Proposed Increase for City sewer users Response from Director of Public WorksAimee Brunckhorst
From: Judi Funk
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2022 9:29 AM
To: Kalispell City Council
Subject: FW: EXTERNAL Proposed Increase for City sewer users
Mayor and Council, attached please see Susie Turner's answer to Ms. tocka- aller's
question re: Evergreen Sewer Fee Increase.
From: Susie Turner <sturner@kalispell.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2022 9:21 AM
To: stockk@spu.edu
Cc: Judi Funk <jfunk@kalispell.com>; Terri Loudermilk <tloudermilk@kalispell.com>
Subject: RE: EXTERNAL Proposed Increase for City sewer users
Hi Kristin,
For informational purposes, I thought I'd provide a little more insight to the fee proposal.
The fee proposed is initiated from Evergreen Water and Sewer District, and is meant to pay for sewer metering costs for
Evergreen Water -Kalispell Sewer customers. The City of Kalispell Sewer Utility did not initiate this fee, however the City
is affected by the new Evergreen Meter fee and has to pass the fee amount onto those respective sewer only customers.
Water meter data is the only mechanism used to calculate sewer usage, and up until March of 2022 Evergreen provided
the water metering information, as a courtesy, to the City for those sewer customers. Per the City of Kalispell Sewer
Regulations "Customers which are not connected to City water, but which discharge sewage into the city sanitary sewer
shall have their water service metered. The metering shall be at the expense of the customer, including the meter, and be
compatible with the City's metering system." Essentially, Evergreen Water -Kalispell Sewer customers have been relying
on Evergreen Water and Sewer District to meet their sewer metering requirements.
Since Evergreen instituted the fee, the City is simply passing the fee onto the customers affected. Please note the
Evergreen Meter fee is a pass through fee created to pay for Evergreen's newly instituted meter fee to the City, and is
not being proposed to generate funds for the Kalispell sewer utility.
I'd be more than happy to answer any follow-up questions and talk through the proposal, my contact information is
below.
Respectfully,
Susie Turner, P.E.
Public Works Director
406-210-9191
201 V Ave E, Kalispell, MT 59901
www.Kalispell.com
From: Judi Funk <jfunk@kalispell.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2022 7:57 AM
To: Susie Turner <sturner@kalispell.com>
Subject: FW: EXTERNAL Proposed Increase for City sewer users
From: Stockham-Baller, Kristin <st ck_ku
_(eL .edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 9:16 PM
To: Kalispell Meetings Public Comment <p�a licc mme t( kq_lisp ll:cc rrr>
Subject: EXTERNAL Proposed Increase for City sewer users
To whom it may concern:
I am a concerned City of Kalispell sewer user. I strongly oppose the proposed $3/month fee for accounts that
utilize the City of Kalispell sewer services. This would raise my monthly bill —12%, which is outrageous;
especially when you consider cost of living is set at —3%.
Thank you for listening.
Kristin