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Water and sewer rate increase adopted November 7, 2018

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The City Council approved an ordinance rewriting the Municipal Code section on water and sewer rates and fees as part of its consent agenda on November 7, 2018; the consent agenda carried by roll call 7–0. The staff memo listed the water rate rising from $7.97 to $8.11 and the sewer rate from $1.42 to $1.51 per thousand gallons, with higher fixed charges, starting January 1, 2019. The ordinance also added a $50 service fee on the return of construction water meter deposits. The Municipal Code's later history lists it as Ordinance No. 2018-40.

Documented status: Recorded step (reported in a later record), Jan 1 2019. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

Official identifiers: 2018-40

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Committee recommendation · Recorded in minutes

    Committee of the Whole approves placing the rate ordinance on the Council agenda

    Meeting date: Oct 22 2018. Item III.A.4: the motion carried (7 to 0).

    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of Committee of the Whole minutes, 2018-10-22, Committee of the Whole, Oct 22 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Committee of the Whole minutes, 2018-10-22, Committee of the Whole, Oct 22 2018. Open the quote and source.

  2. · Approved · Recorded in minutes

    City Council approves the rate ordinance on its consent agenda

    Meeting date: Nov 7 2018. Agenda item 3. (consent agenda): Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates. Item VIII.K.3: the motion carried (7 to 0) as part of the consent agenda. Item IV.A: the motion carried.

    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2018-11-19, City Council, Nov 19 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 5 · Draft minutes of Regular Meeting of the City Council - November 7, 2018, City Council, Nov 19 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Draft minutes of Regular Meeting of the City Council - November 7, 2018, City Council, Nov 19 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Draft minutes of Regular Meeting of the City Council - November 7, 2018, City Council, Nov 19 2018. Open the quote and source.

  3. · Other · Reported by staff

    New water and sewer rates take effect

    Effective date: Jan 1 2019. Fee: $8.11 for services. Fee: $1.51 for services. Fee: $3.55 for services. Fee: $9.68 for services. Effective date: Jan 1 2019.

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of Committee of the Whole minutes, 2018-10-22, Committee of the Whole, Oct 22 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

What was requested, recommended, approved, contracted, reported paid and completed?

Amounts are read from the cited pages and added up by code. A recommendation, an award or an authorized amount does not establish that money was paid.

  • Fee

    $10

    Services

    • p. 4 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

  • Fee · Jan 1, 2019

    $8.11

    Services

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

  • Fee

    $20

    Services

    • p. 5 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

  • Fee · Jan 1, 2019

    $3.55

    Services

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

  • Fee

    $50

    Services

    • p. 4 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

  • Fee

    $50

    Services

    • p. 5 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

  • Fee

    $3.35

    Services

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

  • Fee · Jan 1, 2019

    $1.51

    Services

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

  • Fee · Jan 1, 2019

    $9.68

    Services

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

  • Fee

    $7.97

    Services

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

  • Fee

    $1.42

    Services

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

  • Fee

    $9.63

    Services

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

Contracts, payments and completion

No contract, payment or completion record is published for this item. Approval alone does not establish completion.

Which parcels, agencies, businesses and projects are explicitly connected?

Official identifiers and exhibit listings connect records. A name, an address or distance alone only suggests a connection.

No explicit connection is published for this item.

What remains unresolved?

  • Open

    the meter charge should be reallocated between the small and large meters

    Confirm dates with the City before relying on them.

    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of Committee of the Whole minutes, 2018-10-01, Committee of the Whole, Oct 1 2018. Open the quote and source.

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    less such amount to pay for water used during construction

    Confirm dates with the City before relying on them.

    • p. 7 · Staff memo of Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates, City Council, Nov 7 2018. Open the quote and source.

  • Open

    consensus for the existing structure with the muted increases

    Confirm dates with the City before relying on them.

    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of Committee of the Whole minutes, 2018-10-01, Committee of the Whole, Oct 1 2018. Open the quote and source.

Open questions

No open question is recorded for this item.

What does the evidence suggest, and what would change it?

No conflicting records are published for this item.

Official source records

  1. Committee of the Whole minutes, 2018-10-22

    Committee of the Whole, Oct 22 2018

  2. City Council minutes, 2018-11-19

    City Council, Nov 19 2018

  3. Regular Meeting of the City Council - November 7, 2018

    City Council, Nov 19 2018

  4. Approve an ordinance modifying Article 11, Chapter 1, Section 9 of the Park Ridge Municipal Code for utility billing rates

    City Council, Nov 7 2018

  5. Committee of the Whole minutes, 2018-10-01

    Committee of the Whole, Oct 1 2018

Editions and corrections

Each published change is a new edition. Corrections say what changed and why.

  1. Edition 3(current)

    Edition 3: 15 revised.

  2. Edition 2Read this edition

    Edition 2: 15 revised.

  3. Edition 1Read this edition

    First edition.

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