File #: 2004-0199    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/12/2004 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: 6/14/2004 Final action: 6/14/2004
Enactment date: 6/17/2004 Enactment #: 14942
Title: AN ORDINANCE determining the monetary requirements for the disposal of sewage for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2005, and ending December 31, 2005, setting the sewer rate for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2005, and ending December 31, 2005, and approving the amount of the sewage treatment capacity charge for 2005, 2006 and 2007; in accordance with Chapter 35.58.570; and amending Ordinance 12353, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.90.010, Ordinance 11398, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.84.055 and Ordinance 11034, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.84.050.
Sponsors: Larry Gossett
Indexes: Sewage
Code sections: 28.84.050 - , 28.84.055 - , 4.90.010 -
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14942.pdf, 2. 2004-0199 Attachments 1-4 to Transmittal Letter.pdf, 3. 2004-0199 Fiscal Note.xls, 4. 2004-0199 Hearing Notice.doc, 5. 2004-0199 Revised Staff Report 06-09-04.doc, 6. 2004-0199 Staff Report 05-05-04 , 7. 2004-0199 Staff Report 05-26-04.doc, 8. 2004-0199 Staff Report 06-02-04.doc, 9. 2004-0199 Staff Report 06-09-04.doc, 10. 2004-0199 Transmittal Letter.doc, 11. A. Wastewater Treatment Enterprise 2005 Rate Financial Plan June 14, 2004, 12. A. Wastewater Treatment Enterprise 2005 Rate Financial Plan
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AN ORDINANCE determining the monetary requirements for the disposal of sewage for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2005, and ending December 31, 2005, setting the sewer rate for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2005, and ending December 31, 2005, and approving the amount of the sewage treatment capacity charge for 2005, 2006 and 2007; in accordance with Chapter 35.58.570; and amending Ordinance 12353, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.90.010, Ordinance 11398, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.84.055 and Ordinance 11034, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.84.050.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings. The metropolitan King County council makes the following findings:
A. King County, as successor to the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, owns and operates a metropolitan sewage system. In accordance with long term agreements for sewage disposal, King County provides wastewater treatment and disposal service to cities and special utility districts.
B. Pursuant to the terms of said agreements for sewage disposal and state law, King County must adopt a monthly sewer rate before July 1, 2004 that will be effective January 1, 2005.
C. In accordance with K.C.C. 28.84.050 and 28.86.160, King County imposes a sewage treatment capacity charge on new connections to sewers that are served by metropolitan sewage facilities.
D. K.C.C. 28.86.160 prescribes the methodology for determining the sewage treatment capacity charge and states that the charge shall be based upon the costs, customer growth, and related financial assumptions used for the Regional Wastewater Services Plan adopted by Ordinance 13680, as such assumptions may be updated.
E. The first update to the Regional Wastewater Services Plan (RWSP) was transmitted by the executive to the council in April 2004. This plan update includes projected costs for implementing the RWSP that are greater than those shown in the plan as adopted by Or...

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