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1979-26
ANIENDi•1ENT TO
~ _ SECTION 8...12 OF THE
RICHFIELD ORDINANCE CODE
RELATING TO SANITARY SEWER
' SERVICE RATES ARID CHARGES -
AND SECTION 8.23 RELATING
TO WATER RATES AND CHARGES '
CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Section 8.12 of the Ordinance Code of the City of_
- Richfield relating to sanitary service rates and charges, and
Section 8.23 of said code relating to~water rates and charges
are hereby amended in the following respects;
(1) Paragraph C of Subd. 3 of said Section 8.12 is hereby
amended to provide as follows:
b "C) Customer Charge
' In addition to the. flat charges and metered flow -
- charge there shall be a customer charge for each - -
- invoice rendered effective with the winter quarter
of each year as follows:
t 1979 1981
$1.50 $1.75
If the invoice is for water service as well as
sanitary sewer service, the customer charge,
when collected, shall be allocated equally bet-
. ween the city's water fund and its sewer fund.
(2) Subdivision 12 of said section 8.12 is hereby amended to
provide as follows:
"Subd. 12. Collections. A11 charges of sewer service are
due on the quarterly due date specified by the city for
the respective account and shall be delinquent 15 days
thereafter. It is the duty of the city tc endeavor
to promptly collect delinquent accounts, and in all cases
where satisfactory arrangements for pay~trent have not then
been made, all such delinquent accounts shall be certified
to the city clerk who shall prepare an assesscr~ent roll each
year providing for assessment of the delinquent ar.,ounts
against the respE~ctive properties served, To each account
there shall be added a Certification Charge (Preparation
for Certification to Taxes of Delinquent Accounts) of $10.00.
~- This assessment roll shall be delivered to the council for
adoption on or before October 1st of each year. Such action
may be optional or subsequent to taking legal action to
collect delinquent accounts. If the certification includes
a certification o~ a delinquent water hi 1, th_ rtific-~-
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tion charge, when collected, shall be al]_ocated equall
between the citv's water fund and its sewer fund.
(3) Subdivision l of said section 8.23 is hereby amended
to provide as follows:
"Subdivision 1. Basic Rates. The rate due and payable to the
city by each water user within the city for water taken during
any quarter from the water supply system shall be [fifty-eight]
seventy-four cents per 1,000 gallons. Such water charges
shall be payable quarterly.
(4) Subdivision 2 of said section 8.23 is hereby amended
to provide as follows:
"Subd. 2. Minimum Charges. In case the meter is found to have
- stopped or to be operating in a faulty manner, the amount of
water used will be estimated in accordance with the amount
used previously. The minimum rate for water service is $7.40
per quarter and such minimum rate-shall be applicable where
the amount of water used is 10,000 gallons, or less, for the
_ quarter. Where service is for less than a quarterly period,
this charge will be pro-rated on a daily basis.
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(5) A new subdivision 8 is hereby added to said section .8.23
C~ to provide as follows:
"Subd. 8. Special Charges. The city_ may charge for special services
rendered to a water customer such as making a final reading when a
customer is discontinuing water service. The amount of such charge.
may be determined, from time to time, by resolution of the city
., council." -
Fassed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota
this 27th day of
ATTEST:
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Sylvia Bergh Acting ty C le ~k
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SUN :~
NEWSPAPERS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
RICHFIELD SUN
9615 Lyndale Avenue South Bloomington, Minnesc
State of Minnesota
County of Hennepin
DON R. CARSON, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been t
president and printer of the newspaper known as The Richfield Sun and has full knowledge of the fat
herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format a
in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspap
is a weekly and is distributed at least once every week. (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news colum
devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not who]
duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisement
(4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipalities which it purports to serve, has at least 5
copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulati~
currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its lot
post-office (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of Richfield in the County of Hennepin and it h;
its known office of issue in the City of Bloomington in said county, established and open during its regul;
business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions ar
maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in its employ and subject to h
direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regula
business hours and at which said newspaper is printed. (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each isst
immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper is made available at single ~
subscription prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated associatie
requesting the newspaper and making the applicable payment. (8) Said newspaper has complied with a
foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below. (£
Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and sac
January 1 thereafter and affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by th
managing officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is
legal newspaper.
(OHicial Publication) ~,-'
Bi11 1878-28
AMENDMENTTOSE T10N'8320F
THERICHFIELDO, INANCE
CODE RE NITARY
SEWERS ES AND
CHARG ON 8.29
RELAT TOVY RATES
D SA
CITY x;RICHFIE DOES OR-
DAIN: p..,; . • .
Section 8:i2 of the Ordinance Code
of the City of Richfield relating to
sanitary service rates and charges,
and Section 8.23 of said code relating
to water rates and charges are here-
by amended ib the following re-
spects:
(1) Paragraph C of Subd. 3 of said
Section 8.12 t9 hereby amended to
provide as follows:
"C) Customer,Chargge
In additiontp tpe flat charges and
metered f1 }v;'~harge there shall
be a cust'o~fiEg~~ barge for each
invoice rends effective with
the winter quarter of each year
as follows:
1979 ~ ~ 1881
$1.50 ~ "' $1.75 '
If the invoice ie for water service
as well ae sanitary,sewer service,
the customer charge, when col-
lected, shall be allocated equally
between the city's water fund and
its sewer fund.
(2) Subdivision 12 of'said section
8.12 is hereby amended to provide
as follows: '
"Subd. 12. Collections. All
charges of sewer aeryice are due
on the quarterly due date speci-
fied by the city for {he respecttve
account and sfi8ll• delinquent
15 days thereafter:,;:fit is the duty
of the city to endeavor to prompt-
ly collect delinquent accounts,
and in all cases wtt(,~ere satisfac-
tory arrangements for Qayment
have not then been ads, all such
delinquent accou~ts shall be
certified to the xlffy clerk who
shall prepare an aas~sessment roll
each year pr>lviding for
assessment of the delinquent
amounts against dte respective
there
livered to the
on or before
year. Such
tlonal or sii
legal action I
accounts. If
cuudee a Geri
quent water I
charge, whey
allocated eq
city's water
fund.
(3) Subdivisiot
8.23 is hereby a
as follows:
"Subdivision
rate due and
by each wale
for water taN
o eacn ac-
~e added a
(Prepara-
to Taxes of
of $10.00.
shall be de-
for adoption
1st of each
nav be op-
rtification in-
on of a defin-
e certification
aced, shall be
between the
and its sewer
said section
adto provide
sic Rates. The
ble to the city
within the city
ring any quar-
cents per 1,Oq
ter charges
quarterly.
(4) Subdiviston
8.23 Is hereby at
as follows:
"Subd. 2. Mh
case the met
stopped or ti
faulty mane
water used v
accordance w
previously. 7
for water si
quarter and
shall be apt
amount of a
¢al-ons. or le
He further states on oath that the printed 811.1 19 7 9-2 6
hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printer
and published therein in the English language, once each week, forDSl~successive weeks
that it was first so published on Wed the 9 day of Jan 19 80
and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including
the day of 19 and that the following is a printed copy
of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and
kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit:
abedefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz
(5) A new subdi
added to said si
vide as follows:
"Subd. 8. Sp
city may cha
vices renderv
tourer au0h
reading when
continulni x
amount of et
determined,,
by resolution
Passed by the,
City of Richfield,
day of December
ons. Such wa-
be payable
said section
~d to provide
n Charges. In
found to have
iperating in a
ie amount of
estimated In
amount used
nimum rate
3s ET.40 per
7nlnlmum rate
Ie where the
need is 10,000
r the quarter.
or less than a
his charge will
laity basis.
8 is hereby
itiy8.23 to pro-
~Charges. The
pcasPec)al ser-
~a water cus-
iaking a ilnal
11111~~~~~tttt.omer is dis-
ervice. The
rge may be
me to elms.
~ ~ ATTEST:
~ (,.l ~ l: o,,, ~ i'? a ~ ~' `",,._1;,-,.-„ SYLVIA K. BERGH,
Acting City Clerk
~-~-•,, _ ~, ~ (Jan. 9, 1980)-RICH
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9 day of Jan 19 8 Q
~"""`' MERiUEL M. HED6lOM
c` " I•tUTARY PUBLIC -MINNESOTA
''~ ~ HENNEPIN COUNTY
MY commission expires Juty 2, 198ts
L. Law
Mayor