City of Milwaukee - File #: 001188

• File #: 001188
• Version: 0
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/28/2000
• In control: LICENSES COMMITTEE
• Final action: 12/15/2000
• Effective date: 1/9/2001
• Title: An ordinance relating to the Milwaukee metropolitan sewerage district's user charges.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: FEES, MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICT, SEWER USER CHARGE, WATER, WATER WORKS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/8/2001	0	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
12/20/2000	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/15/2000	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	16:0
12/4/2000	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	5:0
11/30/2000	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/28/2000	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
001188
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
An ordinance relating to the Milwaukee metropolitan sewerage district's user charges.
Sections
309-51-2-a-3-a am
309-51-2-c am
309-51-2-d-4 am
309-53-6-a am
309-54-3-e rc
Analysis
This ordinance makes the following changes to the rules governing the
collection of sewer user charges:

1. It ends the practice basing the billing of residential users on winter quarter consumption, basing it instead on a percentage of consumption each billing period.

2. It transfers responsibility for the preparation of combined sewer
and water bills from the department of administration to the water
works.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 309-51-2-a-3-a of the code is amended to read:

309-51. Rules for the Administration of the Metropolitan Sewerage District User Charges.

2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS ADMINISTERING USER CHARGES.

a-3. User Charges. a-3-a. The residential and non-certified commercial user charge shall be based on the volumetric charge, and the connection charge, as billed to the city of Milwaukee by the Milwaukee metropolitan sewerage district, plus the city of Milwaukee administrative charge. [[The base of the volumetric portion of the residential sewer use charge for the entire year shall be water consumption for the winter quarter, which shall mean the quarter ending in February, March, or April.]]>>The basis of the volumetric portion of the residential sewer use charge shall be a percentage of the water consumption each billing period. The charge to non-certified commercial users shall be based on the water consumption each billing period.<< The charge to certified users shall be the amounts as received on individual invoices from the Milwaukee metropolitan sewerage district, plus the city of Milwaukee administrative charge.

Part 2. Sec...