Title
A. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 16 of the City Code regarding water rates, effective October 1, 2017.
B. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 16 of the City Code regarding sewer rates, effective October 1, 2017.
Body
Increases in rates the City charges water and sewer customers are needed to fund additional costs that the City is incurring from the North Texas Municipal Water District and costs related to debt service for system infrastructure needs. The proposed water and sewer rates increase will be as noted in the following table. The maximum residential usage billed for the sewer charge would remain at 8,000 gallons. Rates are per 1,000 gallons of water used. These proposed rate increases would become effective for bills issued after October 1, 2017.
Water Rates Sewer Rates
Description Current Proposed Current Proposed
Minimum Bill:
Residential / Commercial
0.625 inch meter $13.00 $13.75 $14.25 $15.15
1.000 inch meter $18.00 $19.10 $14.25 $15.15
1.500 inch meter $24.00 $25.45 $14.25 $15.15
2.000 inch meter $30.00 $31.80 $14.25 $15.15
3.000 inch meter $36.00 $38.15 $14.25 $15.15
4.000 inch meter $42.00 $44.50 $14.25 $15.15
6.000 inch meter $47.00 $49.80 $14.25 $15.15
Apartments
The minimum bill for apartment complexes is $13.75 for water and $15.15 for sewer multiplied by the number of units on each metered account.
Volumetric Rates:
0 - 1,000 gallons $ - $ - $ - $ -
1,001 - 5,000 gallons $5.53 $5.97 $5.60 $5.95
5,001 - 10,000 gallons $5.94 $6.42 $5.60 $5.95
10,001 - 50,000 gallons $6.24 $6.74 $5.60 $5.95
50,001 - 70,000 gallons $6.53 $7.06 $5.60 $5.95
70,001 - 500,000 gallons $6.84 $7.38 $5.60 $5.95
Over 500,000 gallons $5.65 $6.10 $5.60 $5.95
The following are current and proposed billing amounts for combined water and sewer charges for certain customer categories, the monthly increase for these customer categories and the percentage increase:
Monthly Water/Sewer Charge
Customer Category Gallons Current Proposed Monthly Increase
Family of 5 9,200 $ 113 $ 120 $ 7 6%
Single Over 65 3,800 $ 58 $ 62 $ 4 6%
Commercial I 3,619,800 $41,628 $44,334 $2,706 6%
Commercial II 564,400 $ 6,942 $ 7,393 $ 451 6%
Apartments 1,758,500 $23,445 $24,968 $1,523 6%
Recommended/Desired Action
Staff recommends approval of these ordinances.
Attachment(s)
Ordinance - Water Rates
Ordinance - Sewer Rates
Drafter
Debbie Mol
Head of Department
Debbie Mol