09/10/2024 Ordinances 9977 ORDINANCE NO. 9977 (Amended)
An ordinance to repeal and replace Grand Island City Code; Section 35-30, pertaining to
water utility rates; to repeal Section 35-30, 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 being October 1, 2024.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND
ISLAND,NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 35-30 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
§35-30. Schedule of Rates
Schedule of Rates Within City
The monthly service fee and monthly usage rate to be charged for water furnished within
the corporate limits of the City shall be as follows:
Monthly Service Fee:
Rates Effective: October 1,2024
Meter Size Service Fee
Less than 1" $6.90
1-1/2" $12.70
2" $30.40
3" $51.90
4" $70.60
6" $241.10
8" $1,342.60
10" $4,292.40
12" $6,027.00
Plus Water City Dividend.
Rates Effective: October 1, 2025
Meter Size Service Fee
Less than 1" $7.30
1-1/2" $13.60
2" $32.50
3" $55.60
4" $75.50
ORDINANCE NO. 9977 (Amended) (Cont)
6" $258.00
8" $1,436.60
10" $4,592.90
12" $6,448.90
Plus Water City Dividend.
Monthly Usage Rate:
Rates Effective: October 1,2024
$/100 cf per month ($/100 cf)
First 5 $0.87
Next 35 $1.28
Next 960 $0.83
Over 1,000 $0.69
Plus Water City Dividend.
Rates Effective: October 1,2025
$/100 cf per month ($/100 cf)
First 5 $0.93
Next 35 $1.37
Next 960 $0.89
Over 1,000 $0.73
Plus Water City Dividend.
Plus:
A customer charge 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 as follows:
Effective October 1, 2024: $0.83 per month
Effective October 1, 2025: $0.89 per month
Schedule of Rates Outside City
The monthly service fee and monthly usage rate to be charged for water furnished outside
and beyond the corporate limits of the City shall be as follows:
Monthly Service Fee:
Rates Effective: October 1,2024
Meter Size Service Fee
Less than 1" $8.20
1-1/2" $15.30
2" $36.50
ORDINANCE NO. 9977 (Amended) (Cont)
3" $62.30
111 4" $84.70
6" $289.30
8" $1,611.10
10" $5,150.90
12" $7,232.40
Plus Water City Dividend.
Rate Effective: October 1, 2025
Meter Size Service Fee
Less than 1" $8.80
1-1/2" $16.40
2" $39.00
3" $66.70
4" $90.60
6" $309.50
8" $1,723.90
10" $5,511.40
12" $7,738.70
Plus Water City Dividend.
Monthly Usage Rate:
Rates Effective: October 1, 2024
$/100 cf per month ($/100 cf)
First 5 $1.05
Next 35 $1.54
Next 960 $1.00
Over 1,000 $0.82
Plus Water City Dividend.
Rates Effective: October 1,2025
$/100 cf per month ($/100 cf)
First 5 $1.12
Next 35 $1.65
Next 960 $1.07
Over 1,000 $0.88
Plus Water City Dividend.
Plus:
A customer charge 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 as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 9977 (Amended) (Cont)
Effective October 1, 2024: $0.83 per month
Effective October 1, 2025: $0.89 per month
City Dividend for Utility Ownership
All water services provided by the Grand Island Utilities Department will be subject to a City
Dividend for Utility Ownership. The City Dividend for Utility Ownership will be set by resolution
in the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule and calculated as a percentage of the total bill. The City
Dividend for Utility Ownership will be identified as a separate line item on an electric bill and will
be calculated as follows:
Water City Dividend = Water Bill Before Sales Tax * Water City Dividend Rate
The City Dividend for Utility Ownership will be subject to applicable sales tax.
SECTION 2. Those portions of Section 35-30, 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, on October 1, 2024. The ordinance shall be published in one
issue of the Grand Island Independent as provided by law.
Enacted: September 10, 2024
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