§ 51.20 EFFECTIVE DATE AND FUTURE INCREASES.
   (A)   The aforementioned water and sewer rates shall become effective for all billed consumption beginning December 1, 2023, for FY 2024 and applied at the end of the appropriate billing cycles, unless otherwise determined by the Director of Public Works (Superintendent).
   (B)   On December 1, 2023 and December 1, of each year through 2027, the water rates established in §§ 51.16 and 51.18 shall be automatically increased by 6%. For FY 2028 the water rates established in §§ 51.16 and 51.18 shall be automatically increased by 3% unless the county has performed a rate analysis study to establish then current rates.
   (C)   On December 1, 2023 and December 1, of each year through FY 2028, the sewer rates established in §§ 51.17 and 51.19 shall be automatically increased by 4% unless the county has performed a rate analysis study to establish then current rates.
(1977 Code, §§ 4:2-9, 4:2-9A3) (Ord. 10-0784, passed 8-19-2010; Ord. 11-0425, passed 5-10- 2011; Ord. 12-0232, passed 3-13-2012; Ord. 12-0856, passed 8-14-2012; Ord. 13-0739, passed 7-9-2013; Ord. 13-0850, passed 8-13-2013; Ord. 13-1341, passed 12-10-2013; Ord. 14-0392, passed 5-13-2014; Ord. 14-0581, passed 6-10-2014; Ord. 15-1005, passed 10-13-2015; Ord. 16-0314, passed 4-12-2016; Ord. 16-0944, passed 10-11-2016; Ord. 17-1039, passed 10-10-2017; Ord. 18-0871, passed 8-14-2018; Ord. 18-1102, passed 10-9-2018; Ord. 19-1311, passed 8-13-2019; Ord. 20-1031, passed 8-11-2020; Ord. 21-0832, passed 6-8-2021; Ord. 22-0967, passed 7-12-2022; Ord. 23-0906, passed 7-11-2023)