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Res 159-90 9/18/1990qq RESOLUTION NO. 51 -- 7 RESOLUTION TO RESCIND RESOLUTION 176-83 RELATING TO FEES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY UTILITY COLLECTIONS ANS WATER DISTRIBUTION AND MAINTENANCE DIVISIONS, RESOLUTION 197-83 RELATING TO FEES FOR WATER AND SEWER TAPS AND OTHER UTILITY-RELATED SERVICES, RESOLUTION 127-84 RELATING TO RATE SCHEDULE FOR LABORATORY SERVICES BY CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, RESOLUTION 175-84 RELATING TO SERVICE CHARGE FOR TEMPORARY TURN-ON AND TURN-OFF OF WATER SERVICE, RESOLUTION 88-85 RELATING TO RATE FOR PERFORMING COD TESTS AT CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND TO UPDATE AND CONSOLIDATE INTO A SINGLE RESOLUTION RATES FOR UTILITY LABOR, EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL AND SERVICES. WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls performs water and sewer services and the cost of these services is recovered from the user; WHEREAS, the current fee schedule for these services is enumerated in several previous resolutions and is out of date; and, WHEREAS, the Council desires to update the fee schedule and consolidate the schedule into a single resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: 1. Section 1: The following resolutions are hereby rescinded and the standard charges enumerated in the following Sections are established for labor, material, equipment and services. Resolution 176-83 dated September 20, 1983 and relating to fees for services provided by Utility Collections and Water Distribution and Maintenance Divisions. t' Resolution 197-83 dated October 4, 1983 and relating to fees for water and sewer taps and other utility- related services. Resolution 127-84 dated July 3, 1984 and relating to a rate schedule for laboratory services by the City Wastewater Treatment Plant. Resolution 175-84 dated October 2, 1984 and relating to a service charge for temporary turn-on and turn- off of water service at customer's request. Resolution 88-85 dated July 16, 1985 and relating to the rate for performing COD tests at the City Wastewater Treatment Plant. 2 . Section II: Water And Sewer Taps. The charge for standard and non-standard water taps and for standard and non-standard sewer taps will be as follows: A. Standard Water Tap: A 5/8" or 1" water tap that does not exceed 15 ' of service line. Excavation is performed in soil using a backhoe and no additional construction (e.g. breaking of asphalt or concrete; underground boring) is required. Size of Tap Cost to Customer 5/8" 313 . 00 1" 330. 00 B. Non-Standard Water Tap: A water tap that is larger than 1" or that includes a service line longer than 15 ' ; underground boring; breaking of concrete or asphalt in street, alley or behind curb; or other non-standard construction techniques such as carrier pipe encasement or excavation by a means other than backhoe. Cost to Customer Determined by job estimate using Standard charges in Section III C. Standard Sewer Tap: A sewer tap installed on an existing sewer main line or manhole using standard equipment and materials where the property owner or agent has excavated and no additional preparation by the City is required, and where the excavation meets OSHA standards for trench/excavation safety. Type Tap Cost to Customer Pipe 50. 00 Manhole 100. 00 D. Non-standard Sewer Tap: A sewer tap where non- standard equipment or materials are required; additional preparation by the City is required; or trench/excavation safety to meet OSHA standards must be achieved by the City. Cost to Customer Determined by job estimate using standard charges in Section III 3 . Section III: Standard charges for labor, equipment and materials. The following standard charges for labor, equipment and materials will be used to estimate non- standard water and sewer taps and other special utility-related services. Item Cost to Customer Labor (Normal duty hours) 9.75/hr. Labor (Overtime) 14 . 63/hr Materials Current cost to City + 10% for Administration and Warehousing Backhoe/ditcher/front 25. 00/hr. (4-hour end loader with minimum) operator Crew truck with tools 20. 00/day (1/2 day minimum) Sewer rod truck, hydraulic 39.50/hr. (Normal duty rodder or jet cleaner with hours) $49.25/hr. crew Overtime) Air compressor 20. 00/hr (2 hour minimum) Boring machine 25. 00/job Tap machine (6" and 125. 00/job smaller tap) Tap machine (larger than 140. 00/job 6" tap) 4 . Section IV: Standard Charges for General Services: The price for the general utility-related services shown below will be as indicated: Service Cost to Customer Meter size reduction Determined by job or increase estimate using standard charges in Section III Underground boring 160. 00/job without casing (up to 60 ' ) Underground boring 2 . 67/ft. without casing (60' and over) Underground boring with Boring cost plus casing materials cost Street cut for water tap 290. 