80-6215R85
RESOLUTION N0. 6215
RESOLUTION ESTABLISF3ING iaATER RATES
AND CHARGE S
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHFIELD AS FOLLOWS:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.23 of the Ordinance
Code of the City of Richfield, the rates and charges f_or city water
and water service are hereby established to be those set forth in
the following paragraphs of this resolution.
2. The charge due and payable to the city by each water customer
of the city, during any quarter, shall be 74 cents per 1,000 gallons.
Water charges shall be payable guar erly:.
3. The minimum rate for the water service is-$7.40 per quarter
and,. except as otherwise provided in this resolution, such minimum
rate shall be applicable where the amount of water taken. by the cus-
t.omer is 10.,000 gallons or less, for the quarter.
4. Water charges for any quarter may be reduced below the
_ minimum charges provided in the foregoing paragraph 3, for the
benefit of customers who are senior citizens or disabled persons,
in the following 'circumstances:
A) The customer account shall involve premises constituting a
separate-water customer account.
B) The premises shall have, as the principal occupant or occupants,
one or more persons who are 65 years of aae or older.
C) -The household income of the occupants of the premises shall have
been less than $5,000 for the preceding calendar year, as determined
in accordance with Minnesota Property Tax Refund Return 1979, line 6.
D) The amount of water taken'at such premises during the quarter
shall have been less than 10,000 gallons.
An application demonstrating eligibility may be made by any adult
member of the affected household. Eligibility shall be granted to a
customer prospectively only, for a period ending with the end of the
first billing quarter of the next calendar year. Continued eligibility
can be established by reapplication.
An~eligible customer account shall be charged for water on the basis
of the actual amount of water taken.
FZichf_ield, this 25th day of
ald J . Pri T~?ayor