RES 1990-34 - 000038970
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R690IV1'IM 20. 34 - 1990
WHEREAS, Section 402.13 of the City Code provides that the City Council shall
have authority to set water rates by resolution, and
WHEREAS, the City Council had indicated a desire to provide for major
improvements to the water generating /filtration system, and
WHEREAS, these improvements have been outlined in the City's 5 -Year Capital
Improvement Program, and
WHEREAS, these costs of improvements must be ccupensated through the rate
structure charged to the water consumers, and
WEE;REAS, the City Council has reccmTended that the rate structure be sinplified
by reducing the number of volume level rates from six levels to two, and
WHEREAS, the rates are to be effective with the October 1 billing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the following water rate schedule for all
customers except those qualifying for the low income senior citizen and disabled
citizen rate shall be as follows:
0 - 5,000,000
OVER - 5,000,000
$.60/1,000 Gal./Minimum $7.20
$.55/1,000 Gal.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby provides a reduced rate
schedule for qualifying low income senior citizens and disabled citizens as
follows:
SENIOR CTITZEN WATER RATE SCHEDULE
0 - 5,000,000 $.40/1,000 Gal./Minimum $4.80
The following criteria must be met in order to qualify for the lea income senior
citizen rate:
1. The senior citizens must occupy single family or double bungalow
units. The senior citizen rate does not apply to apartments,
commercial, industrial, institutional,or other.
2. The customer or person having responsibility for payment of the water
change must be sixty -two years of age or older and must provide a
copy of a valid Minnesota Driver's License or receipt thereof, or
a Minnesota Identification Card or a receipt thereof with current
address for proof of age.
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' 3. The person must certify that the adjusted gross income is less than
the low income level defined by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development by providing a copy of the past year's Federal 1040 Tax
Form.
The following criteria must be met in order to qualify for the low income
disabled citizen rate:
1. Disabled citizens must provide a copy of an award letter from the
Social Security Administration indicating that the individual is
one hundred percent (100 %) disabled.
2. The person must certify that the adjusted gross income is less than
the low income level defined by the Department Housing and Urban
Development by providing a copy of the past year's Federal 1040 Tax
Form.
PASSED AND ADOPIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CM OF FRIDLEY THIS 18TH DAY OF
JUNE, 1990.
' WILLIAM J. MAYOR
ATT'E`ST:
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