00460 $ 0.00474
Next 89,760 $ 0.00376 $ 0.00387
Next 261,800 $ 0.00350 $ 0.00361
Next 374,000 $ 0.00310 $ 0.00319
Next 748,000 $ 0.00272 $ 0.00280
Rates shall be subject to the following minimum monthly charge according to the size of the meter:
Meter Cubic FY 17 FY 18
Size Feet Gallons 3.0% 3.0%
5/8 2 1,496 $ 6.88 $ 7.09
3/4 5 3,740 $ 17.20 $ 17.73
1 8 5,984 $ 27.53 $ 28.36
1 1/2 26 19,448 $ 89.46 $ 92.18
2 46 34,408 $ 148.22 $ 152.68
3 106 79,288 $ 316.97 $ 326.37
4 168 125,664 $ 487.85 $ 502.34
6 368 275,264 $ 1,011.45 $ 1,042.40
8 625 467,500 $ 1,646.87 $ 1,697.10
For users outside the city limits, an additional charge equal to 50%of the above rates will be made
A$5.50 minimum monthly charge shall be assessed for meters not in service.
PROJECTED FIRE SPRINKLER RATES
FY17 FY18
3.0% 3.0%
Up to 200(minimum) $ 21.07 $ 21.70
200-299 $ 25.29 $ 26.05
300-399 $ 29.46 $ 30.34
400-599 $ 33.71 $ 34.72
600-799 $ 37.88 $ 39.02
800-999 $ 42.13 $ 43.39
1,000- 1,199 $ 46.35 $ 47.74
1,200- 1,399 $ 50.51 $ 52.03
1,400- 1,599 $ 54.74 $ 56.38
1,600- 1,799 $ 58.96 $ 60.73
1,800- 1,999 $ 63.14 $ 65.03
2,000-2,199 $ 67.37 $ 69.39
2,200-2,399 $ 71.57 $ 73.72
2,400-2,599 $ 75.80 $ 78.07
2,600-2,799 $ 80.01 $ 82.41
2,800-2,900 $ 84.31 $ 86.84
3,000-3,499 $ 88.42 $ 91.07
Over 3,500* $ 4.20 $ 4.33
*(for each additional 500 heads or fraction thereof)
3/2/2017
STATE OF IOWA {SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher
of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County
of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper
on the following dates: March 10, 2017, and for which the charge is $27,47.
Subscried to before me,
this day of
/1
ub ic in and for Dubuque County, Iowa,
,20/7.
Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
• MARY K WESTERMEYER
Commission itimber 154885
My Commission Exp. Feb. 1, 2020 ,
OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE NO. 7-17
AMENDING CITY OF
DUBUQUECODE OF,
ORDINANCES TITLE
13 PUBLIC UTILITIES,
CHAPTER 1 WATER
USE AND SERVICE,
ARTICLE C RATES,
SECTION 13-1C-1
RESIDENTIAL, COM- 1
MERCIAL, INDUSTRI-
AL.AND ALL OTHER
USES
NOW, THEREFORE, BE
IT ORDAINED' BY THE
CITY, COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IO-
WA:
' Section 1. Section 13-
1C-1 of the City of; Du-
buque Code of Ordi-
nances is hereby
amended to read as
follows:
13-1C-1: RESIDENTIAL,
COMMERCIAL, INDUS-
TRIAL AND ALL OTHER
USES: '
A. Rates Established:
The rates tobecharg-
ed for water for resi-
dential, commercial,
industrial and all other �
uses and purposes by
any person, firm or
corporation within the
city shall be based on
units of one hundred,
(100), cubic feet (748
gallons) or per gallon
as follows:
Monthly Consumption
(In Hundreds Of Cubic
Feet), Charge Per Hun-
dred Cubic Feet
First 30, $3.67
Next 120, 2.90
Next 350, 2.69
Next 500, 2.38
Next 1,000, 2.11
Monthly Consumption
(In Gallons), Charge
Per Gallon
First 22,440, $0.00474
Next 89,760, 0.00387
Next 261400, 0.00361
Next 374,000, 0.00319
Next 748,000, 0.00280
Rates shall be subject
to the following mini
mum' monthly charge
according to the size of
the meter:
Meter Size (Inches);
Monthly Consumption
(In Hundreds Of Cubic
Feet); Monthly Con-
sumption (In Gallons);
Minimum Charge
5/8; 2; 1,496; $7.09
3/4; 5; 3,740; 17.72
1; 8; 5,984; 28.36
1 1/2; 26; 19,448; 92.14
2; 46; 34,408; 152.67
3; 106; 79,288; 326.48
4; 168; 125,664; 502.49
6; 368; 275;264;
1,041.79
8; 625; 467,500;
1,696.28
A property owner
shall pay a fifty dollar
($50.00) disconnect fee
for water service that
isdisconnected by the
city for a meter not in
service. When a tenant
account is subject to
disconnection due to
delinquency, the ten-
ant shall pay the fifty
dollar ($50.00) discon-
nect fee.
