10. Public Hearings - Sewer and Water - Rules Making Authority for BothCITY OF KALISPELL
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE ADOPTION
FOR KALISPELL SEWER UTILITY
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of
Kalispell shall consider a proposed addition to the Rules and
Regulations of the Kalispell Sewer Department at a Public Hearing,
Monday, August 19, 1996, in the Council Chambers of City Hall at
7:00 P.M. The addition to the Rules would take effect after
September 1, 1996.
If adopted, Rule V of the Sewer Department Regulations shall
be amended by adding the following:
(5) Annexation Required for Initiation or Continuation
of Sewer Service
Any customer now receiving, or hereafter
initiating, sewer service supplied by the
Kalispell Sewer Department, shall be deemed to
have consented to, and waived the right to
protest, annexation to the City of Kalispell,
as a condition of continuing or initiating
said sewer service.
Any person concerned with the proposed rule may appear at this
hearing and make oral statements or present the same in writing.
Also written comments may be submitted for Council consideration by
delivering them to the Clerk of Council prior to the hearing.
Publish: August 1, 1996
August 8, 1996
August 15, 1996
CITY OF KALISPELL
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE ADOPTION
FOR KALISPELL WATER UTILITY
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of
Kalispell shall consider a proposed addition to the Rules and
Regulations of the Kalispell Water Department at a Public Hearing,
Monday, August 19, 1996, in the Council Chambers of City Hall at
7:00 P.M. The addition to the Rules would take effect after
September 1, 1996.
If adopted, Rule V of the Water Department Regulations shall
be amended by adding the following:
(10) Annexation Required for Initiation or Continuation
of Water Service
Any customer now receiving, or hereafter
initiating, water service supplied by the
Kalispell Water Department, shall be deemed to
have consented to, and waived the right to
protest, annexation to the City of Kalispell,
as a condition of continuing or initiating
said water service.
Any person concerned with the proposed rule may appear at this
hearing and make oral statements or present the same in writing.
Also written comments may be submitted for Council consideration by
delivering them to the Clerk of Council prior to the hearing.
Publish: August 1, 1996
August 8, 1996
August 15, 1996
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Date: July 11, 1996
To: Al Thelen, Interim City Manager
From: John Wilson, Assistant City Engineer
Re: Water Rate Adjustments
Attached you will find a copy of the public notice for the proposed water rate
adjustments. The current rates have been in effect since 1993, when a 12% increase was
made to rates established in 1984.
The rate structure has been changed so that the number of dwelling units or offices
within a business will not enter into the billing formula. This will simplify the rates and
reduce water bills for many commercial customers with more than one office in a
building. Typical bills for nine levels of residential and commercial use are shown on the
attached notice. The bills for most professional offices will be similar to the examples for
residential accounts.
You will see some changes from the rates which we last discussed with the City Council.
The service charge has been recalculated to include billing costs only and to divide those
costs equally between the water and sewer utilities. The rate per thousand gallons has
been adjusted to pick up the revenue which would otherwise have been paid out of the
General Fund for hydrant rental fees. This rate has also been increased to meet revenue
requirements for the F.Y. 97 budget, recovering expenses for operations and
maintenance, billing functions and debt service. These expenses include approximately
$16,000 in wages and benefits for the surveyor's aide which were reallocated to this
budget from the General Fund.
Our revenue projections are based on a typical annual metered water use of 736,639,000
gallons. We -estimate the new water rates will recover $856,500, while the current water
rates would recover approximately $769,000 for the same volume of water used. Of this
$87,500 difference, $63,300 would have been billed to the General Fund under our old
hydrant rental program.
As we raise the sprinkling rate from $0.62 to $0.75 per thousand gallons, approximately
$22,000 will be redistributed from domestic to sprinkling revenue. Even so, we will
provide sprinkling water for approximately $100,000 less than the annual cost of service.
As in the past, this amount will be recovered through the rate charged for domestic
water use.
Douglas Rauthe
Nlavor
AI Thelen
Interim Citv !Manager
Citv Council
.'Members:
Cary W. Nvstul
`:bard I
Cliff Collins
Ward I
Norbert F. Donahue
`.yard 11
Dale Haarr
`.yard 11
Jim Atkinson
Ward III
Lauren Granmo
'A'ard III
Pamela B. Kennedy
Ward IV
,l. Duane Larson
Ward IV