G-03-12-04-7D1 - 12/4/2003ORDINANCE NO. 0-03- I .-o)-)-'1..b)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES (1995
EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, CHAPTER 10, SECTION
10.600 ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FEES; AND PROVIDING FOR
A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
TEXAS:
I.
That Chapter 10, Sections 10.600, Environmental Services Fees,
Code of Ordinances (1995 Edition), City of Round Rock is hereby
amended as follows:
SECTION 10.600 ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FEES
In order to ensure an equitable cost recovery system, the Control Authority shall periodically review
the fees and adjust them as appropriate.
10.601 WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND SURCHARGE
(1) Applicability
This section shall be applicable to all nondomestic dischargers to the Brushy Creek Regional
Wastewater System.
(2) Definitions
All words and phrases used in this Section shall have the same meaning as the words and
phrases defined in Section 10.402.
(3) Wastewater Discharge Permit Application
A user is subject to the following application fees:
Significant Other
Users Users
New Permit $100 $25
Permit Renewal $100 $25
Permit Modification $100 $25
Removal credit - A fixed fee for a removal credit application cannot be given because of the
circumstances of each user and constituent the credit is applied for are highly variable. Any
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user or group of users wishing to apply for a removal credit shall assume responsibility for
all costs incurred by the City.
(4) Surcharge for Higher Concentrations
Users shall be assessed a sewer surcharge for nondomestic sewage that contains
concentrations of TSS and BOD/COD higher than those defined for domestic sewage herein.
The surcharge shall be in addition to any other sewer charges required by other City
ordinances. If a user has more than one nondomestic outfall identified in a permit, the
surcharge shall be applicable to the daily average total of all nondomestic discharges and not
the individual nondomestic discharges.
(a) When Surcharge Shall Be Applied
A user shall be subject to a surcharge when its nondomestic discharge daily average
total:
(i) Exceeds a TSS concentration of two hundred -fifty (250) mg/L;
and/or
(ii) Exceeds a BOD concentration of two hundred -fifty (250 mg/L; or
(iii) Exceeds a COD concentration of four hundred -fifty (450) mg/L.
(b) Computation of Surcharge
The City shall sample for both TSS and either BOD or COD. Computations of
surcharges shall be based on the formulas below and for those concentrations that
exceed the levels set forth in subsection (a) above, the surcharge shall be applied to
that excess. The surcharges for individual TSS and BOD or COD are additive.
(i)
where:
BOD surcharge
SsoD = V x 8.34 (A[BOD - 250])
TSS surcharge
STSS = V x 8.34 (B[TSS - 250])
COD surcharge
Scop = V x 8.34 (C[COD - 450])
S - Sum of surcharges in dollars that will appear on the user's monthly
bill.
V Monthly average volume of nondomestic discharge in millions of
gallons whichever is the least of the following volumes: (1) total
monthly water consumption during the billing period, (2) the
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average water consumption for the billing periods of December,
January, and February of each fiscal year, or; (3) the total
estimated or measured nondomestic discharge as determined by
methods specified in the user's permit.
8.34 - Conversion factor for units of measure in surcharge equations.
A - $0.298 per pound of BOD
B - $0.298 per pound of TSS
C - $0.298 per pound of COD
BOD- BOD concentration in mg/L. For more than one nondomestic
discharge, this shall be the flow -weighted concentration.
TSS- total suspended solids concentration mg/L. For more than on
nondomestic discharge, this shall be the flow -weighted
concentration.
COD- COD concentration in mg/L. For more than one nondomestic
discharge, this shall be the flow -weighted concentration.
250- normal daily average domestic BOD and TSS concentration in
mg/L.
450- normal daily average domestic COD in mg/L.
(c) Application of Surcharge
Surcharge will apply directly to the water meter customer assigned to the
discharging user(s).
(d) Sampling and Analysis
The City shall sample for TSS, and either BOD or COD. The time of sampling shall
be at the sole discretion of the Control Authority. The Control Authority may select
an independent contractor to conduct the sampling and/or analyses.
(e) Sampling/Control Point
The user shall provide and the Control Authority shall designate a sampling/control
point for the purpose of sampling. The location and design of the control point shall
be approved by the Control Authority.
This sampling point shall be free of impediments and easily accessible by city
personnel.
(f) Period of Surcharge
If analyses for TSS and/or BOD/COD shows that a surcharge is applicable, the
surcharge shall be applied to the monthly water bill for a period of six (6) months.
(g) Costs of Analyses
When analyses show that a surcharge shall be applied, a fee of fifty dollars ($50)
shall be added to a user's bill to cover the sampling, handling, and laboratory
analyses. When analyses show that a surcharge shall not be applied, then this fee
shall not be added to the user's bill.
