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AN ORDINANCE
Amending The Evanston City Code
Title 7, Chapter 13, Section 3(A) Relating
to the Sewer User Rates
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCII. OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 7-13-3(A) of the City Code of the City of Evanston be and is hereby amended
to read as follows:
7-13-3: SEWER USER RATES:
(A) There is hereby established a sewer user charge for the use of and for service supplied by, the
wastewater collection facilities of the City which shall consist of an operation, maintenance and
replacement charge (OM&R), a capital charge, and a debt service charge.
• 1. Operation Maintenance and Replacement Charge (OM&R): The OM&R charge is levied on
all users to recover the operation, maintenance and replacement costs and is computed by
apportioning the annual OM&R costs less any investment income derived from operating cash
per one hundred (100) cubic feet of metered water sales as recorded by City water meters.
Income derived from the investment of OM&R revenues shall be used solely for the operation,
maintenance and replacement of the system.
OM&R Charge =
OM&R Cost - Investment Income from Operating Cash
Metered Water Sales
There is hereby established an OM&R charge of SO.54 per one hundred (100) cubic feet of water
consumed.
This rate shall apply to all water consumed on or after March 1, 1998 and shall remain in effect
until the next annual review in accordance with Section 7-13-3(B).
2. Capital Charge: The capital charge is levied on users to provide for capital improvement,
extensions or reconstruction of the sewer collection system. The capital charge is computed by
• apportioning the annual capital costs less any investment income derived from cash reserved for
capital expenditures per one hundred (100) cubic feet of metered water sales as recorded by City
water meters.
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Capital Charge =
Can_ ital Cogs - Investment Income from Capital Cash •
Metered Water Sales
There is hereby established a Capital Charge of $0.19 per one hundred (100) cubic feet of water
consumed.
This rate shall apply to all water consumed on and after March 1, 1998 and shall remain in effect
until the next annual review in accordance with Section 7-13-3(B).
J. Debt Service Charge: The debt service charge is computed by apportioning the annual debt
service costs less revenues transferred to the Sewer Fund from the sale of water to the
Northwest Water Commission (NWC), less any investment income derived from NWC cash
transferred to the Sewer Fund per one hundred (100) cubic feet of metered water sales as
recorded by Evanston water meters.
Debt Service Charge =
Mbt Cost - NWC Revenues - Inveggnt Income -Transfer from Reserves
Metered Water Sales
There is hereby established a debt service charge of $1.75 per one hundred (100) cubic feet of •
water consumed. Said rate is based on a maximum debt service payment of $7,462,900
anticipated for the repayment of loan proceeds necessary for the currently planned
improvements to the sewerage collection system Provided, however, that all or a portion of said
charge may be abated in accordance with subsection 7-13-3(A)3 described above. For the
current fiscal year (FY 1998-99), the established debt service charge shall be abated by
Northwest Water Commission revenues as stated in the FY 1998-99 budget and shall be $1.32
per one hundred (100) cubic feet of water consumed.
This rate shall apply to all water consumed on and after March 1, 1998 and shall remain in effect
until the next annual review in accordance with Section 7-13-3(B).
4. Total Sewer User Charge: The total sewer user charge is the sum of the three components
listed in subsection 7-13-3 (Axl), Operation, Maintenance and Replacement; subsection 7-13-
3(Ax2), Capital; and subsection 7-13-3(Ax3), Debt Services and shall be $2.05 per one hundred
(100) cubic feet of water consumed and shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 7-13-3(B).
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• SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval
and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: TA'Un a3 ,1998
Adopted: r� 13 , 1998
Appr�`led as to
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proved: I ► A V4,- 3 , 1998
Mayor
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