ORD 99-55 WATER AND SEWER UTILITY RATES,~l~e'"r':-"O~iii[~/'Ra"~s (Ord 99-55).doc ............................................... 15a'¢~"'i
Revised September 30, 1999
ORDINANCE NO. 99-55
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington,
relating to the City's water and sewer utility rates; and amending Section
13.16.060 of the Bainbridge Island Municipal Code.
WHEREAS, the City reviews utility service rates on an annual basis and determines
whether the rates should be increased based on the Seattie Area Consumer Price Index for
November of the prior year; and
WHEREAS, the likely passage of Initiative 695 is likely to put extreme pressure on the
City's ability to accomplish its mandated fimctions with the revenues allowed to it; now,
therefore
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Bainbridge Island, DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 13.16.060 of the Bainbridge Island Municipal Code is amended as
follows:
13.16.060 Automatic annual fee adjustment.
A. All rates described in Section E of Ordinance 82-20, as amended, shall be subject to an
annual review which may result in a fee adjustment beginning with the January -1-~' billing period
of each year ba-s~-on equal to the annual percentage increase in the Eeatt!e United States
Consumer Price Index, All Urban Users Consumers CPI-U) for November of the preceding year
as shown in the release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics plus two percent.
B. The January billing period for those rates based on meter readings will begin with the
December 15'h reading of the preceding year.
C. The Seattle Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consumers for November, 1985, rate. was
32q.0 and for November, 1986, is 325.9. In calculating the annual adjustment the City shall
utility clerk shall subtract the prior year's CPI rate from this year's CPI rate and divide the
answer by the prior year'$ CPI rate to arrive at the percent of increase/decrease. The existing
utility rate is multiplied by the percent of incroazc~/decreaso and the adjustment amount is added
to or subtracted from last year's rate. The utility clerk shall round off all final calculations to the
nearest cent where the rate provides for cents and to the nearest dollar where the rate does not
provide for cents.
Section 2. All water utility rates and charges on and after December 31, 1999, shall be
4.6% over the rates in effect on the date of this ordinance. Winslow sewer rates and charges
shall be 3.1% over the rates in effect on the date of this ordinance. These rate increases shall be
in effect for all billing periods in the calendar year 2000, and for the calendar year 2000 shall
substitute for and replace the rate increase for water utility rates and charges and Winslow sewer
rates and charges authorized in BIUMC 13.16.060, as amended in Section 1 of this ordinance.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on and after December I,
1999, which date is morn than five days from and after its passage, approval, and publication.
PASSED by the City Council this T_th day of October, 1999.
APPROVED by the Mayor the~th day of October, 1999.
DWIGHTSUTTON~
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
USA~N P. KASP~?~R, City Cler/~k
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROD P. KASEGUMA, City Attorney
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
PUBLISHED:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
ORDINANCE 99 - 55
September 9, 1999
October~_7, 1999
October 20, 1999
October 25,1999