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Show Sewe&v Weofteir Ksaffe Dmisiresise Set Utility Rate Increase After extensive review and consideration the Pleasant Grove City Council has determined deter-mined that the monthly service charge need to be increased as well as the regular connection fees in order to continue to operate the water and sewer systems and to prepare for future fut-ure expansion. The determination required many days of study involving professional consultants. It was revealed during this study that the operations of the sewer department has cost more than the revenues received from sewer service fees in each of the past seven years. For example, ex-ample, in 1973-74 the total operating expenses including depreciation of the sewer fund were $94,000 and the revenues were $65,000. The water fund shows a small net gain for the same year, but with rapidly increasing in-creasing operating costs a loss is aniticipated next year, unless rates are increased. The City Council, after delib- i eration, has decided to increase both water and sewer monthly service charges and connection fees. The Council determied that the monthly service fees should pay for operation of the system and for depreciation and that the connection fees should pay for expanding and improving the system to accomodate ac-comodate future growth. Capital Outlays Some of the future improvements improve-ments to the water and sewer systems which will require large capital outlays are: 1. Enlargement of the sewage sew-age treatment plant and main outfall lines to keep up with increased growth of the city. 2. Construction of a tertiary water waste treatment facility to meet the new State and Federal water quality standards. stand-ards. 3. Increased cost of chemicals, chem-icals, supplies and maintenance to treat wastewater in order to meet the new water quality standards as required by law. 4. Acquisition of equipment for repairing and maintaining the sewer collection system. 5. Construction of a new culinary water reservoir. 6. Drilling and equipping two new culinary water wells. The city has approval from the State Engineer for two wells, but these must be drilled be-for be-for December 1975 or these rights may be lost. Water and Sewer Rates In order to meet these anticipated anti-cipated expenditures, the monthly mon-thly water and sewer rates will be as follows: Water Monthly Minimum, $3.50 for first 10,000 gallons; $0.35 per 1,000 gallons above 10,000 gallons. Apartments and Multiple Dwelings: Monthly Minimum per unit, $3.50 for first 10,000 gallons; $0.35 per 1,000 gallons above 10,000 gallons. Water connections outside of the city will pay two times equivalent charges within the city limits for the same service. Water Connection Fees inch,' $500.00; 1 inch $600, Subdivisions included. Sewer $5.00 per month plus 5c per 1,000 gallons of water used during the month. Apartments and Multiple Dwellings: $5.00 per month per unit, plus 5c per 1,000 gallons of water used during the month. In calculating the sewer charge an allowance of 50 of the water used during the summer months will be allowed allow-ed for lawn sprinkling and other non-sanitary uses. Sewer connections outside of the city will pay two times epuivant charges within the city limits for the same services. ser-vices. Sewer Connection Fees $500. Apartments and Multiple Multi-ple Dwellings: $500 first unit, $400 each additional unit. Subdivisions Sub-divisions included. These rates will be in effect as of November 6, 1974. Garbage Pickup Also included in the increase in rates is a 25c per month increase in-crease for garbage pickup. This increase is necessary to cover additional costs for this service and to comply with 1974-75 esctimated revenues in the solid sol-id waste collection department. Widows and widowers living alone will continue to receive this service at the fee previously previous-ly established. The new rates will be reflected re-flected for the first time on the bills rede cuv h-diigned the bills received during the first part of January. It's A Real Bargain In considering these rate increases in-creases it should be noted that the sewer monthly fee has not been increased since 1960 but the cost of treating the wastewater waste-water has increased greatly. Consider also that the monthly month-ly minimum will be only $10.50 a real bargain for the services receoived, i.e., water, sewer, and garbage services. Please remember that the bill you receive re-ceive from the city is a two-month two-month bill. Pleasant Grove City |