2000-0560
INTRODUCED BY: ALBERT D LAQUE, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE)
ORDINANCE NO. ______________
Title
An Ordinance to amend the Parish Code of Ordinances to adjust the sewer use charge.
Body
WHEREAS, Gulf South Engineers, Inc. completed a sewer rate study for St. Charles Parish in March of 1997 which recommended that the sewer use charge be adjusted from the $1.80 per 1,000 gallons of water use established April 1, 1994 to $3.56 per 1,000 gallons of water use; and
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Council did not implement the results of that sewer rate study; and
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Council borrowed $47.3 million from the Municipal Facilities Revolving Loan Fund Program; and
WHEREAS, per the agreement with the Municipal Facilities Revolving Loan Fund, the St. Charles Parish Council agreed to collect revenues from users of the sewer system in proportion to their use sufficient to offset the cost of operation, maintenance, and replacement of equipment; and,
WHEREAS, Gulf South Engineers, Inc. completed an update of the sewer rate study for St. Charles Parish in July of 2000 which recommended that the sewer use charge be adjusted from the $1.80 per 1,000 gallons of water use established April 1, 1994 to $4.05 per 1,000 gallons of water use effective prior to the end of 2000; and increased $0.10 annually through 2003, and
WHEREAS, failure to collect the revenue required for the operation, maintenance, and replacement equipment in the wastewater system will result in violation of the loan agreement and have a negative impact on the parish's ability to bond future revenues;
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Chapter 22 of the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances is hereby amended in Section 22-80. (1) (a) by deleting the existing section (a) first paragraph and replacing it with the following:
(a) "Volume rate charge: To cover the cost of operation and maintenance, and where necessary, capital...
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