A. Every property which is provided with a new municipal electric connection will be served by an electric service device that must be installed by the city. An electrical service connection fee must be paid to the city to cover the costs of installing the electrical service line from the distribution system to the property, as well as the cost of the meter.
B. The electrical service connection fee will be a one-time charge collected with the building permit that involves the new connection. The amount of the electrical service connection fee will be established by resolution of City Council.
C. An electric service connection (meter) fee must be paid to the city if the property developer performs the work. In this case the meter fee shall cover the cost of installing the meter. Installation of the service connection line, meter box and other apertures shall be in accordance with the then current City’s Public Works Construction Standards. The portion of the meter fee pertaining to installing the service line from the distribution system to the meter box shall be determined by the City Engineer and deducted from the then published meter fee amount. Alternatively, the City Engineer shall determine the cost of the meter and standard apertures and installation thereof and charge that amount as the meter fee.
D. The funds are to be deposited into the electric operating fund to defray electrical service and meter costs. The current fund and account to which this fee will be applied is 600-3641.
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)