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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-04-26; City Council; 9406; Proposed Late Fee for Utility Billingb a ro d M ado 00 z o o 00 cn f a i 0� o z� °0 r o a► a i v4 Cd a) b :' as o Cd 0) v G U H xMi 00 N �t f� l CiT'" OF CARLSBA D -- AGENCY' BILL )1 D AP,# 9 yo'o I TITLE: M'TG. 4-2 -- DEi• T--- RECOMMENDED ACTION: DEPT. H PROPOSED LATE FEE FOR UTILITY BILLING CITY AT CITY M( and and Ordinance No. Njjl_�_ approving a Adopt Resolution No. �'� ten percent (look) late fee on utility accounts that have been outstanding for over 30 days• I W O a 9L LL. Q. ITRM EXPLANATION: enalty that the City of Carlsbad assesses for utility Currently, the only F Water Meter billing (i•e• water, nd theabr illishatlleast 60s for ndays eold, then aCity customer as bill of $30 or more and is aid. A customer who waits until the Notice of Reader shuts the water off and water service is not reinstated until the utility bill plus a $20 turn-onbill with no penalty, therefore receiving an interest - Water Shutoff can pay the free loan from the City for 60 days - tardiness extent of the tardiness in paying utility bills is shown in Exhibit 2. Arrears as a percentage of total bills ranged emust pay!}Cos atRea1 MunicipallWater rl to $321,529)• Nevertheless, the City Still an for services n addition to interest -free loans to tardy customers, the City District for the water consumed and Coast Waste management Comp provided so that i is losing interest on potential investments. A survey of six residential water districts districts assessed a late charge of billsaover e30 daysgo y showed that five old (the other district requires a three month dep ystem and have determined that we Staff have run tests in the utility billing s system with just a minor can institute a late am. Thenlate chargethe could billing couldbegin in the next billing cycle addition in the progr following adoption of the resolutions and ordinance. tud to As an information item, thUtilities/maintenance then doors oflwaterncustomers two determine if posting a notice days before shutoff will decrhesstudy,number chargeshutoffs be assessed foractually thismust e made. During the period of t decision to keep the service will be made if service. At the end of the study, a the service does produce a significant decrease in fltual shucosts the City over therefore a savings to the City, $30). Page 2 of AB fo FISCAL IMPACT: within 30 days. The intent of the late fee is to encourage customers to pay -when a ate Staff believes that bills oweverarrears will sdecrease sasntheyaareyshown innlExhibit charge is instituted. could 2, then the monthly revenueeofFund and $12,000-$32e000 (orral d$242,861xfortcalendarean year increase in monthly 1987). EXHIBITS: 1 y/Resolution No. modifying charges respecting water service. 2 ✓Resolution No.M33L revising the refuse collection rates. 3 � Ordinance No. S-/ adjusting sewer service charges. 4l Table showing total water billings and amount in arrears for calendar year 1987. f i 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19� 20 21 22 231 Rai 9II RESOLUTION NO. 88-138 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD REVISING WATER RATES AND CHANGES WHEREAS, Section 14.04.030 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code empowers the City Council to, from time to time, by resolution, adopt rules and regu i for the operation and maintenance of the Water Department of the City,an for i furnishing water to users, and empowers the Council to, by resolution, modify rates, charges and y penalties respecting water service, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the hereinafter stated regulations respecting water rates, charges, billing and related regulations shall become effective for all water billed after May 1, 1988. I. Gen__ erally. The schedules rates, compensations, charges and minimum charges as set out in this resolution are fixed and established as the rat compensations, charges and minimum charges to be charged and collected by the City for domestic water and water service, except as otherwise specifically Provided. II. Water Charges. a) There shall be a separate monthly water standby charge for each consumer; provided that there shall be only one monthly standby charge for each equivalent dwelling unit, each agricultural and individual consumer, and each institutional consumer as follows: 24 25 26 /1 d 27 28 For a 5/81, meter $ 4.40 For a 3/41, meter $ 4.40 For a 1" meter $ 5.43 For a 1 1/2" meter $ 5.90 For a 2" meter $ 6.40 For a 3" meter $12.30 For a 4" meter $15.40 For a 6" meter $15.40 For a 8" meter $23.70 1. li 21 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2r V 2E Z V (1) When one meter serves multiple dwelling units or multiple equivalent dwelling units, the first unit shall pay the unit rate based on the above schedule and all other units shall pay $2.53 for each additional multiple residential unit. (2) In the event no water is used through the meter or the property becomes vacant, the monthly standby charge will be charged and paid by the owner thereof. b) The rates to be charged for potable water supplied in any one month through meters are as follows: All consumers $.97/100 cubic feet c) All agricultural consumers who meet the Metropolitan Water District Southern California requirements for agricultural consumers receive a pro -rate share of the agricultural rebate the City receives monthly from the Costa Real Municipal Water District. d) There shall be a monthly charge of five dollars per month for all water connections supplying non -metered water for fire sprinkler purposes. All maintenance or repairs to fire service systems from the water main to the shut off valve shall be paid for the consumer and shall be charged on the regular water billing. All fire service systems shall be equipped with a meter by-pass which shall be paid for and installed at the consumer's expen:;e. In the event water is served through the fire service system, the City Water Department and the Fire Department shall estimate the amount of water used