File #: 14-2147    Version: 1 Name: 2015 Sewer Rate Increase Ordinance
Type: Ordinance Status: Filed
File created: 12/15/2014 In control: Water Sewer Utility
On agenda: 1/7/2015 Final action: 2/10/2015
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE 32, 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, TO ADJUST SEWER USER RATE SCHEDULE. Deferred 6PSF-e 020415
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE 32, 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, TO ADJUST SEWER USER RATE SCHEDULE.
Deferred 6PSF-e 020415
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY:

Section 1. That Title 32, Sewers and Sewage Disposal, Chapter 8 User Charges, Section 4 Rates of Sewer User Charges of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented be and the same is hereby amended as follows:

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32:8-4. SEWER USER CHARGE RATE SCHEDULE.
Note: Pursuant to Ordinance No. 6 S&F-f, May 4, 2005, as amended by Ordinance 6 S&F-h, May 17, 2006, as codified in Section 32:8-3, Rates of Sewer User Charges, beginning on January 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, The Director of Water and Sewer Utilities shall adjust the sewer rate not to exceed by the Cost of Living Adjustment. This shall be based on the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Governments for New Jersey and published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

RATES OF SEWER USER CHARGES

The sewer rate is calculated per 1,000 cu. ft and is the sum of the sewer rate and the P.V.S.C. rate.

(Rates as per monthly adjustment by the Director of Water and Sewer Utilities.)


Effective March 1, 2015, the Director of Water and Sewer Utilities is implementing a three-year rate increase for the period March 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017 that shall not exceed the following:

(Rates Effective March 1, January 1, 2014 2015 through December 31, 2015: as per adjustment by the Director of Water and Sewer Utilities. )

Sewer Rate per 1,000 cu. ft. $31.06

PVSC Direct Bill User Rate $19.83

Senior Citizen Rate $29.53



MONTHLY SEWER RA...

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