Res 2010- 08 Setting Sewer RatesCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
Dakota County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 10• .08
RESOLUTION SETTING SEWER RENTAL CHARGES FOR SINGLE FAMILY
DWELLINGS, MULTIPLE DWELLINGS, AMENITY STRUCTURES, SCHOOLS,
CHURCHES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USERS
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 803 provides that the sewer rental charges for the use of
City municipal sewer system by single family residences, duplex, school, church, public
building, multiple family dwelling, commercial or industrial user shall be determined from time
to time by Resolution of the City Council; and,
WHEREAS, annual expenditures (including fees paid to the Metropolitan Council
Environmental Services (MCES)) have increased over the past several years with annual City
revenues remaining relatively flat; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate that users pay on the basis of sewage generated; and,
WHEREAS, Sanitary Sewer Utility expenditures (including rates charged by MCES) are
anticipated to continue rising over the foreseeable future;
NOW THEREFORE IT IS HERBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Mendota Heights that the following schedule of sewer rates be established:
I. Single Family Residence, including Townhouses with individual sewer and water
services:
A. Dwellings served by a central water system:
. A minimum of $50.00 per quarter shall be charged for water usage of 20
100 cubic feet or less.
2. Water usage in excess of 20 units (1 unit = 100 cubic feet) shall be
charged at the rate of $1.95 per 100 cubic feet. For the purpose of this
Resolution, 100 cubic feet shall be deemed to equal 748 U.S. Gallons.
B. Dwellings served by on -site, individual wells shall pay a flat charge of
$50.00 per quarter.
II. Residential Complexes, including Multiple Dwellings, Duplexes, Townhouses,
Apartments, Condominiums and Amenity Structures with less than one sewer and
water service per dwelling unit:
A. $50.00 per dwelling Unit per quarter, or
B. $1.95 per 100 cubic feet of water used in the immediately preceding
December, January, and February quarter, whichever is larger.
III. Commercial, Industrial, Church, Public Building or School:
A. Sewer rental shall be based on water used during the previous quarter.
The rate applicable shall be as follows:
1. Sewer Users with metered water supply:
(i) $1.95 per 100 cubic feet of water used, billed quarterly, based on the
previous quarter water use. The minimum quarterly charges for such
shall be as follows:
Water Meter Size
Quarterly Charge
1/4 Inch
$83.00
1 Inch
$96.00
1 1/4 Inch
$130.00
1 1/2 Inch
$257.00
2 Inch
$514.00
3 Inch
$1,029.00
2. Sewer users not having metered water will be charged according to the
following schedule:
Commercial Well Service Sewer Rate
Minimum Per
Meter Size
Rate
Minimum
Per Meter
Size
Rate
5/8 Inch
$172.00
2Inch
$814.00
3/4 Inch
$172.00
3 Inch
$1,629.00
1 Inch
$234.00
4 Inch
$3,450.00
1 VI Inch
$294.00
6Inch
$7,501.00
1 '/2 Inch
$400.00
B. Commercial, Industrial, Church, Public Building or School sewer users, whose
water is metered may petition for adjusted billings if satisfactory evidence
indicates that less than 90% of water used is discharged into the sanitary
sewer.
IV. Sewer service outside the corporate limits of Mendota Heights:
A. Those rates applicable to the uses described above multiplied by 120 percent.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the foregoing sewer rental charges shall be
effective with the October 1, 2009 billing or upon the original hookup to the City municipal
sanitary sewer system, whichever occurs last. Said sewer rental charges shall be payable
quarterly for each of the quarterly periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31, of each year. In the case of a connection to the municipal sewer system occurring
during a quarter, the quarterly charge shall be computed from the date of such connection.
Payment of such rental charge for each quarter shall be made to the City by the twenty second
day of the month immediately following the last month of the quarter.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution 94 -06, adopted on February 1, 1994
and Resolution 09 -86, adopted on October 6, 2009, be and the same are hereby rescinded in their
entirety.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this 5`h day of January 2010.
ATTEST:
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Kathleen M. Swanson, City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS