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RESOLUTION NO. 08-286
A RESOLUTION OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SITTING AS THE COMMISSION
OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT,
AUTHORIZING THE ADJUSTMENT OF WATER,
WASTEWATER, AND REUSE UTILITY CONNECTION
CHARGES FOR CUSTOMERS WITHIN THE ST. LUCIE
COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 04-023, (the "District Ordinance") the
St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners ("Commission") created the St. Lucie
County Water and Sewer District ("District") for the purpose of providing water,
wastewater, and reclaimed water service within the boundaries of the District; and
WHEREAS, on May 1,2007, in Resolution No. 07-154, the Commission, sitting
as the Board of the St. Lucie County Water and Sewer District ("Board") established the
existing water, wastewater and reuse utility rates, fees and charges for the utility services
furnished to the customers of the District ("2007 Rate Resolution"); and
WHEREAS, in Section 2 of the Uniform Extension Policy, as adopted under
Resolution No. 05-277, provides:
"Connection Fees shall be indexed annually for cost of living increases at an
amount of 6% per year, provided such indexing shall no longer apply once a Connection
Fee has been paid to the District.";
and
WHEREAS, the Charter of the District, Section 4.03(E), provides:
(E) The rates, fees and charges of the District shall be automatically increased
without further action of the District Commission based upon the application of the
Florida Public, Service Commission utility price indices, as established from time to
time by the Florida Public Service Commission pursuant to Florida Statute section
367.081 (4)(a), as amended, to the then existing rates, fees and charges of the
District. Prior to application of this automatic cost escalation provision, the District
Utility Director shall submit to the Commission at a Commission meeting a report
detailing the amount of the escalation and the new rates as revised. Unless the
Commission votes to withhold the automatic cost escalation, the District's rates,
fees, and charges tariff shall be adjusted pursuant to this section as required
effective as of the first billing cycle after the Commission's meeting. The rates,
fees and charges of the District shall further be automatically increased without
further action of the Commission based upon the implementation of a rate increase
to the Commission by any utility which provides utility service to the Commission,
or upon implementation or increase of any taxes or PILOT levied by a
governmental authority against the Commission, or upon an increase of costs
incurred for water quality or wastewater quality testing required by the. Department
of Environmental Protection. Prior to application of this automatic cost escalation
provision, the District' Utility Director shall submit to the Commission at a
Commission meeting areport detailing the amount of the escalation and the new
rates as revised. Unless the Commission votes to withhold the automatic cost
escalation, the District's rates, fees, and charges tariff shall be adjusted pursuant to
this section as required effective as ofthe first billing cycle after the Commission's
meeting. Notwithstanding the provisions of Secti()n 4.03(C) hereof, no public
hearing shall be required for the automatic adjustments set forth in this section (E);
and
WHEREAS, the District receives water and wastewater utility service from the
Ft. Pierce Utility Authority ("FPUA"), and the FPUA has implemented increases in the
connection fees and charges levied against the District for such utility service, which
pursuant to Section 4.03(E) of the District Charter are to be passed through to the
developer; and
WHEREAS, the Commission, on the advice and recommendations of its Utility
staff and technical advisors, finds that the adjusted Connection Fees for future customers
of the District set forth in the attached Exhibit "1" ("2008 Schedule of Connection
Fees"), correctly implements the provisions of Section 2 of the District Uniform
Extension Policy to incorporate the Annual Indexing Adjustments and the pass-through
provisions of Section 4.03(E) of the District Charter, and finds that such adjusted 2008
Connection Fee Schedule is just and equitable and in the public interest; and
WHEREAS, the Commission provided for advertising of the proposed Schedule
of Connection Fees for the District; the notice set forth the date, time and place of the
meeting of the Commission at which such proposal would be considered and whereby
interested parties had an opportunity to be heard concerning the 2008 Schedule of
Connection Fees.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, sitting as the Board of the St. Lucie County
Water and Sewer District:
Section 1. ADOPTION OF 2008 SCHEDULE OF CONNECTION FEES
FOR THE DISTRICT. The Report from the District Utility Director detailing the
amount of the increase in the Connection Fee Schedule is accepted. The 2008 Schedule
of Connection Fees is hereby approved. The 2008 Schedule of Connection Fees shall be
effective October l, 2008.
Section 2. SEVERABILITY. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase, or word of their Resolution is for any reason held by a court to be
unconstitutional, inoperative, or void, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this
Resolution.
Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Resolution shall become effective upon
adoption (the "Effective Date").
Section 4. ADOPTION. After motion and second, the vote on this Resolution
was as follows:
Chairman Joseph Smith
AYE
Vice Chairman Paula A. Lewis
AYE
Commissioner Doug Coward
AYE
Commissioner Charles Grande
AYE
Commissioner Chris Craft
AYE
APPRO. V ~2.' AS TO FO.RM AND
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EXHIBIT I
SCHEDULE OF CONNECTION FEES
ST. LUCIE COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT
OTHER FEES AND CHARGES RATE SCHEDULE
WATER AND W ASTEW A TER SERVICE
AVAILABILITY - Available throughout the St. Lucie County Water and Sewer District for all areas served by the
District including but not limited to North Hutchinson Island, North County, HEW and the Airport
Systems.
APPLICABILITY - Applicable to all water and wastewater customers who require service from
the plant and line capacity.
CONNECTION FEES
RATES: Residential and Commercial (At time of connection)
Meter Installation Fees
Meter Size
3"
4"
$ 364.00
$ 477.00
$ 834.00
$ 1,430.00
$ 3,335.00
Actual cost plus 15%
5/8"
I"
I 112"
2"
Lateral Fees
Short (same side of street)
Long (opposite side of street)
Actual Cost
Actual Cost
Note:
Currently the amount a developer would pay for connecting to the Utility system includes an additional pass-through
connection charge from Fort Pierce Utility Authority (FPUA) of $236.00 for new water service and $1,368.00 for
new wastewater service for those properties to be serviced through the FPUA bulk agreement.
CF Resolution
Exhibit 1
2008 Schedule of CF
9/24/2008