File #: 14-2150    Version: 1 Name: 2015 Water Monthly 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 AMENDING ORDINANCE 6S&F-b ADOPTED MARCH 4, 1998, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE 33, WATER, CHAPTER 4, RATES AND CHARGES, SECTION 1, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, BY ADJUSTING WATER RATES. Deferred 6PSF-f 020415
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 6S&F-b ADOPTED MARCH 4, 1998, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE 33, WATER, CHAPTER 4, RATES AND CHARGES, SECTION 1, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, BY ADJUSTING WATER RATES.
Deferred 6PSF-f 020415

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY:

Section 1. That Title 33, chapter 4, Section 1, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended, be further amended to read as follows with such amendment to be in effect upon passage of the Ordinance until such time as it is further amended.

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33:4-1 RATES: GENERAL SCHEDULE.

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.

a. The charges for all water furnished by the City of Newark including private consumers in the Silver Lake District, Belleville and elsewhere outside of Newark (unless otherwise covered by special contract), shall not exceed the following:

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



$24.08 for the first 1,000 cubic feet or less, per quarter;
$24.08 per 1,000 cubic feet for the next 99,000 cubic feet per quarter;
$21.50 per 1,000 cubic feet for the next 400,000 cubic feet per quarter;
$19.29 per 1,000 cubic feet for all over 500,000 cubic feet per quarter;

Effective March 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015:
$ 8.79 per 1,000 cubic feet for the first 300 cubic feet or less, per month;
$ 26.37 per 1,000 cubic feet for the next 33,000 cubic feet, per month;
$ 23.54 per 1,000 cubic feet for the next 133,300 cubic feet, per month;
$ 21.12 per 1,000 cubic feet for the next 166,600 cubic feet, per month.


Effective January 1, 2016 through December 3...

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