RES 2003-38 - 00002347RESOLUTION NO. 38 - 2003
A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NECESSITY TO INCREASE SANITARY SEWER
RATES IN EXCESS OF THE INFLATIONARY INDEX OR 5 %, WHICHEVER IS LESS,
AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 7.02 OF THE FRIDLEY CITY CHARTER
WHEREAS, Chapter Seven, Section 7.02.03 of the Fridley City Charter; requires any fees increased in
excess of the inflation index or 5 %, whichever is less, shall require voter approval as stipulated in
Section 7.02.02; and
WHEREAS, said Section 7.02 of the City Charter provides that if the sanitary sewer rates within the
City exceed the inflationary index as provided under 7.02.01, that the Council shall adopt a resolution
showing the necessity for such sanitary sewer rate increase; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fridley is experiencing a 3% increase in the cost of wastewater disposal rates
and a 6.1% increase in annual wastewater permit fee charges by the Metropolitan Council
Environmental Services (MCES) for the discharge of city -wide sewage to their treatment plants; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fridley needs to continue its program of sewer pipe lining to reduce damage
and the infiltration of groundwater into the sanitary sewer system; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fridley needs to continue to on -going cleaning, maintenance, repair and
upgrade of its sanitary sewer system to help prevent blockages or other system backups; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fridley needs to increase sanitary sewer rates in the amount of $.17 per 1,000
gallons in excess of the indexed levy allowed by charter; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Fridley pursuant to three
(3) weeks published notice and public hearing on the 81h day of September, 2003, shall have the
authority to increase the sanitary sewer rates exceeding the indexed annual amount by $.17 per 1,000
gallons which shall also be indexed by that same provision as outlined in Section 7.02.01 of the Fridley
City Charter.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
11TH DAY OF AUGUST 2003.
Sc tt J. Lund, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Debra A. Skogen, Cio Clerk