Laserfiche WebLink
community billings be based on actual flow from the difference between estimated and <br /> six months (two quarters) prior, thus actual billings from two years prior will be <br /> eliminating the catch-up feature in the reflected in the quarterly bill. That is: the <br /> previous system. This recommendation was 1996 (credits)or charges were shown on the <br /> approved as part of 1997 legislation which 1998 bills while the 1997 (credits) or charges <br /> amended the cost allocation statute. will be on the 1999 bills.After 1999—on the <br /> The previous allocation system created 2000 bills—the (credits) charges will <br /> disappear. The total quarterly cost is paid in <br /> substantial variances from year to year in <br /> local billings, making it hard for three equal monthly payments. <br /> communities to plan. For example, in 1995, <br /> 55 of 104 customer communities had service Community flow volume <br /> charge increases of 10 percent or more. Part (2 quarters prior) <br /> of this variance was the effect of the billing, x fixed rate per million gallons • <br /> which combined estimated charges from the = Sewer Service Charges <br /> current year with actual charges or credits (current quarter) <br /> from two years prior. ± (Credits)or charges from actuals two <br /> years prior(yearly credits/charges_4) <br /> Beginning in 1998, the new allocation <br /> system allowed the Council to establish a = Net Sewer Service Charges <br /> fixed rate and bill based on actual flows. (current quarter) <br /> Starting with the first quarter of 1998, - 3 (#months in a quarter) <br /> MCES billed cities for the actual flow = Monthly Billing <br /> treated by MCES six months (two quarters) <br /> prior. <br /> The Council uses a two-step process to <br /> determine monthly bills. First, the fixed rate <br /> is established by dividing the estimated <br /> annual sewer service charges by the annual <br /> projected flows. <br /> Total Annual Budget <br /> - Transfer from SAC Fund <br /> - Other Revenues <br /> = Annual Sewer Service Charges <br /> Annual Sewer Service Charges <br /> Annual Wastewater Flow Volume <br /> = Fixed Rate per gallon of wastewater <br /> To determine a community's monthly bill, <br /> the fixed rate is multiplied by the actual <br /> flow for the quarter six months prior. During <br /> the transition from one billing process to ,•• <br /> another, the (credits) or charges resulting <br /> 6 Study of 1998 Sewerage Rates <br />