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   935.111 EQUITY CONNECTION FEE FOR LOTS UNDER THE NEW LONDON ROAD-JERDAN LANE-HOGAN DRIVE-WESTRIDGE DRIVE SANITARY SEWER PROJECT.
   The equity connection fee for the following undeveloped lots benefitting from the New London Road-Jerdan Lane-Hogan Drive-Westridge Drive Sanitary Sewer Project: the east part of Lot 24208 and lots numbered 24199, 24208, 24214, 24226, 24233, 24831, 24832, 24833, 24834, 24835, 26049, 26050, 26055, 26063, 26067, 26068, 26633 and 28623, shall be the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000) per buildable site on each of said lots.
(Ord. 97-8-87. Passed 8-13-97.)
   935.12 PACKAGE PLANTS; CHARGES.
   For the use of and the service rendered by a wastewater treatment package plant, rates and charges shall be collected from each user connected with such wastewater treatment package plant based upon the volume of water usage. The total service charge (TSC) for residential, commercial, institutional, governmental and industrial users of such wastewater treatment package plant shall be the sum of the following amounts in effect on the dates as hereafter indicated:
 
Effective Dates
Jan. 1, 2003
Jan. 1, 2004
Jan. 1, 2005
Basic Billing Charge
$ 2.31
$ 2.35
$ 2.40
Service Charge (SC) per 100 cubic feet
5.31
5.42
5.53
Surcharge for BOD5 in excess of 200 mg/l (per pound of BOD5)
0.724
0.739
0.753
Surcharge for SS in excess of 250 mg/l (per pound of SS)
0.918
0.936
0.955
   Because a meter reading for all customers cannot be accomplished on the effective date of the above rate charge, and because it is therefore not possible to measure precisely between usage at the former rate and the usage at the above rate, the service charges based on the meter readings or usage estimates obtained or derived in January shall be billed at the preceding year’s rate. All sewer charges based upon meter readings or usage estimates, which occur for months other than January following the effective date of the above rate increases shall be billed entirely at the above-established rates.
(Ord. 2002-11-91. Passed 11-13-02.)
   935.13 KIESLAND PARK SEWER DISTRICT AND SEWER RATES.
   (a)   There is hereby established the Kiesland Park Sewer District which consists of and incorporates the following described area:
      Situated in the Sixth Ward of the City of Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, containing 47.4227 acres of land, more or less, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: beginning at a point in the east right of way of State Route 4 Bypass, said point being the southwest corner of Lot Number 28746 and said point also being common to the corporation lines of the City of Hamilton and the City of Fairfield and being the true point of beginning; thence along the east right of way line of State Route 4 Bypass North 1º25'31" east 1390.00 feet to the northwest corner of Lot Number 28983; thence along the north lot lines of Lots Numbered 28983, 28737 and 28738 south 88º34'29" east 1319.75 feet to the northeast corner of Lot Number 28738, said point also lying in the corporation line common to the City of Hamilton and the City of Fairfield; thence along said common corporation line south 1º24'29" west 1739.94 feet to the southeast corner of Lot Number 28742; thence continuing along said common corporation line north 73º43'47" west 1365.86 feet to the point of beginning.
   (b)   The sewer rates to be charged each customer for sewer service within the Kiesland Park Sewer District shall be equal to the sum of the charges the City of Hamilton must pay to Butler County, Ohio, and to the City of Fairfield, Ohio, for the sewer service provided to such customer, such that the City neither subsidizes nor profits from sewer service provided in the Kiesland Park Sewer District.
(Ord. 96-5-56. Passed 5-22-96.)
   935.14 UNFUNDED GOVERNMENTAL AND REGULATORY (INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL) MANDATES WASTEWATER UTILITY ADJUSTMENT RIDER “A” (RIDER A).
   (a)   Unfunded Governmental and Regulatory (Including Environmental Mandates Adjustment (UGRMA).
      (1)   Scope. The Utility shall recover through application of the UGRMA all expenditures for operating, capital improvements, investments and related debt service principal and interest payments that are paid or payable to parties other than Utility employees which are associated with the Utility’s compliance with governmental and regulatory mandates that are not included or recovered in base wastewater rate charges (Governmental and Regulatory Costs). Governmental and Regulatory Costs shall include utility debt service payments (including principal and interest payments) associated with the deferral of Governmental and Regulatory Costs. Governmental and Regulatory Costs will be credited to reflect proceeds received from insurance carriers or other entities for amounts that represent reimbursement of costs associated with governmental and regulatory caused compliance projects. Governmental and Regulatory Costs shall not include the salaries of Utility employees, or any benefits related thereto.
   The UGRMA will be applied monthly as a volumetric charge ($ per hundred cubic feet) to wastewater customers total monthly billings so as to recover anticipated Governmental and Regulatory Costs during the period such expenditures are projects to be incurred by the Utility (Recovery Period). The total amount of any over or under recovery of Governmental and Regulatory Costs for preceding collection periods will be included as Governmental and Regulatory Reconciliation. Adjustment and thereby reflected in the UGRMA for the Recovery Period.
