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ORDINANCE NO. D-1551~01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA
AMENDING THE CARMEL WATER RATES AND CHARGES
AS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
RATE AND CHARGE ORDINANCE NO. A-73
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ind. Code art. 8-1.5 (the "Act"), the City of Carmel (the "City")
owns, operates, manages and controls waterworks; and
WHEREAS, the City is in the process of acquiring certain assets owned by Hamilton
Westem Utilities, Inc. (the "Newly Acquired Works"); and
WHEREAS, the City's existing schedule of recurring rates and charges for water service
is contained in Ordinance No. A-73, adopted on May 3, 1993, which schedule is codified at
Chapter 9, Article 2, Division IV, Sections 9-54 through 9-56 (the "Water Schedule"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, this Council may change or adjust its existing schedule
of recurring rates and charges by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Act authorizes this Council to adopt by ordinance a nondiscriminatory,
reasonable and just schedule of recurring rates and charges for water service, subject to the
approval of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (the "IURC"); and
WHEREAS, the cost, including capital expenditures, of serving users through the Newly
Acquired Works will be higher than the cost of serving other users; and
WHEREAS, because of and based upon such cost differences, it is nondiscriminatory,
reasonable and just to establish the schedule of recurring rates and charges herein for customers
to be served through the Newly Acquired Works, which schedule is different from the schedule
of recurring rates and charges for the City' s other customers; and
WHEREAS, the schedule of recuning rates and charges for those customers who were
served by the City before the acquisition of the Newly Acquired Works should remain
unchanged; and
WHEREAS, the schedule of recurring rates and charges adopted herein is
nondiscriminatory, reasonable and just.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of
Carmel, Indiana, as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 9, Article 2, Division IV, Sections 9-54 through 9-56 of the Carmel
City Code, as originally set forth in the "Recuning Rates and Charges" portion of Exhibit A to
Ordinance No. A-73, shall be restated as follows:
Sec. 9-54 Definitions
Division IV
For purposes of this Division, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
I. Class A Customer - All customers who are not Class B Customers.
Class B Customer - Customers who are located outside the corporate limits of the
City of Carmel and who were not customers of the City as of December 7, 2001.
Sec. 9-55 Monthly Metered Rates and Minimum Charges
1. Monthly Metered Rates
Class A Customers - There are established for the use of and the service
rendered by the waterworks system of the City of Cannel to Class A
Customers, the following rates and charges based on the use of water
supplied by said waterworks system:
Metered Rates per Month
Rate per 1,000 Gallons
First 5,000 Gallons $2.10
Next 10,000 Gallons 1.96
Next 10,000 Gallons 1.68
Next 25,000 Gallons 1.41
Next 50,000 Gallons .84
Next 100,000 Gallons .70
Class B Customers - There are established for the use of and the service
rendered by the waterworks system of the City of Cannel to Class B
Customers, the following rates and charges based on the use of water
supplied by said waterworks system:
2
Metered Rates per Month
Rate per 1,000 Gallons
First 5,000 Gallons $ 2.61
Next 5,000 Gallons 2.18
Next 15,000 Gallons 1.74
Over 25,000 Gallons 1.31
Minimum Charge
Class A Customers - Each Class A Customer shall pay the greater of the
following minimum charge per month in accordance with the size of meter
installed or the amount determined under the metered schedule of rates
applicable to such customer as set forth in this Section.
Meter Size Per Month
5/8 inch meter $ 5,31
1 inch meter 14.87
1 - 1/4 inch meter 16.99
1-1/2 inch meter 33.98
2 inch meter 55.22
3 inch meter 116.81
4 inch meter 169.90
6 inch meter 371.67
8 inch meter 679.62
Section 9-56
Class B Customers - Each Class B Customer shall pay the greater of a
minimum charge per month of $7.25 or the amount determined under the
metered schedule of rates applicable to such customer as set forth in this
Section.
Charges for Public and Private Fire Protection
Public Fire Protection
Class A Customer Public Fire Protection Service Per Annum
Charge per hydrant
$350.43
Class B Customer Public Fire Protection Service Per Annum
Charge per hydrant $274.00
b. Private Fire Protection
Class A Customer Private Fire Protection Service Per Month
Charge per hydrant
$29.20
Class B Fire Protection Service Per Month
Charge per hydrant per month per inch of hydrant size $4.35
Main Charge per month per inch
$4.35
Sec. 9-57 Fire Sprinkler System Connection Per Month (Classes A and B)
2 inch connection
3 inch connection
4 inch connection
6 inch connection
8 inch connection
10 inch connection
$ 6.55
14.51
19.29
32.57
64.07
123.89
Section 2. To the extent not expressly modified or amended herein, the City's existing
Water Rate and Charge Ordinance No. A-73, including specifically but not limited to the Non~
Recurring Charges set forth in Exhibit A thereto, shall remain in effect. Otherwise, all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This Council finds that the City's schedule of water rates and charges as
amended herein, constitutes a nondiscriminatory, reasonable and just schedule of water rates and
charges for services rendered by the City's waterworks, which fees are required to maintain the
waterworks in the sound physical and financial condition necessary to render adequate and
efficient service and are sufficient to:
Pay all expenses incidental to the operation of the works, including legal
expenses, maintenance costs, operating charges, upkeep, repairs, depreciation,
lease rentals, and interest charges on bonds or other obligations;
b. Provide the sinking fund and debt service reserve fund as required by the Act;
c. Provide adequate money to be used as working capital;
d. Provide adequate money for making extensions and replacements to the
waterworks; and
e. Provide money for the payment of any taxes that may be assessed against the
utility.
Provide sufficient money to compensate the City for taxes that would be due on
the City's water utility were it privately owned; and
Provide a reasonable return on the City' s utility plant.
Section 4. A copy of the schedule of fees shall be kept on file and available for public
inspection in the offices of the Board of Public Works.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
signing by the Mayor and approval by the IURC.
Section 6. if the City determines by Ordinance or Resolution not to acquire the Newly
Acquired Works, this Ordinance shall become void.
PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Carreel, Indiana this/t/'It~ day of
I OF CAMEL
ATTEST:
Diana L. Cordray, I2C,~k-Treasurer
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana this/~/fl ~day of (/)6;7 (
200 , at A): ~1 :, , ~.M.
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Diana L. Cordra~, IAMC, Cl~Treasurer
m/es~B~ainard, May~or
ATTEST:
Prepared by:
Richard C. Starkey
Barnes & Thornburg
11. S. Meridian Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
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