08/22/2006 Ordinances 9065
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ORDINANCE NO. 9065
An ordinance to amend Chapter 35 of the Grand Island City Code; to amend
Section 35-29 pertaining to water rates; to repeal Section 35-29 as now existing, and any
ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and to provide for publication and the
effective date of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 35-29 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~3S-29. Minimum Rates
The minimum rates as set forth in this article shall be uniform and apply in all cases where water is
furnished within or without the city as the case may be, and such minimum rate shall be credited to the account of
each consumer, or the person to be charged, until the amount paid as a minimum rate shall be exhausted by water
charges as aforesaid. The charges for water furnished at the rates set forth in this article shall be collected by the
Director of Utilities Operations as provided by this article. If the amount of water consumed monthly is not
sufficient to exhaust the minimum rate as herein below provided and charged by the city, such consumer or person
to be charged shall not be entitled to any return or credit for any portion of such minimum rate. The minimum rate
shall be charged for each dwelling unit which is directly or indirectly connected to the city water system. For the
purposes of this article, a dwelling unit shall mean one or more rooms and a single kitchen designed as a unit for
occupancy by one family for living and sleeping purposes, and shall include a manufactured home. If more than one
dwelling unit is served from a single water meter as in the case of apartments and manufactured home courts, a
percentage of the minimum rate shall be charged against each unit, depending on the number of dwelling units per
water meter as follows:
2-5 dwelling units.................. ............ 65%
6-10 dwelling units............................ 60%
11-20 dwelling units... ... .. .... ... ....... .. ... 55%
21 and over dwelling units.................... 50%
The above charges shall be computed upon the yearly average of the number of dwelling units occupied.
~35-30. Schedule of Rates
The rate to be charged for water furnished shall be as follows:
Monthly Billings
Cubic feet
per month
Rate per
100 cubic
feet
$1.452
First 500...................................... ....
Next 500.........................................
0.680
Next 500.........................................
0.672
Approved as to Form C
August 23, 2006 C City Attorney
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ORDINANCE NO. 9065 (Cont.)
Next 2,500...... ... ......... ......... ............
0.745
Next 6,000.......................................
0.692
Next 90,000......... ............................
0.635
Next 100,000......... ...........................
0.557
Over 200,000.... ................. ......... .....
0.519
Monthly Minimum (500 cu.ft.).... ..........
7.260*
*Plus a customer charge of $0.30 per month for unfunded federal mandates for the Clean Water Act and the City's
backflow program, in addition to the regular rates charged for water furnished to the customer.
SECTION 2. Section 35-29 as now existing, and any ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be, and hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 3. The validity of any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase
of this ordinance shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, subsection,
sentence, clause, or phrase thereof.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after
its passage and publication, in pamphlet form, within fifteen days in one issue of the Grand
Island Independent as provided by law.
Enacted: August 22, 2006.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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