a. The Board of Commissioners shall fix all rates to be charged for the services of the water and sewerage system and revise same from time to time within the discretion of the Board of Commissioners but the rates so fixed shall be sufficient to provide for the operation and maintenance of the utility, an adequate depreciation account, capital improvements and replacement of infrastructure, principal and interest on all bond issues and amortization thereof as provided therein and sufficient to satisfy all requirements of the bond issues and a fair and reasonable return to the City based upon the fair value of the used and useful property of the utility and the services rendered by the utility.
b. There shall be and there are established as of February 1, 2015 and as of July 1, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and as of 2021, and thereafter, monthly rates and charges for the use of and services rendered by the combined and consolidated municipal water works and sewerage system of the City, which shall be paid by the owner or occupant of each and every residential, commercial and industrial establishment or other property, building and structure of any kind, other than water districts, connected with and being served by the combined and consolidated system. The rates and charges shall be computed and billed monthly, and such rates and charges shall be as follows:
1. During the billing period February 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, the basic rates shall be:
Water Rates | Sewer Rates | |||
Inside City | Outside City | Inside City | Outside City | |
Customer Charge: | $4.04 | $5.66 | $3.82 | $5.35 |
Volume charge (per ccf/month): | ||||
First 20 ccf | $2.67 | $3.74 | $3.33 | $4.67 |
Next 230 ccf | $2.48 | $3.48 | $3.33 | $4.67 |
Over 250 ccf | $2.14 | $2.99 | $3.33 | $4.67 |
“ccf” means hundred cubic feet, or 748 gallons
2. During the billing period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, the basic rates shall be:
Water Rates | Sewer Rates | |||
Inside City | Outside City | Inside City | Outside City | |
Customer Charge: | $4.89 | $6.85 | $4.62 | $6.47 |
Volume charge (per ccf/month): | ||||
First 20 ccf | $2.81 | $3.93 | $3.50 | $4.91 |
Next 230 ccf | $2.61 | $3.66 | $3.50 | $4.91 |
Over 250 ccf | $2.25 | $3.14 | $3.50 | $4.91 |
“ccf” means hundred cubic feet, or 748 gallons
3. During the billing period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, the basic rates shall be:
a. For ccf-based meters:
Water Rates | Sewer Rates | |||
General Rates | Special District | General Rates | Special District | |
Customer Charge: | $5.73 | $8.02 | $5.42 | $7.59 |
Volume charge (per ccf/month): | ||||
First 20 ccf | $2.90 | $4.05 | $3.61 | $5.06 |
Next 230 ccf | $2.69 | $3.77 | $3.61 | $5.06 |
Over 250 ccf | $2.32 | $3.24 | $3.61 | $5.06 |
“ccf” means hundred cubic feet, or 748 gallons
b. For gallon-based meters:
Water Rates | Sewer Rates | |||
General Rates | Special District | General Rates | Special District | |
Customer Charge: | $5.73 | $8.02 | $5.42 | $7.59 |
Volume charge (per gallon/month): | ||||
First 14,960 gallons | $0.003877 | $0.005414 | $0.004826 | $0.006765 |
Next 172,040 gallons | $0.003596 | $0.005040 | $0.004826 | $0.006765 |
Over 187,000 gallons | $0.003102 | $0.004332 | $0.004826 | $0.006765 |
4. During the billing period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, the basic rates shall be:
a. For ccf-based meters:
Water Rates | Sewer Rates | |||
General Rates | Special District | General Rates | Special District | |
Customer Charge: | $6.58 | $9.21 | $6.22 | $8.71 |
Volume charge (per ccf/month): | ||||
First 20 ccf | $2.99 | $4.18 | $3.72 | $5.22 |
Next 230 ccf | $2.78 | $3.89 | $3.72 | $5.22 |
Over 250 ccf | $2.39 | $3.34 | $3.72 | $5.22 |
“ccf” means hundred cubic feet, or 748 gallons
b. For gallon-based meters:
Water Rates | Sewer Rates | |||
General Rates | Special District | General Rates | Special District | |
Customer Charge: | $6.58 | $9.21 | $6.22 | $8.71 |
Volume charge (per gallon/month): | ||||
First 14,960 gallons | $0.003997 | $0.005588 | $0.004973 | $0.006979 |
Next 172,040 gallons | $0.003717 | $0.005201 | $0.004973 | $0.006979 |
Over 187,000 gallons | $0.003195 | $0.004465 | $0.004973 | $0.006979 |
5. During the billing period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, the basic rates shall be:
a. For ccf-based meters:
Water Rates | Sewer Rates | |||
General Rates | Special District | General Rates | Special District | |
Customer Charge: | $7.42 | $10.39 | $7.02 | $9.83 |
Volume charge (per ccf/month): | ||||
First 20 ccf | $2.99 | $4.18 | $3.72 | $5.22 |
Next 230 ccf | $2.78 | $3.89 | $3.72 | $5.22 |
Over 250 ccf | $2.39 | $3.34 | $3.72 | $5.22 |
“ccf” means hundred cubic feet, or 748 gallons
b. For gallon-based meters:
Water Rates | Sewer Rates | |||
General Rates | Special District | General Rates | Special District | |
Customer Charge: | $7.42 | $10.39 | $7.02 | $9.83 |
Volume charge (per gallon/month): | ||||
First 14,960 gallons | $0.003997 | $0.005588 | $0.004973 | $0.006979 |
Next 172,040 gallons | $0.003717 | $0.005201 | $0.004973 | $0.006979 |
Over 187,000 gallons | $0.003195 | $0.004465 | $0.004973 | $0.006979 |
