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A Resolution amending Ordinance 2015-17, as amended, to adjust the Storm Water Fee, Sanitary Sewer Charges, and Solid Waste Collection Fees, providing for an effective date.
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This Resolution adjusts the Storm Water Fee, Sanitary Sewer Charges and the Solid Waste Collection Fees as follows:
Storm Water Fee - The funds from this increase will be segregated specifically for capital infrastructure improvements in anticipation of the Sea Level Rise Assessment currently underway. To cover the cost of these improvements the Storm Water Fee needs to be adjusted from $8.80 to $11.89 per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) per month.
Sanitary Sewer Charges - The City is anticipating a ten percent increase in Miami-Dade County wastewater treatment and disposal charges that will take effect during Fiscal Year 2016-2017. In addition, The current Consent Decree that the County signed with the FDEP, USEPA and the US Department of Justice requires the County and its municipalities to make changes to their sanitary sewer operating practices in order to insure compliance with State and Federal codes for the operation of sanitary sewer collection systems. The Consent Decree mandates that the City maintain a Sanitary Sewer staff level based on the size of our Sanitary Sewer System. In order to comply, the City must hire an additional full time Maintenance Repair Worker. To cover the cost of the wastewater fee increase and the additional Maintenance Repair Worker this resolution adjusts the City’s Sanitary Sewer Charges from $1.3838 to $1.4781 per CCF for less than 1 CCF to 5 CCFs, from $5.3271 to $$5.6901 per CCF for greater than 5 CCFs to 9 CCFs, from $5.4168 to $5.7860 per CCF for greater that 9 CCFs, from $3.25/month to $3.4715/month for 5/8” meters and from $10.94 to $11.6856 for 1” meters.
Solid Waste Collection Fees - Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste Management is scheduled to increase the Solid Waste Disposal Fee that is charged to the City for sol...
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