      (2)   Calculation. The formula for calculating the UGRMA, expressed as a volumetric charge ($ per hundred cubic feet), is:
         UGRMA = (EC + ERA)/S
         Where:
            EC =   Governmental and Regulatory Costs ($) to be recovered from wastewater customers during the Recovery Period.
            ERA=   Governmental and Regulatory Reconciliation Adjustment is a dollar adjustment that reflects the difference between actual Governmental and Regulatory Costs incurred during preceding collection periods and the actual revenues collected by the UGRMA during the same collection period.
            S =   Projected Sales (hundred cubic feet) billed to wastewater customers during the Recovery Period.
   (b)   Application.
      (1)   The Utility shall annually review the UGRMA calculation and make projections for the Recovery Period. The Utility shall, when it deems necessary, make adjustments to the UGRMA applied to customers for such period as it deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Rider in a timely manner.
         (Ord. 2007-12-160. Passed 12-27-07.)
   935.15 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COST WASTEWATER UTILITY ADJUSTMENT RIDER “B” (RIDER B).
   (a)   Economic Development Cost Adjustment (EDCA).
      (1)   Scope. The Waste Water Utility (Utility) shall recover economic development expenditures through the application of the EDCA including the sum of the Economic Development Agreement (EDA) Annual Rebates and all expenditures including funds transferred from the Utility to the City of Hamilton Department of Administrative Division of Economic Development, operating, capital improvements, investments and related debt service principal and interest payments that are paid or payable to parties other than Utility employees which are associated with the Utility’s economic development activities that are not included or recovered in base wastewater rate charges, Power Cost Adjustment (Rider A) charges, Unfunded Environmental Mandates Adjustment (Rider D) and Unfunded Governmental and Regulatory (including Environmental) Mandates Wastewater Utility Adjustment (Rider A). Economic Development expenditures will be credited to reflect proceeds received from other entities for amounts that represent reimbursement of costs associated with economic development projects. Economic Development expenditures shall not include the salaries of Utility employees, or any benefits related thereto. Economic Development expenditures recovered by the EDCA shall be determined to be for a public purpose and benefit to the Utility. “Public purpose” and “Utility benefit” shall be determined by the Law Director and the Finance Director and approved by the Hamilton City Council. The EDCA will be applied monthly and added to wastewater customers monthly billings to recover the Economic Development Cost Adjustment.
      (2)   Application. The Utility shall review the Economic Development Cost Adjustment calculation and shall make annual projections for the succeeding period January to December (Collection Period). The Utility shall, when it deems necessary, make adjustments to the EDCA applied to customers for such period as it deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Rider in a timely manner.
      (3)   Calculation. The formula for calculating the economic development cost adjustment (EDCA) is:
            EDCA = (EDC * (MWF * RCM/PTWM))/RCM/12 + RA
         Where:
(EDC * (MWF * RCM/PTWM)/RCM/12 = the Economic Development cost component, expressed in dollars per meter per month.
RA = Reconciliation Adjustment as determined below, expressed in dollars per meter per month
RA = (AEDC * MWF * AM/ATWM))/AM/12 - (PPEDC * (MWF * PCM/ATWM))/PCM/12
      (4)   Definitions.  
         EDC =    PEDC-BEDC
         PEDC =   Projected Economic Development expenditures in the Collection Period.
         BEDC =   Economic Development expenditures in the base rates of $183,512. At the time this rider was written, Economic Development expenditures in base rates were $0.00 for EDA Annual Rebates and $183,512 for funds transferred to the City Department of Administrative Division of Economic Development.
         PPEDC=   Economic Development costs to be collected in the preceding Collection Period.
         PPTWC=    Projected total weighted meters during the preceding Collection Period.
         AEDC=   Actual Economic Development cost for the preceding Collection Period.
         MWF=   Meter weighting factor for each meter size in Table 1 below.
         RCM=   Projected average number of meters for a given meter size during the Collection Period.
         PCM=   Projected average number of meters for a given meter size during the preceding Collection Period.
         PTWM=   Projected total weighted meters during the Collection Period.
         AM=      Actual average number of meters in the meter class during the preceding Collection Period.
         ATWM=   Actual total weighted meters during the preceding Collection Period.
Table 1
Meter Weighting Factors
(MWF)
Meter Size
Meter Weighting Factor
Sharon Park Subdivision Meter Weighting Factor
5/8"
1.0
1.5
3/4"
1.1
1.7
1"
1.4
2.1
1 ½"
1.8
2.7
2"
2.9
4.4
3"
11.0
16.5
4"
14.0
21.0
6"
21.0
31.5
8"
29.0
43.5
10"
37.0
55.5
 
(Ord. 2010-8-68. Passed 8-11-10; Ord. 2011-8-79. Passed 8-24-11.)