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Home My WebLink About05/16/05554 MAY 16, 2005 At a Joint Called Meeting of the Board of Commissioners and McCracken County Fiscal Court, held in Courtroom D, of the McCracken County Courthouse at 6:00 p.m., Monday, May 16, 2005, Judge Orazine and Mayor Paxton presided, and upon call of the roll by the City Clerk, the following answered to their names: Commissioners Coleman, Guess, and Mayor Paxton (3). Commissioners Sirk and Smith were absent (2). Fiscal Court members present were: Judge Orazine, Commissioner Renfro, Commissioner Freeman and Commissioner Grimm (4). R & F CALLED MEETING NOTICES Commissioner Guess offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Coleman, that the Notice of Called Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah for 6:00 p.m., Monday, May 16, 2005, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the roll, yeas, Commissioners Coleman, Guess, Mayor Paxton (3). Doug Moore, Director of Paducah -McCracken County Joint Sewer Agency, and Bill Jones, Chairman of the Paducah -McCracken County Joint Sewer Board, presented information explaining that in order for the Sewer Agency to be in compliance with the State Code, sewer rates have to be increased. State Code requires that when a sewer agency is created it has 10 years to have uniform rates throughout their service area. Fiscal Court introduced its sewer ordinance. ORDINANCE — INTRODUCTION AMEND JSA INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO APPROVE RATE INCREASES Commissioner Coleman offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Guess, that the Board of Commissioners introduce an ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A SCHEDULE FOR RATES AND CHARGES FOR WASTEWATER PURSUANT TO KRS CHAPTER 76." This ordinance is be summarized as follows: This ordinance adopts the rate schedule approved by the JSA Board of Directors on May 9, 2005. This schedule, effective July 1, 2005, will ensure that JSA's rates, rentals and charges continues to generate sufficient revenue for the proper operation and maintenance of the existing sewer system and for the retirement of the JSA's outstanding debt. This ordinance provides for non-uniform residential rates for the former sewer districts until July 1, 2009, at which time all residential rates for the former sewer districts will be equalized. Non-uniform residential rates are warranted due to significant differences between the amount of debts and assets contributed by each of the former sewer districts at time of the JSA's formation which make immediately uniform rates inequitable. This ordinance provides JSA with the ability to adjust rates after July 1, 2009 in accordance with the Consumer Price Index -Urban (CPI -U). This ordinance also establishes a schedule of charges for disposal of industrial waste and hauled waste in addition to establishing tap -on fees, capacity fees, and lateral connection fees. This ordinance provides that after July 1, 2009, JSA may adjust the charges for disposal of industrial and hauled waste in accordance with the Consumer Price Index -Urban (CPI -U). The Schedule of Rates and Charges is as follows: SCHEDULE OF RATES AND CHARGES A. WASTEWATER USER CHARGES For customers of the former sewer districts, the rates and charges shall be: From July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2007, the following rates shall apply: City of Paducah $3.30 per 1,000 gallons of water usage with 3,000 gallons minimum Lone Oak $4.39 per 1,000 gallons of water usage with 3,000 gallons minimum Reidland $5.80 per 1,000 gallons of water usage with 3,000 gallons minimum Woodlawn $4.39 per 1,000 gallons of water usage with 3,000 gallons minimum From July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009, the following rates shall apply: City of Paducah $3.70 per 1,000 gallons of water usage with 3,000 gallons minimum Lone Oak $4.39 per 1,000 gallons of water usage with 3,000 gallons minimum Reidland $5.20 per 1,000 gallons of water usage with 3,000 gallons minimum Woodlawn $4.39 per 1,000 gallons of water usage with 3,000 gallons minimum 555 MAY 16, 2005 From and after July 1, 2009, the following rates shall apply: City of Paducah $4.00 per 1,000 gallons of water usage with 3,000 gallons minimum Lone Oak $4.00 per 1,000 gallons of water usage with 3,000 gallons minimum Reidland $4.00 per 1,000 gallons of water usage with 3,000 gallons minimum Woodlawn $4.00 per 1,000 gallons of water usage with 3,000 gallons minimum After July 1, 2009, the JSA may adjust the listed rates in accordance with the consumer price index for all urban consumers ("CPI -U"). B. INDUSTRIAL SURCHARGE Permits are issued to certain industries that produce wastewater of an unusual content or an abnormally high strength. Industries that qualify, as determined by JSA, will pay a permit fee of $900 every three years. Additional surcharge rates shall apply to each user of the treatment system that has received permission from JSA to contribute excessive strength wastewater to the sewer system. For the treatment of biological oxygen demand ("BOD") waste in a concentration exceeding 300 mg/l, an additional surcharge will be imposed as follows: From July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2007, a surcharge of $0.15 per pound of BOD. From July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2009, a surcharge of $0.17 per pound of BOD. From and after July 1, 2009, a surcharge of $0.20 per pound of BOD. For the treatment of waste containing total suspended solids ("TSS") in a concentration exceeding 350 mg/l, a surcharge will be imposed as follows: From July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2007, a surcharge of $0.16 per pound of TSS. From July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2009, a surcharge of $0.19 per pound of TSS. " From and after July 1, 2009, a surcharge of $0.21 per pound of TSS. After July 1, 2009, the JSA may adjust these rates in accordance with the consumer price index for all urban consumers ("CPI -U"). C. HAULED WASTE The JSA shall assess a fee for the treatment and proper disposal of acceptable waste that is generated within McCracken County and hauled to the Paducah Wastewater Treatment Plant. The following rates will apply for the disposal of hauled waste: From July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2007, the charge will be $30.00 per 1,000 gallons of hauled waste. From July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2009, the charge will be $34.00 per 1,000 gallons of hauled waste. From and after July 1, 2009, the charge will be $37.00 per 1,000 gallons of hauled waste. After July 1, 2009, the JSA may adjust these rates in accordance with the consumer price index for all urban consumers ("CPI -U"). JSA shall assess a fee for the treatment and proper disposal of acceptable waste that is generated outside of McCracken County and hauled to the Paducah Wastewater Treatment Plant. The fee for treatment and disposal of acceptable waste generated outside McCracken County shall be exactly double the fee charged for waste generated in McCracken County. Qualified haulers will also pay an annual fee for a disposal permit in the amount of $300. D. OTHER FEES i. TAP -ON FEE This is a fee assessed to recover the costs of constructing core facilities and appurtenances which make sewer service available. This fee would be due MAY 16, 2005 from every new customer that connects to the system. The proposed fee is $1,950 per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU). ii. CAPACITY FEE This fee is a charge to all new customers connecting to the JSA sanitary sewer system, and represents the purchase of their share of capacity. This fee would be due from every new customer that connects to the system. The proposed fee is $350 per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU). iii. LATERAL CONNECTION FEE A lateral connection fee is a charge assessed to recover the costs associated with constructing a physical sewer connection for a property from the property line or the right-of-way to the JSA sanitary sewer system. This fee would be due from any new customer requesting such a connection. This fee is $625 minimum per connection, but may vary based on the actual width of the right-of-way. PRESENTATION PADUCAH COMPENSATION RESOURCE CENTER (USEC-Energy Worker's Compensation Program) Jean Gross and Stewart Tolar of the Energy Employees Compensation Resource Center gave an update regarding the progress of the program. This program is funded under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. Qualified recipients can be either a current/former worker or the survivor of a former worker from the Department of Energy's Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. CITY MANAGER REPORT • Calendar Items Upon motion the meeting adjourned. ADOPTED: May -1W , 2005 jVn7W1&LA— City Clerk 556