6. During the billing period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, the basic rates shall be:
a. For ccf-based meters:
Water Rates | Sewer Rates | |||
General Rates | Special District | General Rates | Special District | |
Customer Charge: | $8.27 | $11.58 | $7.82 | $10.95 |
Volume charge (per ccf/month): | ||||
First 20 ccf | $2.99 | $4.18 | $3.72 | $5.22 |
Next 230 ccf | $2.78 | $3.89 | $3.72 | $5.22 |
Over 250 ccf | $2.39 | $3.34 | $3.72 | $5.22 |
“ccf” means hundred cubic feet, or 748 gallons
b. For gallon-based meters:
Water Rates | Sewer Rates | |||
General Rates | Special District | General Rates | Special District | |
Customer Charge: | $8.27 | $11.58 | $7.82 | $10.95 |
Volume charge (per gallon/month): | ||||
First 14,960 gallons | $0.003997 | $0.005588 | $0.004973 | $0.006979 |
Next 172,040 gallons | $0.003717 | $0.005201 | $0.004973 | $0.006979 |
Over 187,000 gallons | $0.003195 | $0.004465 | $0.004973 | $0.006979 |
7. During the billing period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, the basic rates shall be:
a. For ccf-based meters:
Water Rates | Sewer Rates | |||
General Rates | Special District | General Rates | Special District | |
Customer Charge: | $9.11 | $12.76 | $8.61 | $12.06 |
Volume charge (per ccf/month): | ||||
First 20 ccf | $2.99 | $4.18 | $3.72 | $5.22 |
Next 230 ccf | $2.78 | $3.89 | $3.72 | $5.22 |
Over 250 ccf | $2.39 | $3.34 | $3.72 | $5.22 |
“ccf” means hundred cubic feet, or 748 gallons
b. For gallon-based meters:
Water Rates | Sewer Rates | |||
General Rates | Special District | General Rates | Special District | |
Customer Charge: | $9.11 | $12.76 | $8.61 | $12.06 |
Volume charge (per gallon/month): | ||||
First 14,960 gallons | $0.003997 | $0.005588 | $0.004973 | $0.006979 |
Next 172,040 gallons | $0.003717 | $0.005201 | $0.004973 | $0.006979 |
Over 187,000 gallons | $0.003195 | $0.004465 | $0.004973 | $0.006979 |
c. “Special District” shall mean service areas designated by BGMU and approved by the Board of Commissioners. Special Districts generally include those areas and customers served by BGMU-owned and maintained infrastructure outside of the city limits of the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky. In addition, Special Districts include wastewater services for the 74-acre tract of annexed property served by BGMU and formerly known as the Cooksey Farm on Lovers Lane. Future designations of Special Districts and the applicable rates applied to them will be determined on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of BGMU and subject to Board of Commissioners approval.
d. A credit or discount against the basic monthly water and sewer rates of 10% of such basic rates shall be allowed to residential customers with respect to the first seven hundred cubic feet (7 ccf) of water and/or sewer used in any month where the aggregate income of the customer and all other members of the household is less than twenty-two thousand dollars ($22,000) per year. No such discounts shall be allowed unless the customer has made written application therefore and has furnished to Bowling Green Municipal Utilities such information as it may require under regulations adopted by it.
e. The Bowling Green Municipal Utilities Board may adjust the rates and charges each year to reflect any increase in the operation and maintenance expenses of the combined and consolidated municipal water and sewer utility. An Annual Cost Adjustment will be determined by the Bowling Green Municipal Utilities Board with any such increase not to exceed the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the twelve (12) month period ending December 31st of the most recently audited fiscal year of Bowling Green Municipal Utilities over the previous twelve (12) month period ending December 31st. To the extent that any Annual Cost Adjustment determined by the Bowling Green Municipal Utilities Board is less than the maximum allowed, then any such difference may not be added to any future Annual Cost Adjustment. In no event shall the Annual Cost Adjustment in any year be negative.
1. The Consumer Price Index that shall be utilized for this purpose shall be the “Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. City Average published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. 20212.”
2. The Annual Cost Adjustment adopted and approved by the Bowling Green Municipal Utilities Board will be applied to the existing water and sewer rates in effect.
Bowling Green Municipal Utilities will file with the Office of City Clerk any new water and sewer rates resulting from any adopted and approved Annual Cost Adjustment no later than two (2) weeks prior to the date in which the new rates will be effective.
(Ord. BG80-63, S27-1, 7/15/80; Ord. BG82-41, 5/25/82; Ord. BG88-17B, 4/21/88; Ord. BG90-41, 7/24/90; Ord. BG2001-5, 2/20/2001; Ord. BG2009-17, 6/16/2009; Ord. BG2014-11, 6/3/2014; Ord. BG2014-41, 1/6/2015; Ord. BG2018-22, 5/15/2018)
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* State law reference: Plumbing regulations provided by the County under the provisions of KRS Chapter 318; power of a second class city to operate water and sewerage system and power of city to operate a garbage disposal service or delegate such authority to a commission, KRS 76.005 to 76.210.