00/job Concrete/asphalt cut 85. 00/job behind curb for water tap Unload septic waste from 3 . 00 for load vacuum truck at City Waste- originating within water Treatment Plant city limits; $6. 00 for load originating outside city limits Newcomers list 11.00 Returned check (no cut- 10. 00 off required) Cut-off/reconnect(no 15. 00 plus deposit deposit) Remove/reinstall meter 25. 00 plus deposit or up to 1") (no payment payment or deposit) Remove/reinstall meter Determine by job estimate larger than 1") (no using standard charges payment or deposit) in Section III Padlock and saddle damage 11. 00 Water-off lid (customer 12 . 00 damage) Cut-off/replacement 37. 00 customer damage) Meter damage (customer 25. 00 plus parts or tampering) meter Plug customer service line 100. 00 install and remove plug) Meter test (of accurate 20. 00 meter) (up to 1") Meter test (of accurate 50. 00 meter) (larger than 1") Reread and check for leaks 15. 00 reading accurate) 5. Section V: Wastewater Laboratory Test Charges: The charge for each sample is indicated below for the specified laboratory test: CHARGE PER SAMPLE FOR SINGLE TEST NUMBER OF SAMPLES 1-2 3 4 5 OR MORE TEST Biochemical Oxygen 9.54 8.81 8. 07 7. 34 Demand (BOD) Total Suspended 6.88 6. 35 5.82 5.29 Solids (TSS) Volatile Suspended 11. 00 10. 15 9 . 31 8.46 Solids (VSS) (includes TSS test) Hydrogen Ion 2 . 12 2 . 12 2 . 12 2 . 12 Concentration (pH) Chlorine Residual 2 . 09 2 . 09 2. 09 2. 09 6. Section VI: Temporary Turn-Off of Water Service at the Customer's Request: A fee of $15. 00 is established for a customer-requested turn-off and turn-on of water service, unless the service call is to be made on an overtime basis in which case the fee shall be $20. 00. The fee shall include bot h a turn-off and turn-on service call to the meter. None of the fee in refundable if only one service call is made. No charge Ia shall be made if the customer is requesting the turn- off so that repairs can be made to the portion of the house line between the City-owned water meter and the customer-owned shut-off valve. The Director, Department of Public Works, shall have the authority to temporarily waive this charge when extreme weather conditions require water to turned off at the meters to prevent damages in buildings throughout the City. 7 . Section VII: The charges indicated above will be effective for services performed on or after October 1, 1990. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 18th day o .eptember, 19. 0 f M A Y O R ATTEST: CITY CLERK RESOLUTION NO. / yfQ RESOLUTION TO RESCIND RESOLUTION 176-83 RELATING TO FEES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY UTILITY COLLECTIONS ANS WATER DISTRIBUTION AND MAINTENANCE DIVISIONS, RESOLUTION 197-83 RELATING TO FEES FOR WATER AND SEWER TAPS AND OTHER UTILITY-RELATED SERVICES, RESOLUTION 127-84 RELATING TO RATE SCHEDULE FOR LABORATORY SERVICES BY CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, RESOLUTION 175-84 RELATING TO SERVICE CHARGE FOR TEMPORARY TURN-ON AND TURN-OFF OF WATER SERVICE, RESOLUTION 88-85 RELATING TO RATE FOR PERFORMING COD TESTS AT CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND TO UPDATE AND CONSOLIDATE INTO A SINGLE RESOLUTION RATES FOR UTILITY LABOR, EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL AND SERVICES. WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls performs water and sewer services and the cost of these services is recovered from the user; WHEREAS, the current fee schedule for these services is enumerated in several previous resolutions and is out of date; and, WHEREAS, the Council desires to update the fee schedule and consolidate the schedule into a single resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: 1. Section 1: The following resolutions are hereby rescinded and the standard charges enumerated in the following Sections are established for labor, material, equipment and services. Resolution 176-83 dated September 20, 1983 and relating to fees for services provided by Utility Collections and Water Distribution and Maintenance Divisions. Resolution 197-83 dated October 4, 1983 and relating to fees for water and sewer taps and other utility- related services. Resolution 127-84 dated July 3, 1984 and relating to a rate schedule for laboratory services by the City Wastewater Treatment Plant. Resolution 175-84 dated October 2, 1984 and relating to a service charge for temporary turn-on and turn- off of water service at customer's request. Resolution 88-85 dated July 16, 1985 and relating to the rate for performing COD tests at the City Wastewater Treatment Plant. 2 . Section II: Water And Sewer Taps. The charge for standard and non-standard water taps and for standard and non-standard sewer taps will be as follows: A. Standard Water Tap: A 5/8" or 1" water tap that does not exceed 15' of service line. Excavation is performed in soil using a backhoe and no additional construction (e.g. breaking of asphalt or concrete; underground boring) is required. Size of Tap Cost to Customer 5/8" 313. 