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City of Coral Gables

File #: 09-0804    Version: 1 Name: SEWER RATE INCREASE
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 11/10/2009 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 11/17/2009 Final action: 11/17/2009
Enactment date: 11/17/2009 Enactment #: 2009-322
Title: Resolution amending Resolution No. 2008-201 (as amended) to include an increase in the monthly rate for sewer service charges provided for under Section 78-100 of the Code of the City of Coral Gables to $28.00 per month minimum based on the measured use of water not exceeding 700 cubic feet and $4.00 per hundred cubic feet over 700 cubic feet to recover Miami-Dade’s increase in wholesale wastewater rates and to provide funding for necessary repairs and improvements to the system; repealing all parts of resolutions inconsistent herewith and providing an effective date of January 1, 2010.
Attachments: 1. Signed Resolution 2009-322.pdf, 2. Sewer Services Cover Memo, 3. Resolution 2008-201 Excerpts, 4. Sewer Services Resolution, 5. C-13 Signed Cover Memo
Title
Resolution amending Resolution No. 2008-201 (as amended) to include an increase in the monthly rate for sewer service charges provided for under Section 78-100 of the Code of the City of Coral Gables to $28.00 per month minimum based on the measured use of water not exceeding 700 cubic feet and $4.00 per hundred cubic feet over 700 cubic feet to recover Miami-Dade’s increase in wholesale wastewater rates and to provide funding for necessary repairs and improvements to the system; repealing all parts of resolutions inconsistent herewith and providing an effective date of January 1, 2010.
Recommendation of the City Manager
Approval.
Brief History
Resolution No. 2008-201 (as amended) established certain fees for licenses, permits, services, and penalties that were passed and adopted on Resolution amending Resolution No. 2008-201 (as amended) to include an increase in the monthly rate for sewer service charges provided for under Section 78-100 of the Code of the City of Coral Gables to $28.00 per month minimum based on the measured use of water not exceeding 700 cubic feet and $4.00 per hundred cubic feet over 700 cubic feet to recover Miami-Dade’s increase in wholesale wastewater rates and to provide funding for necessary repairs and improvements to the system; repealing all parts of resolutions inconsistent herewith and providing an effective date of January 1, 2010.November 18, 2008. Included in Resolution No. 2008-201 (as amended) are the sewer service charges provided for under Sec. 78-100 that were last updated on August 24, 2004 under Ordinance No. 2004-31. Effective October 1, 2009 Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department increased the wholesale wastewater rates that are charged to the City on all the City’s wastewater discharged into Miami-Dade’s sewage transmission facilities by 21.15%. This Resolution amends Resolution No. 2008-201 by increasing the sewer service charges to $29.40 per month minimum, based on the measured use of water not exceed...

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