Resolution 5968 - Water & Wastewater Utility RatesRESOLUTION NO.5968
A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE FEES, SCHEDULES, RATES, CHARGES AND
CLASSIFICATIONS IMPOSED ON THE CUSTOMERS OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL
WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES AND THEREFORE TO ALSO ADOPT
CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE CITY WATER AND
SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF AND CONSISTENT
WITH THE ADOPTION OF SUCH FEES, SCHEDULES, RATES, CHARGES AND
CLASSIFICATIONS.
WHEREAS, it is necessary and prudent, pursuant to authority granted to municipalities operating
utility services by Section 69-7-101 et seq., MCA, for the City of Kalispell, from
time to time, to study and review the fees, schedules, rates, charges and
classifications it charges to its customers for water and wastewater utility services;
and
WHEREAS, for this purpose the City of Kalispell contracted the services of HDR Engineering,
Inc. to conduct such a rate study and to provide a report with recommendations to
the Kalispell City Council to consider in setting future fees, schedules, rates,
charges and classifications it charges to its customers for water and wastewater
utility services; and
WHEREAS, HDR Engineering, Inc. provided its rate study and recommendations to the City of
Kalispell which were fully reviewed and considered by Kalispell city staff, the
Kalispell City Council and noticed and made available to its inhabitants and other
persons served by the City of Kalispell Water and Wastewater Utilities; and
WHEREAS, on February 3, 2020 the City Council passed Resolution No. 5962 stating its intent
to adopt the rate study and recommendations of HDR Engineering, Inc. and set a
public hearing for March 2, 2020 on the proposed amendments to the fees,
schedules, rates, charges, classifications and regulations of the water and
wastewater utility services of the City of Kalispell and gave the necessary Notice
thereof as required by Section 69-7-1119 MCA; and
WHEREAS, said public hearing was duly held by the Kalispell City Council at a public meeting
thereof in the Kalispell City Hall beginning at 7:00 o'clock P.M. on March 2, 2020,
and all persons appearing at said hearing and expressing a desire to be heard were
heard, and all written comments thereon furnished to the City Clerk at said meeting
prior thereto were also given full consideration by the Council.
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City Council hereby adopts the rate study of HDR Engineering, Inc.
as its findings of fact and further finds the proposed amended fees, schedules, rates,
charges, classifications and regulations to be reasonable and just; and
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City Council therefore considers it proper and necessary at this time
to amend the fees, schedules, rates, charges, classifications and regulations imposed
for utility services to its inhabitants and other persons served by the City of
Kalispell Water and Wastewater Utilities.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL:
SECTION 1. That the fees, schedules, rates, charges, classifications and regulations
applicable to the use of the City of Kalispell Water and Wastewater Utilities
and other services performed by said utilities as set forth in Exhibit "A",
attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof, are found to be
just and are hereby established and adopted to be imposed for water and
wastewater utility services to the inhabitants of the City of Kalispell and
those other persons served by these utility services and applicable for each
utility as set forth in Exhibit "A".
SECTION 2. This decision is final ten (10) days after filing of this Resolution with the
City Clerk. The City Clerk shall file a copy hereof with the Public Service
Commission of Montana at that time.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY 2020.
Mark John
Mayor
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Resolution 5968, Exhibit A
The tables below are the proposed water and wastewater rate schedules presented as Option D.
Pwmg Nlont& Water Rates
Proposed Rates
FY 2021
FY 2022
FY 2023
FY 2024
FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
�_Pwpwd Rye Adjwhnent
10.0%
=096
20.091E
10.DX
3.091E
3.0X
3.0%
Residential & Commercial
Fixed Charge (per account)
$8.25
$9.08
$9.99
$10.99
$11.32
$11.66
$12 01
Meter Size (Rate/Cyde)
3/4"
$1.10
$1.21
$1.32
$1.45
$1.49
$1.53
$1.58
1"
1.69
1.86
2.04
2.23
2.30
2.37
2.44
11/2"
3.09
3.40
3.72
4.07
4.19
4.32
4.45
2"
4.45
4.90
5.37
5.88
6.06
6.24
6.43
3"
10.29
11.32
12.40
13.58
13.99
14.41
14.84
4"
14.24
15.66
17.15
18.78
19.34
19.92
20.52
60
22.64
24.90
27.27
29.86
30.76
31.68
32.63
Hosting Fee (per metering system)
0.89
0.89
0.89
0.89
0.89
0.89
0.89
Consumption Charge $ 1.000 Gal.
$2.33
$2.56
$2.99
$3.27
$3.37
$3.47
$3.57
Sprinlding
Consumption Cha e $ 1000 Gal.
$2.33
$2.56
$2.99
$3.27
$3.37
$3.47
$3.57
Private Fire Protection
Monthly Service Connection
2"
$24.80
$27.28
$29.87
$32.71
$33.69
$34.70
$35 74
3"
29.25
32.18
35.24
38.59
39.75
40.94
42.17
4"
32.50
35.75
39.15
42.87
44.16
45.48
46.84
6"
40.10
44.11
48.30
52.89
54.48
56.11
57.79
8"
51.00
56.10
61.43
67.27
69.29
71.37
73.51
100
70.35
77.39
54.74
92.79
95.57
98.44
101.39
Water Sold from Hydrants to Trucks
Consumption Charge ($/1,000 Gala
$4.55
$5.01
$5.51
$6.06
$6.24
$6.43
$6.62
'Metering hosting fee would be added after installation of a new metering system and meter. ' Out of City rate 1.25 times the in -City rate
Proposed Mw" Wastewater Rates
FY 2021
FY ZD22
FY 2023
FY 2024
FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
Rate Ad ent
3L6%
13.09E
12.49E
7.09E
3.89E
3.09E
3.0%
Fixed Charge (per account)
$11.19
$12.65
$14.22
$15.21
$15.80
$16.28
$16.77
Volume Charge ($ / 1,000 gallons)
$6.34
$7.17
$8.06
$8.62
$8.95
$9.22
$9 50
Evergreen Rate Adjustment
18.59E
5.09E
5.09E
3.59E
3.09E
3.09E
3 0%
Fixed Charge
$7.37
$7.74
$8.13
$8.41
$8.66
$8.92
$9 19
Volume Charge ($ / 1,000 gallons)
$2.96
$3.11.
$3.27
$3 38
$3.48
$3,59
$3.70
Strength Surcharge - Over Limit
> than (mg/1)
Of:
Sio-chemical Oxygen Demand ($ / Lbs)*
250
$0.16
$0.17
$0.18
$0.19
$0.20
$0.21
$0.22
Suspended Solids ($ / Lbs)*
250
0.71
0.74
0.78
081
0.83
0.86
0.89
Phosphorus ($ / Lbs)
7
6.10
6.40
6.72
6.96
7.17
7.39
7.61
Nitro en ($ / Lbs)
40
1.25
1.31
139
143
1.47
1.5i
156