2016-91 Amending City Code Chapter 74 Sanitary Sewer Service and Connections

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ORDINANCE NO. 2016-91 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 74-SANITARY SEWER SERVICE AND CONNECTIONS - BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Section 10 of Chapter 74 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois,be, and the same is hereby, amended and modified, so that as so amended and modified said Section 10 of Chapter 74 shall provide as follows: 10. RATE. (A) The sewer user charge shall be set at the rate in Table 1 below per one hundred cubic feet of water used, except as expressly provided elsewhere in this section. Water use shall be determined as per the provisions of Chapter 64 of this City Code for those lots, buildings and premises which are furnished water by the City pursuant thereto, and as adjusted by Section 11. Table 1 Billing Date Sewer User Charge Rate May 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017 $0.94 May 1, 2017 to April 30, 2018 $1.09 May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019 $1.24 May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020 $1.33 May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021 $1.42 May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022 $1.51 After May 1, 2022 Rates as provided in Section 10 (B). (B) Effective May 1, 2022, and continuing annually on May 1 thereafter, Sewer User Charge Rates contained in this Chapter will increase by 2.5 percent or by the annual percentage change of the U.S. Department of Labor Midwest Urban Consumer Price Index for each corresponding January 1 to December 31 of the preceding year, whichever is greater. (C) Water users with water provided by the City of Decatur and which suffer significant loss or evaporation of such water during the use thereof, upon a showing of same satisfactory to the Department of Public Works, may be billed for sanitary sewer user charge at a lesser total usage than that determined for purposes of said Chapter 64 and which lesser total reflects water lost to such use or evaporation. Any such reduction as provided for herein must be agreed to between the City and the user. (D) The rate of the sewer user charge for those lots, buildings and premises which are not furnished water by the City of Decatur or any other Public Water Supply shall be at the rate set in Table 2 per month.