(h) Contested Charges
User must contest any/all charges within fourteen (14) days of issuance of surcharge
notification.
10.602 HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE (HHW) APPOINTMENT FEES
(1) Definitions
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) - leftover residential household products that contain
corrosive, toxic, ignitable or reactive ingredients are considered to be "household hazardous
waste" or "HHW." Products such as paints, cleaners, oils, batteries and pesticides that
contain potentially hazardous ingredients require special care when disposed.
(2) Applicability
The fees described herein do not apply to scheduled collection events for City of Round
Rock residents. At all other times, should a City of Round Rock resident desire to schedule
a time to dispose of a HHW product, such resident shall be charged an appointment fee.
(3) Fees for Appointment -Based Collection of Household Hazardous Waste
Appointment Fee:
(4) Payment of Fee
Due at time of scheduled appointment.
10.603 ANALYTICAL AND SAMPLING FEES
(1) Applicability
$10.00
The fees described herein do not apply to any sampling event or analytical work initiated
by the City for the purposes of its own routine testing and monitoring.
(2) Analytical Fees
(a) Analytical Fees for Water/Wastewater
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Fees for analytical tests are as follows:
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) $15.00 per sample
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) $15.00 per sample
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) $15.00 per sample
Hardness $ 5.00 per sample
Alkalinity $ 5.00 per sample
Turbidity $ 5.00 per sample
Chlorine $ 5.00 per sample
pH $ 5.00 per sample
Fluoride $15.00 per sample
Ammonia $15.00 per sample
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) $15.00 per sample
Percent Solids $15.00 per sample
(b) Water Bacteriological Fees
24 hour Present/Absence Test
for Total /Fecal Coliform
18 Hour Presence/Absence Test
for Total/Fecal Coliform
24 or 18 hour Enumeration Test
for Total/Fecal Coliform
$12.00 per sample
$15.00 per sample
$15.00 per sample
Bacteriological samples that are approved to be analyzed outside normal working
hours will incur a 2.0 x fee.
The above -stated fees cover reporting requirements to the appropriate state
agencies for municipalities.
(3) Sampling Fees
(a) The sampling fee for wastewater discharge is $75.00 per sampling event.
(b) The wastewater discharge sampling event consists of a twenty-four (24) hour
composite sample taken by automatic sampler. The scheduling of this service is
subject to approval and availability of the appropriate Public Works personnel.
(4) Payment of Fees
Fees for analytical or sampling work requested by a water or wastewater customer of the
City shall be billed to the customer on the monthly utility bill. Fees for analytical or
sampling work requested by persons or entities that are not water or wastewater customers
of the City must be paid in advance at the Environmental Services Laboratory. Requests
for analytical or sampling work must be accompanied by the appropriate paperwork and
evidence or payment, if applicable.
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H.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in
conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this
ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions
thereof.
C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written
notice of the date, hour, place and subject of the meeting at which
this Ordinance was adopted was posted and that such meeting was
open to the public as required by law at all times during which
this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed,
considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open
Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
Alternative 1.
By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative
vote of all the Council members present, the requirement for
reading this ordinance on two separate days was dispensed with.
READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this day
of , 2003.
Alternative 2.
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READ and APPROVED on first reading this the �� —day of
, 2003.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the
day of �J' 1L.L ECJ V, 2003.
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LL, Mayor
Cit: of Round Rock, Texas
ATTEST:
CHRISTINE R. MARTINEZ, City Secreta
DATE: November 25, 2003
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting - December 4, 2003
ITEM: *7.D.1. Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 10, Section 10.600 of the
Round Rock Code of Ordinances (1995 Edition) to amend the
environmental services fees. (Second Reading)
Resource:
History:
Tom Word, Chief of Public Works Operations
Tom Clark, Utilities Director
Kim Lutz, Environmental Resources Manager
The City's Industrial Pretreatment Program was updated in August of
2003 to incorporate recent changes to State regulations that govern local
industries. This amendment, a Water and Wastewater Cost of Service and
Rate Design Study, was completed by Black and Veatch. The Rate Study
recommended increasing fees to recover actual costs reported in the
study. This ordinance will increase wastewater surcharge rates to
applicable discharging businesses from $.27 per pound to $ 0.298 per
pound. This is necessary to recover wastewater treatment costs and the
administration cost of the program as recommended by the recent Water
and Wastewater Cost of Service and Rate Design Study. Other changes
include establishing a fee for appointment based household hazardous
waste drop off and analytical fees for requested laboratory analysis.
Funding:
Cost: N/A
Source of Funds: N/A
Outside Resources: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
Impact/Benefit: There are currently approximately 130 local businesses that could be
impacted if discharges of BOD or TSS exceed the 250 mg/I. The City
will recover actual cost to perform these services.
Public Comment: N/A
Sponsor: N/A