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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE XXXII, SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL, CHAPTER 8, USER CHARGES, SECTION 4, SEWER USER CHARGE RATE SCHEDULE, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, BY ADJUSTING THE SEWER USER RATE SCHEDULE.
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WHEREAS, the water and sewer utilities infrastructure is over two hundred (200) years old and over the next decade requires an estimated one billion ($1,000,000,000.00) in improvements; and
WHEREAS, over the next ten (10) years annual expenses are expected to increase by Forty-Seven Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($47,000,000.00), resulting in increased deficits in 2025, which will increase to over forty million ($40M) by 2032; and
WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a decrease of Six Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($6,900,000,00) in water and sewer collections combined adding further financial stress to systems; and
WHEREAS, the prior sewer rate increase was March 1, 2015, providing for over Three Hundred Million Dollars and Zero Cents ($300,000,000.00) in improvements to both systems, including, but not limited to: [i] Upgrades at the Pequannock Treatment Plant; [ii] Watershed improvements; [ii] Distribution System Improvements; [iii] Collection System Improvements; [iv] Drainage System Improvements; and [v] Efficiency Improvements (further detailed in presentation provided to the Administration and Municipal Council); and
WHEREAS, the proposed sewer rate increases will allow for sewer utility improvements, including, but not limited to: [i] Meter replacement and advanced metering infrastructure; [ii] Meadowlands pump station upgrades; [iii] Storm water rehabilitation; [iv] Brick sewer rehabilitation; [v] PVSC meters; Drainage systems upgrades; [vi] Green Infrastructure Improvements; [vii] Paving City Street; and [viii] Long Term Control Plan - Regional Alternative; and
WHEREAS, the proposed sewer rate increases do not apply to Senio...
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