Effective with the billing and for every reading thereafter, the water rates charged to users of water provided by the city shall be as follows:
(A) Monthly water rates.
Amount Used (Gallons) Rate
First 1,000 $13.11, until any increase pursuant to division (E) herein.
Next 1,000 $13.11, until any increase pursuant to division (E) herein.
Next 3,000 $5.55 per 1,000 gallons for usage, until any increase pursuant to division (E) herein.
Next 5,000 $5.48 per 1,000 gallons for usage, until any increase pursuant to division (E) herein.
Next 10,000 and above $5.35 per 1,000 gallons for usage, until any increase pursuant to division (E) herein.
(B) Monthly sewer rates.
(1) All rate increases, shall be effective and issued for usage only after the effective date of the rate increase.
(2) Effective with the billing for every reading thereafter, the rates and charges for sewer service shall be as follows, based upon quantity of water supplied in gallons:
All customers
Amount Used (Gallons) Rate
First 1,000 $17.01, until any increase pursuant to division (E) herein.
Next 1,000 $17.01, until any increase pursuant to division (E) herein.
Next 2,000 and above $7.19 per 1,000 gallons for usage, until any increase pursuant to division (E) herein.
(3) Water customers outside the city limits not utilizing the city sewer system shall not be charged for sewer service.
(C) Bulk water station rates. The rate for all water hauled from the bulk Water Station shall be $2.00 per 1,000 gallons.
(D) Wholesale and industrial utility rates. The City Council is authorized to contract, on an individual basis, with potential utility customers of the city when circumstances of service to such potential customers do not fit the general provisions of city ordinances.
(E) In addition, beginning August 1, 2022, and every year thereafter, the hereinabove mentioned water, sewer, bulk station rates and wholesale industrial sewer rates shall be adjusted in accordance with the Consumer Price Index of the preceding year reported by the United States Government. Should the Consumer Price Index be negative, the rates herein shall remain unchanged.
(1) The provision of municipal utility services pursuant to a contract authorized by this ordinance shall be pursuant to the governmental powers and functions of the City of Falmouth, and except for administrative provisions, in no manner different from the provision of municipal utility services generally by city ordinances.
(2) The provision of municipal utility services pursuant to a contract authorized by this ordinance is subject to all other applicable regulatory and police powers of the City of Falmouth ordinances, Kentucky Revised Statutes, and Public Service Commission of Kentucky and Federal Regulations.
(3) Rates and quantities for the sale of municipal utility services established in a contract authorized by this ordinance shall be subject to change by the city, by ordinance, as any other utility rates and quantities are subject to change by the city.
(4) All such contracts shall be individually negotiated, reduced to writing, and executed by the mayor, as authorized by the city legislative body.
(5) Matters to be individually negotiated shall include, but shall not be limited to the following:
(a) Tap-on fees.
(b) Size, location, and ownership of lines.
(c) Size, location, and ownership of meters.
(d) Maintenance of utility fixtures.
(e) Necessity for backflow check valve.
(f) Necessity for flow restrictors.
(g) Conditions concerning the placement or not of a fire hydrant.
(h) Permits and fees for opening and closing city rights-of-way, or for boring beneath state, federal, or county rights-of-way.
(i) Relocation of utility fixtures made necessary by a change in the right-of-way.
(j) Rates for sale of municipal utility services.
(k) Quantities for sale of municipal utility services.
(6) Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to require the City of Falmouth to provide municipal utility services outside the corporate boundaries of the City of Falmouth.
(Ord. 71.05, passed 7-9-85; Am. Ord. 71.08, passed 7-9-91; Am. Ord. 71.11, passed 8-8-95; Am. Ord. 71.14, passed 6-13-00; Am. Ord. 71.15, passed 2-3-04; Am. Ord. 71.16, passed 4-5-05; Am. Ord. 71.17, passed 8-10-05; Am. Ord. 71.17-2006, passed 7-20-06; Am. Ord. 2007-71.19, passed 6-21-07; Am. Ord. 71.20-2008, passed 4-3-08; Am. Ord. 71.23-2018, passed 7-27-18; Am. Ord. 71.24-2018, passed 8-9-18; Am. Ord. 71.25-2018, passed 8-23-18; Am. Ord. 2021:10, passed 12-21-21)