HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 231-21 - Resolution - 2022-2027 Wastewater Rates and Fees
RESOLUTION
Approving the Wastewater Rates and Fees 2022-2027.
WHEREAS, Section 12-6-2 of the Rochester Code of Ordinances authorizes the Common
Council to establish by resolution a fixed and quantity charge, a high strength surcharge, a
capital equalization charge, a residential charge, a monitoring and sampling charge, a
hauled liquid waste charge and a plant investment fee for connection to and use of the City
of Rochester wastewater infrastructure.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester
that the City establish a fixed and quantity charge as follows:
TABLE 1 – FIXED AND QUANTITY SEWER CHARGE
Charge Unit of Service 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Fixed Charge $/month $19.00 $19.10 $19.20 $19.30 $19.40 $19.50
Quantity Charge $/Ccf $4.19 $4.22 $4.26 $4.29 $4.32 $4.35
Ccf = One Hundred Cubic Feet
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City establish a high strength surcharge as follows:
TABLE 2 – HIGH STRENGTH SURCHARGE
Charge Unit of Service 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Flow $/Ccf $1.91 $1.93 $1.94 $1.96 $1.97 $1.98
BOD $/pound $0.54 $0.55 $0.55 $0.56 $0.56 $0.57
TSS $/pound $0.43 $0.44 $0.44 $0.44 $0.45 $0.45
TP $/pound $5.98 $6.03 $6.09 $6.14 $6.19 $6.24
NH3-N $/pound $2.23 $2.25 $2.27 $2.28 $2.30 $2.31
BOD = 5 day Biochemical Oxygen Demand TSS = Total Suspended Solids
TP = Total Phosphorous NH3-N = Ammonia Nitrogen
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City establish a capital equalization charge by taking
the fixed and quantity charge, and multiplying it by 1.50.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City establish a residential charge as follows: For
the months of January, February and March of a year, the residential charge will be based
on actual water usage. For the balance of the calendar year, the residential charge will be
based on the average monthly water usage for the period of January through March or on
the actual usage, whichever is less. In the case of a dwelling that is not connected to the
sanitary sewer system in the period of January through March of a calendar year, the
monthly charge will be based upon a minimum of five billing units, 1 billing unit equals 1 Ccf.
If during the months of January, February or March of a year usage is less than one billing
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unit for a given month, the billing unit for that month will be increased to five billing units when
calculating the average for the balance of the calendar year to account for buildings in use during
winter months but in use during the remainder of the year.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City establish a monitoring, sampling, and analysis charge as
follows:
TABLE 3 – MONITORING AND SAMPLING CHARGE
Charge Unit of 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Service
Monthly Monitoring $/month $980 $1,010 $1,040 $1,070 $1,100 $1,130
Charge
Sampling Charge $/sample $170 $180 $180 $190 $200 $200
$/sample $280 $290 $300 $300 $310 $320
Metals Analysis
Charge
Conventional
$/sample $140 $150 $150 $150 $160 $160
Pollutants Analysis
Charge
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City establish hauled liquid waste charges as follows: TABLE 4 –
SEPTAGE, PORTABLE TOILET, AND FOG WASTE
Charge Unit of Service 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Portable Toilet Waste $/1000 gallons $123 $124 $125 $126 $127 $128
Fats, Oils and Greases $/1000 gallons $36 $37 $38 $39 $40 $41
Septage $/1000 gallons $123 $124 $125 $126 $127 $128
Hauled liquid waste is charged based on tank size regardless of hauled waste volume residing in
tank. For wastes accepted by the manager as outlined in sewer ordinances that do not fall into the
above categories and can be directly conveyed to solids treatment processes, an equation may be
used to calculate disposal costs based on cost of treatment.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City establish a plant investment fee (PIF) upon those
developments and redevelopments that create the need for or increase the demands on the Water
Reclamation Plant. The PIF shall be established as an Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) as follows:
Residential Units:
Single family homes and structures with three or fewer dwelling units will be charged one Equivalent
Residential Unit (ERU) PIF for each dwelling unit as follows:
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TABLE 5 - ERU PIF FEES
Customer Class Unit of Service 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Residential PIF Per connection $3,750 $3,900 $4,050 $4,200 $4,350 $4,500
Multiple Dwelling Units (more than three):
Buildings containing more than three dwelling units will be charged 70% of the cost of one Equivalent
Residential Unit PIF for each unit as defined in Table 6.
TABLE 6 - MULTIPLE DWELLING UNIT PIF FEES
Customer Class Unit of Service 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Per Unit $2,650 $2,750 $2,850 $2,950 $3,050 $3,150
Multiple Dwelling
Unit PIF
Non-residential Developments:
New and redeveloped non-residential developments that do not have a discharge permit from the
Water Reclamation Plant will have a Plant Investment Fee based on the size of each installed water
meter, excluding those designated by Rochester Public Utilities as being installed as irrigation
meters. The PIF based on meter size will be as follows:
TABLE 7 - METER SIZE PIF FEES
Meter Size Unit of Service 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
5/8“ X 3/4” Per fixture unit $177 $184 $192 $198 $206 $213
5/8” X 3/4” Per connection $5,650 $5,900 $6,150 $6,350 $6,600 $6,800
3/4 “ Per connection $7,400 $7,650 $7,950 $8,250 $8,550 $8,850
1” Per connection $13,000 $13,600 $14,100 $14,600 $15,100 $15,700
1-1/2 “ Per connection $22,700 $23,600 $24,500 $25,400 $26,300 $27,200
2” Per connection $36,900 $38,300 $39,800 $41,300 $42,800 $44,200
$128,800 $133,900 $139,100 $144,200 $149,400 $154,500
3” Plus Per connection
Refer to Section 12-6-2 of the Rochester Code of Ordinances for additional information regarding
residential and non-residential redevelopments, mixed use buildings, seasonal buildings, and
structures established prior to January 1, 2005.
Permitted Non-residential Developments
This section applies only to the commercial and industrial developments that have industrial discharge
permits with the Water Reclamation Plant that specify the allowable flows and loads that may be
discharged. Table 8 shows the unit rates that will be used for determining the PIF:
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TABLE 8 - INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE PERMIT PIF FEES
Parameter Unit of Service 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Flow $/Ccf/day $6,240 $6,480 $6,730 $6,980 $7,230 $7,480
BOD $/pound/day $2,010 $2,090 $2,170 $2,250 $2,330 $2,410
TSS $/pound/day $950 $980 $1,020 $1,060 $1,100 $1,140
TP $/pound/day $26,480 $27,540 $28,600 $29,660 $30,710 $31,770
NH3-N $/pound/day $10,490 $10,910 $11,330 $11,750 $12,170 $12,590
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the rates and fees outlined in this resolution are in effect starting
the first day of January for each calendar year.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 521-15 is hereby rescinded and no longer in effect.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER,
MINNESOTA, THIS DAY OF , 2021.
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS DAY OF , 2021.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of Rochester, Minnesota)
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