SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 118416

• Record No: CB 118416
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 118416
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 6/29/2015
• Ordinance No: Ord 124800
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to wastewater services of Seattle Public Utilities; and amending subsections 21.28.040.B and 21.76.040.A of the Seattle Municipal Code to adjust the wastewater volume rate and adjust credits to low-income wastewater customers.
• Sponsors: Sally Bagshaw
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Ex A: 2016-2018 Drainage and Wastewater Rate Study, 3. Drainage and Wastewater Rates Presentation, 4. Central Staff Memo on Drainage and Wastewater Rates, 5. Signed Ordinance 124800

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/7/2015	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
7/7/2015	1	Mayor	Signed
7/7/2015	1	Mayor	returned
7/2/2015	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
6/29/2015	1	City Council	passed	Pass
6/23/2015	1	Seattle Public Utilities and Neighborhoods Committee	pass	Pass
6/15/2015	1	City Council	referred
6/10/2015	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
6/9/2015	1	City Clerk	sent for review
6/9/2015	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to wastewater services of Seattle Public Utilities; and amending subsections 21.28.040.B and 21.76.040.A of the Seattle Municipal Code to adjust the wastewater volume rate and adjust credits to low-income wastewater customers.

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WHEREAS, Seattle City Council Resolution 31534, passed on August 11, 2014, adopted a six-year Strategic Business Plan for Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) which guides utility investments, service levels, and rate paths through 2020; and
WHEREAS the Strategic Business Plan included increases in the capital and operating requirements of the Drainage and Wastewater Fund in response to federal and State regulatory requirements, as well as environmental and infrastructure concerns, with a resulting increase in revenue requirements; and
WHEREAS, SPU has identified wastewater infrastructure needs requiring additional capital funding; and
WHEREAS, SPU has completed a rate study showing that existing wastewater volume rates will not provide sufficient revenues to pay debt service and the costs of providing wastewater services; and
WHEREAS, credits for qualified low-income customers not billed directly by SPU for water or wastewater services are based on typical residential bills, and credits for such customers need to be revised to reflect changes in the wastewater volume rate; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsection 21.28.040.B of the Seattle Municipal Code, which section was last amended by Ordinance 124051, is amended as follows:
21.28.040 Wastewater volume charge((.))
B. The wastewater volume rate shall be the sum of the treatment rate and the system rate, as follows:
1. Treatment rate.((:)) The "treatment rate" shall be the rate required to pay the wastewater share of "treatment cost," which is the cost of wastewater treatment, interception and disposal servic...