and the regular charge therefore shall be put on the customer's bill and shall be paid by the consumer. e) A monthly fee of one dollar shall be paid for each five rooms in any hotel, rooming house or motel, in which no cooking is allowed. f) A monthly fee shall be charged for each individual living unit contained in any motor court, motel, hotel or rooming house or other transient type habitat which allows cooking in rooms in the amount of $.70 in addition to other charges established. g) A charge of twenty dollars ($20.00) will be assessed for the restoration of service after it has been terminated for non- payment. h) A charge of 10% of the billed amount will. be assessed if the bill is not paid within 30 days of the date billed. III. Payment of Bills All water bills are due and payable at the City Hall of the City of Carlsbad upon presentation and are delinquent if not paid within 30 days of the date billed. Delinquent bills will be assessed a 10% late fee. 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 ji 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21, 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IV. Meter Reading - Water District. For convenience in the reading of meters and preparation of water bills, the department is expressly authorized to divide the City into districts. These districts may, from time to time, be revised or changed as necessary or desirable, in order to equalize the work of reading meters and billing. The meters in each district so established shall be read and water bills based on such meter readings, shall be prepared and mailed to the consumers in each district on approximately the same day of each sand every month, except when Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays intervene. V. Bills - Mailings. Unless the applicant for water service directs otherwise, all bills will be mailed to the premises where service is furnished. VI. Change of Ownership or Occupancy - Notification. It shall be the duty of Revery person signing an application for water delivery and of every owner of property to which water is delivered to notify the Water Department of any change in the ownership or occupancy of the premises to which the water is to be furnished at least two days prior to such change. Every applicant shall be liable for the water furnished and metered in accordance with application until the Water Deparment receives written notice to cancel same and shut off the water when the applicant's liabililty shall cease except as to water used previous to such notice. Every owner of property is liable for water furnished to any premises he has rented in the event the tenant does not pay the water bill. Water service shall not be given to any consumer upon change of address until all delinquent charges owed by the consumer at a former place of residence or business shall be paid. VII. Terminating Accounts/New Accounts - Charge for Turning Water On or Off. Regulataion of water service; turning on and off of water supply. A ten dollar ($10.00) charge will be made incident to the closing of an account. A ten dollar ($10.00) charge will be made by the department for turning on the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2E --1 parer supply when requested by the consumer incident to the opening of a new account. VIII. Non-payment - Service Discontinuance. In the event that any consumer shall be delinquent in the payment of his water bill, and such delinquency shall continue for a period of ten days after the final date for payment of such bill, the department shall have the right forthwith to discontinue water service to the premises of such delinquent consumer. A reconnection charge of twenty dollars ($20.00) will be assessed if the service is terminated and subsequently restored. Water shall not again be supplied to him until all delinquent water bills, plus the penalties thereon, and reconnection charges, has been paid. IX. Restoring Service After Discontinuance. Procedures for restoring service after delinquency period. If water service is cut off or discontinued for failure to pay delinquent bills, such service may again be established only in the event the consumer or the applicant for service at such place pays all delinquent bills, charges and penalties, and makes such cash deposit as may be required by the Water Department. When an owner er consumer has been delinquent in his water bills twice �in succession or three times in any one calendar year, he shall be required to deposit a sum equal to an average two month's water bill upon such premises and pays, in addition thereto, the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) for turning; on the water supply. Thereupon and not otherwise will water service again be made or established to the premises where the water bill has been delinquent. 1/ 11 11 11 , E� X. The Rates and Charges established by this resolution shall on their 1 effective day supersede the rates established by Resolution No. 7454. 2 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of 3 Carlsbad at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 26 day of Anril 4 _, 1988, by the following vote, to wit: 5 AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Mamaux, Larson 6 7 NOES: ABSENT: Council Member Pettine ! 8 9 E . LEWI MAYOR 10 ATTEST: 11 12 �:!�CLERK13 ALEQTHALRAUTENKRANZ, . 14 ( SEAL) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 N 8 1 RESOLUTION NO.88-139 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, REVISING THE REFUSE 3 COLLECTION RATES FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. 4 WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad has contracted with Coast Waste Management, 5 Inc. for refuse collection services within the City; and 6 WHEREAS, the City adopted Resolution No. 8868 setting refuse collection 7 requirements and establishing rates for said services; 8 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of 9 Carlsbad as follows: 10 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. 11 2. That the rate for once -a -week collection of residential refuse shall be a monthly charge of $6.95. 