ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to APPROVE the Following for All Council Districts:
A. A RESOLUTION Amending Resolution No. 18-073-A Setting Fees for the Peoria Combined and Sanitary Sewer District Increasing the CITY'S SANITARY SEWER LATERAL FEE from 1.1123/CCF to 1.1902/CCF Effective May 1, 2020, and from 1.1902/CCF to 1.2735/CCF Effective May 1, 2021, for Property Owners who are Directly Served by City Sewers; and
B. A RESOLUTION Amending Resolution No. 18-073-B Setting Fees for the Peoria Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation District Increasing the CITY SEWER REHABILITATION RATE from 1.1931/CCF to 1.2766/CCF Effective May 1, 2020, and from 1.2766/CCF to 1.3660/CCF Effective May 1, 2021, for All City Property Owners who are Directly Served by Greater Peoria Sanitary District (GPSD) or City Sewers.
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BACKGROUND: The City of Peoria receives revenues from two sewer rates. The Greater Peoria Sanitary District (GPSD) currently bills sewer customers. Peoria Sewer rate increases are planned to occur on May 1 to coincide with GPSD's fiscal year and billing cycles.
Revenues from the City's lateral sewer rate is used for operation and maintenance of the City-owned sanitary and combined sewers. This rate is charged to all customers connected to a City sanitary or combined sewer. Maintenance includes cleaning the sewers, repairing broken pipes and manholes and responding to basement backup problems. The 2020/2021 City budget was approved assuming an increase in City lateral sewer rates of 7%, effective May 1, 2020 and an additional increase of 7%, effective May 1, 2021.
Revenues from the City's rehabilitation sewer rate is used to pay debt service on previous sewer bonds and to support capital sewer expenses. This rate is charged to all customers in the City limits, connected to either a City sewer or a GPSD sewer. The 2020/2021 City budget was approved assuming an increase in City lateral sew...
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