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RESOLUTION NO. 72 - 1995
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR WATER RATE CHANCE
WHEREAS, Section 402.13 of the City code provides that the City Council shall
have the authority to set water rates by resolution, and
Whereas, the City has not increased water rates since 1990, and
Whereas, the City has indicated a desire to provide for improvements to both
the generating /filtration system, and
Whereas, these improvements have been outlined in the City's Five Year Capital
Improvement Program, and
WHEREAS, the rates are to be effective with the January, 1996 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:
WATER RATE SCHEDULE
0 - 5,000,000
OVER - 5,000,000
$.90/1,000 Gal/Minimum $10.80
$.95/1,000 Gal
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby provided a reduced rate
schedule for qualifying low income senior citizens and disabled citizens as
follows:
SENIOR CITIZEN RATE SCHEDULE
0 - 5,000,000
$.70/1,000 Gal /Minimum $8.40
The following criteria must be set to qualify for the low 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 charge 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.
3. The person must certify that the total household income is less
than the low income level defined by the Department of Housing and
Urban Development. One method of verification may include
reviewing a copy of the past year's Federal Tax Form.
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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 indicting that the individual is
one hundred percent (100 %) disabled.
2. The person must certify that the total household income is less
than the low income level defined by the Department of Housing and
Urban Development. One method of verification may include
reviewing a copy of the past year's Federal 1040 Tax Form.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 23RD DAY OF
OCTOBER, 1995.
ATTEST:
WILLIAM A. CHAMPA - CITY CLERK
WILLIAM J. N - MAYOR