A fifty dollar ($50.00)
service call fee shall be
charged to property
owners or tenant ac-
count for those service
calls that are deter-
mined to be related to
customer negligence.
A. five dollar fifty cent
($5.50) minimum
monthly charge shall
be assessed for meters
not In service.
Section .2. This Ordi-
nance shall take effect
on the 1st day of July,
2017.
Passed, approved,
and adopted this 7th
day of March, 2017.
/s/Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest: /s/Kevin S.
Firnstahl, City Clerk
Published officially in
the ' Telegraph Herald
newspaper on the 10th
day of March,2017.
/s/Kevin S. Firnstahl,
City Clerk
lt'3/10
STATE OF IOWA {SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher
of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County
of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper
on the following dates: March 10, 2017, and for which the charge is $15.91.
Subscribe
this
OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE NO. -8-17
AMENDING CITY OF
DUBUQUE CODE OF
ORDINANCES TITLE
13 PUBUC UPLMES,
CHAPTER 1 WATER
USE AND SERVICE;
ARTICLE C RATES,
SECTION 13-1C-2 FIRE i
SPRINKLERSERVICE,
o before m, a Notary ub1ic in and for Dubuque County, Iowa,Novv, THEREFORE,, BE
IT ORDAINED 'BY, THE
day o 2047. CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DUBUQUE, 10- '
Section 1. Section 13-
1C-2 of the, City of Du-
buque. 'Code of Ordi-
nances is ' hereby
amended to read as
follows: •
13-1C-2: FIRE SPRIN-
KLER SERVICE: '
otary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
Customers who have
fire sprinkler service
shall be billed for this
service on a montyy
basis. The monthly
charge shall be as fol-
lows:
Current NumberOf
Heads, Monthly Charg-
es
Up to 200 (minimum),
$21.70
A MARY K WESTERMEYER 200 - 299 ,, 26.05
300 - 399 30.34
Commission Number 154885 400 - 599, 34.72
1 600 - 799, 39.02
My Commission Exp. Feb. 1, 2020 999, 4339
1,000 - 1,199, 47.74
1,200 - 1,399,-52.03
1,400- 1,599, 56:38 •
1,600 1,799, 60.73
1,800 - 1,999, 65.03
2,000 - 2,199, 69.39
2,200- 2,399,73.72 ,1
2,400 - 2,599, 78.07
2,600 - 2,799, 82.41
2,800- 2,999, 86.84
°. 3,000 - 3,499, 91.07
Over 3,500 (for 'each
additional 500 heads or
fraction thereof), 4.33
Section' 2. This Ordi-
nance shall takeeffect
on the 1st day of -July,
2017.
Passed, approved,
and adopted this 7th.
day of March, 2017.
/s/Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest: /s/Kevin S.
Firnstahl, City Clerk
Published officially in
the Telegraph Herald
newspaper on the 10th
day of March, 2017.
Fi;rn'St4hA
01ty tle
it 3/10