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A Resolution of the City Commission authorizing the execution of a ten (10) year agreement with Miami-Dade County for the billing and collection of sanitary sewer and stormwater utility services charges on behalf of the City of Coral Gables.
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On February 23, 2012, Miami-Dade County (MDC) and the City of Coral Gables (City) entered into a 10-year agreement providing for the billing and collection of sanitary sewage and stormwater utility service charges by MDC for the City. Under this agreement, MDC billed and collected the City’s sanitary sewer and stormwater utility service charges simultaneously with the issuance and collection of MDC’s bills for water service.
MDC and the City desire to enter into a new ten (10) year contract allowing MDC to continue the administration, billing and collection of sanitary sewer and stormwater utility service charges on behalf of the City. This contract for services with a government entity is exempt from the Procurement Code under Sec. 2-607(25). Under this new agreement, MDC will limit annual rate increases to a maximum of 5% per year, until their rates billed are equal to their prior year cost of providing service. Currently, MDC bills the City $3.43 per bill for all accounts billed for the City’s sanitary sewer charges plus $0.76 per bill for stormwater billing on the same invoice for a total of $4.19 per bill. The total cost of sanitary sewer billing for FY 2021-2022 is expected to be $86,000 and stormwater billing is expected to cost an additional $68,000, for a total annual cost of $154,000 for the current fiscal year. Funding for the billing of sanitary sewer and stormwater utility service charges is provided by the City’s sanitary sewer and stormwater utility billing revenue.
In FY 2020-2021, MDC billed and collected $10,147,975.03 in sanitary sewer revenue, on behalf of the City, at a cost to the City of $81,347.79 and $6,395,304.03 in stormwater revenue at a cost of $64,285.80 for a total annual cost...
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