12 3. The rates for once -a -week on premise collection of residential refuse 13 is a monthly charge of $8.93 per month. 14 4. The monthly rates to be charged for commercial collections shall be as 15 follows: 16 NUMBER OF PICKUPS PER WEEK 17 Number of 18 Bins 1 2 3 4 S 6 19 1 $43.75 $70.78 $97.81 $124.83 $151.86 $178.85 20 COMMERCIAL CAN STOPS 1 x Week $14.23/Month 21 2 x Week 28.45/Month 3 x Week 42.67/Month 22 4 x Week 56.89/Month 23 S x Week 71.11/Month // 24 25 26 27 28 // 1 II 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2. 24 2F 2E 2" 21 APARTMENTS AND CONDOMINIUMS No. of Units 1 - 3 $6.95/Month per unit 4 - 5 6.48/Month per unit 6 or more 6.27/Month per unit i. That the following rates shall apply to special pickups of refuse: a) Drag -on box service shall be charged at the rate of S'_17.50 delivery charge per box. The following dump charges apply to the following classes of drag -on boxes: A. (19 cu. yds. or less) $134.34 B. (20-29 cu. yds.) 149.34 c. (30-39 cu. yds.) 164.34 D. (40-49 cu. yds.) 179.34 (The above rates include the applicable dump fees.) Demurrage charges on drag -on boxes shall be $3.00 per day in the event the drag -on box is not dumped a minimum of one time a week. Customers requiring more than one dump from a drag -on box shall receive a refund of the original $27.50 delivery fee, this refund may be in the form of a credit against the customer's account with the refuse collector. b) Special pickups of items such as water heaters, washers, dryers, etc. shall be individually negotiated at a reasonable rate between collector and customer. Before any pickup of such items is made, customer shall be notified of charges. 16. That a 10% late charge will be assessed against bills not paid within 30 days of the date billed. 7. 1986. The commercial rates established hereby shall be effective November 1, The residential rates established hereby shall be effective November I. 'to III 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 171 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 9: The rates and charges established by this resolution shall on their effective day supersede the rates established by Resolution No. 7296, except that the 10% late fee shall be effective thirty (30) days after this ordinance is approved. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the 26 day of April 1988, and by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Mamaux, Larson NOES: ABSENT: Council Member Pettine A/k,e /o ATTEST: ALETR L. RAUTENKRANZ, CITY CLE (SEAL) LAUDE A. LEWIS z r L ill 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDINANCE NO. NS-14 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 13, CHAPTER 13.12 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 13.12.020 TO ADJUST SEWER SERVICE CHARGES. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad does, from time to time, establish sewer service fees to support the City's sewer maintenance operations; and WHEREAS, it has become necessary to assess a late charge of 10% on bills outstanding more than 30 days, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Carlsbad does ordain as follows: SECTION 1: That Title 13, Chapter 13.12 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code is amended by the amendment of Section 13.12.020 to read as follows: , 13.12.020 Sewer Service Charges Established. All persons whose premises in the City are served by a connection to the City sewer system whereby sewage or other waste material is disposed of through such system shall pay a sewer service charge as established by this section: MONTHLY SEWER SERVICE CHARGE 1. Residential A. For each single family dwelling $ 6.75 B. For each unit a duplex, flat, apartment, court, multiple dwelling, mobile home complex or trailer court 6.75 2. Commercial & Industrial A. For each unit of a motel, hotel, rooming, lodging or boarding house, ten units or less 2.70 -each additional unit over ten 2.05 -each unit with kitchen facilities 6.75 B. Bakeries, markets with disposals, mortuaries and restaurants 13.20 C. Schools and all other commercial uses not listed above 6.75 i w 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11' 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 D. E. Wd 3. A. 11 /1 Ill 11 11 II IJ !I 11 11 MONTHLY SEWER SERVICE CHARGE Car washes, wash racks, laundries and other enterprises where water is the primary ccmmodity to carry on said business and $6.75 per EDU said carter is discharged into the sanitary 0.52 per each 100 sewer system cubic feet Each enterprise where water is the primary commodity to carry on said business and said 0.67 x (180 + water characteristics exceed the sewer service (S-S.] - 360) area average for suspended solids (S.S.) For each unit of an office of commercial building or any establishment having facilities for trailers, campers or boats. 6.75 Late Charge Any bill outstanding over 30 days shall be assessed a ten percent (10%) late charge fee. f 1 3 a L 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 �-6 II EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at least once in the Carlsbad Journal within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 26th day of _April , 1988, and thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 3rd day of _May, 1988 by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Mamaux and Larson NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Council Member Pettine I&IS.E A.MAYOR (ATTEST: 0 I JALETL. RA NZCITCLERK R. UNDTZ, Deputy City Clerk (SEAL) WATER, TRASH AND SEWER BILLINGS FOR 1987 Billings for Amount in Arrears as % Month 1987 Arrears of Total Billing January $ 808,049.14 $ 321,529.05 39.79 February 781,474.26 186,964.86 23.92 March 793,605.46 213,085.31 26.85 April 886,229.92 154,708.24 17.45 May 952,592.76 198,699.37 20.85 June 1,116,005.21 225,519.19 20.20 July 1,093,479.09 228,914.25 20.93 August 1,092,715.20 216,844.33 19.84 September 1,148,779.63 207,622.35 18.07 October 1,053,370.28 184,855.39 17.54 November 819,845.65 167,985.97 20.48 December 830,757.70 121,881.58 14.67 I , i