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Item No. 11.9

Council Report: C 208/2019

Subject: 2020 Sewer Surcharge Update - City Wide

Reference:

Report Date: 12/6/2019 Clerk's File #: SW2019

To: Mayor and Members of City Council

Recommendation:

I. THAT City Council RECEIVE the updated 2020 Sewer Surcharge Budget and 4Year Sewer Surcharge Forecasts (2021-2024) as presented in Appendix A of the report; and,

II. THAT the following wastewater rates BE APPROVED as soon as practicable:

A. Fixed Charge - To be based on the meter size as detailed in Appendix B ($17.61 for residential customers)

B. Water Consumption Charge - To be based on a rate per cubic metre of water ($2.86 per m3 of water for residential users and $1.42 per m3 for commercial customers); and,

III. THAT in order to avoid charging a surcharge on the water that is estimated to not have been returned to the sewer system, water consumption for the purpose of calculating the sewer surcharge bills for the extended summer months (May through October) continue to BE BASED on the lower of actual consumption or average winter usage (November through April) and that WUC continue to use the appropriate billing methodology to achieve this goal; and,