A. Each property which is proposed to be connected to the municipal electrical system will be served by existing electrical distribution lines that were paid for by existing city users of the system. An electrical distribution fee must be paid to the city by persons desiring to connect directly to an existing electrical distribution line which was installed without direct or indirect cost to the connecting property.
B. The electrical distribution fee will be a one-time charge collected with the building permit that involves the new connection. The amount of the electrical system distribution fee shall be adopted by resolution of the City Council.
C. Persons installing electrical distribution infrastructure in order to connect to existing electrical distribution system or having such infrastructure installed by the city or by city contract shall pay the full cost of the installation. If the property developer does installation, such installation shall be in lieu of payment of the then current electrical distribution fee. If installation is done by the city or by city contract, the property developer shall reimburse the city for costs incurred for such installation, in lieu of payment of the then current electrical distribution fee.
D. The fees collected are to be placed in a fund to be used for capital improvements to the electrical system. The current fund and account to which this fee will be applied is 620-3641. The fund balance of this fund will be reserved for capital improvement projects.
E. After the initial rate modification, effective June 1, 2004, the distribution fee will be evaluated annually. Any cumulative increase in the Engineering News Record’s Construction Cost Index (CCI) resulting in a rate change of at least $25 shall be reflected in the master fee schedule as adopted by resolution of the city council effective April 1 of that year. The fee shall be changed in $25 increments reflecting the cumulative CCI change from the most recently published rate.
F. The CCI (or its successor) published in January for December of the previous year shall be the index used for determining any rate change. The initial CCI for the purposes of this fee is 6825 as published in the January 2004 Engineering News Record.
(Ord. 695, 2000; Ord. 727, 2004)