00 1" 330.00 B. Non-Standard Water Tap: A water tap that is larger than 1" or that includes a service line longer than 15' ; underground boring; breaking of concrete or asphalt in street, alley or behind curb; or other non-standard construction techniques such as carrier pipe encasement or excavation by a means other than backhoe. Cost to Customer Determined by job estimate using Standard charges in Section III C. Standard Sewer Tap: A sewer tap installed on an existing sewer main line or manhole using standard equipment and materials where the property owner or agent has excavated and no additional preparation by the City is required, and where the excavation meets OSHA standards for trench/excavation safety. Type Tap Cost to Customer Pipe 50.00 Manhole 100.00 D. Non-standard Sewer Tap: A sewer tap where non- standard equipment or materials are required; additional preparation by the City is required; or trench/excavation safety to meet OSHA standards must be achieved by the City. Cost to Customer Determined by job estimate using standard charges in Section III 3. Section III: Standard charges for labor, equipment and materials. The following standard charges for labor, equipment and materials will be used to estimate non- standard water and sewer taps and other special utility-related services. Item Cost to Customer Labor (Normal duty hours) 9.75/hr. Labor (Overtime) 14.63/hr Materials Current cost to City + 10% for Administration and Warehousing Backhoe/ditcher/front 25.00/hr. (4-hour end loader with minimum) operator Crew truck with tools 20.00/day (1/2 day minimum) Sewer rod truck, hydraulic 39.50/hr. (Normal duty rodder or jet cleaner with hours) $49.25/hr. crew Overtime) Air compressor 20.00/hr (2 hour minimum) Boring machine 25.00/job Tap machine (6" and 125.00/job smaller tap) Tap machine (larger than 140.00/job 6" tap) 4 . Section IV: Standard Charges for General Services: The price for the general utility-related services shown below will be as indicated: Service Cost to Customer Meter size reduction Determined by job or increase estimate using standard charges in Section III Underground boring 160.00/job without casing (up to 60' ) Underground boring 2.67gg ft.$ without casing (60' and over) Underground boring with Boring cost plus casing materials cost Street cut for water tap 290.00/job Concrete/asphalt cut 85.00/job behind curb for water tap Unload septic waste from 3.00 for load vacuum truck at City Waste- originating within water Treatment Plant city limits; $6.00 for load originating outside city limits Newcomers list 11.00 Returned check (no cut- 10.00 off required) Cut-off/reconnect(no 15.00 plus deposit deposit) Remove/reinstall meter 25.00 plus deposit or up to 1") (no payment payment or deposit) Remove/reinstall meter Determine by job estimate larger than 1") (no using standard charges payment or deposit) in Section III Padlock and saddle damage 11.00 Water-off lid (customer 12.00 damage) Cut-off/replacement 37.00 customer damage) Meter damage (customer 25.00 plus parts or tampering) meter Plug customer service line 100.00 install and remove plug) Meter test (of accurate 20.00 meter) (up to 1") Meter test (of accurate 50.00 meter) (larger than 1") Reread and check for leaks 15.00 reading accurate) 5. Section V: Wastewater Laboratory Test Charges: The charge for each sample is indicated below for the specified laboratory test: CHARGE PER SAMPLE FOR SINGLE TEST NUMBER OF SAMPLES 1-2 3 4 5 OR MORE TEST Biochemical Oxygen 9.54 8.81 8.07 7.34 Demand (BOD) Total Suspended 6.88 6.35 5.82 5.29 Solids (TSS) Volatile Suspended 11.00 10.15 9.31 8.46 Solids (VSS) (includes TSS test) Hydrogen Ion 2.12 2.12 2.12 2.12 Concentration (pH) Chlorine Residual 2.09 2.09 2.09 2.09 6. Section VI: Temporary Turn-Off of Water Service at the Customer's Request: A fee of $15.00 is established for a customer-requested turn-off and turn-on of water service, unless the service call is to be made on an overtime basis in which case the fee shall be $20.00. The fee shall include both a turn-off and turn-on service call to the meter. None of the fee in refundable if only one service call is made. No charge shall be made if the customer is requesting the turn- off so that repairs can be made to the portion of the house line between the City-owned water meter and the customer-owned shut-off valve. The Director, Department of Public Works, shall have the authority to temporarily waive this charge when extreme weather conditions require water to turned off at the meters to prevent damages in buildings throughout the City. 7. Section VII: The charges indicated above will be effective for services performed on or after October 1, 1990. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 18th day of September, 1990. 4011°!!!:a„ MAYOR ATTEST: CITY LERK