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TO: Mayor and Council Members
FROM: John R. Dunn, Director, Water and Pollution Control Department
DATE: June 22, 2009
SUBJECT: Correction to Water Rate Ordinance
On March 24, 2009, Council approved a water rate adjustment to increase the overall revenue by 10
percent. The ordinance that implemented that increase was passed at the following three meetings
and was to be effective for utility bills mailed on or after July 1, 2009. The actual rate ordinance that
was signed and published contained two typographical errors that need to be corrected.
• The summer residential tier 3 rate was published as being $0.0471 per cubic foot. The last two
digits were transposed. It should have been $0.0417 per cubic foot.
• The summer non-residential rate was published as being $0.00206 per cubic foot. There was an
extraneous zero in the unit rate. It should have been $0.0206 per cubic foot.
A revised ordinance will be provided to you on Tuesday night that corrects the rates to match those
presented and discussed by Council. Staff requests that the revisions be approved on second and
third reading so that the correct rates can be included in bills mailed on and after July 1.
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