ORD NO 07-2024 CITY OF VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO. 07 -2024
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE CITY OF VAN
BUREN,ARKANSAS AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED:
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CHARGES AND RATES FOR SEWER
SERVICES SUPPLIED BY THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS,
AND OTHER PURPOSES,AND REPEALING PRIOR ORDINANCES.
WHEREAS, the City of Van Buren,Arkansas (City) owns and
operates a Public Sewer System, and
WHEREAS, the City must recover through charges and rates charged to the
customers of the systems,the cost associated with the operation
and maintenance of the system together with the cost of certain
betterments and improvements to the system which are necessary
to make the systems adequate to serve the needs of the City and its
inhabitants; and,
WHEREAS, existing rates and charges established by Ordinance No. 12-2015
adopted and approved September 21,2015,are no longer sufficient
to meet the requirements of the system, and,
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WHEREAS, the City of Van Buren Municipal Utilities Commission
(Commission), after a necessary and complete study and review,
has recommended increases to the City Council as being in the best
interest of the City and its inhabitants and has offered such
Resolution to the City Council, and,
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS,THAT:
SECTION 1: That Ordinance No. 12-2015,Ordinance is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2: Charges and rates are established as listed in Exhibit A for users of
the City of Van Buren Public Sewer System.
SECTION 3: Billed sewer usage shall be determined as follows:
(a) Residential class billed sewer usage shall be based on an
averaged winter usage calculated from monthly water usage
for the immediately preceding months of December,
January,and February, or actual current water usage,
whichever is lower. As to new residential class sewer users
who have not used the system for the winter months;billed
sewer usage will be the same as billed water usage until an
averaged winter usage can be calculated. Residential multi-
family dwellings billed sewer usage shall be the same as the
billed water usage.
(b) Commercial and Industrial sewer users billed sewer usage
shall be based upon actual discharge into the sewer system
where a properly installed approved and maintained flow
meter is installed by the user in the sewer service line to
monitor actual sewer discharge.Where users cannot install a
flow meter to monitor actual sewer discharge,billed sewer
usage shall be the same as the billed water usage or an
estimated amount where technical data provided by the user
demonstrates that such amounts of sewer are not
discharged.
SECTION 4: Beginning January 1,2025, and on January 1st of each following
year;Sewer Volume Rates and Base (fixed) Charges may be
adjusted based on increased Revenue Requirement percentages
calculated by using the U.S. Consumer Price Index for Water,
4 Sewer, and Trash Collection Services (CPI-WST) as published by
the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis increase for the previous
twelve (12) month period;provided that the Commission, at its
discretion,may adjust the increase to a lower percentage than the
CPI-WST. Sewer Volume Rates and Base (fixed) Charges will be
adjusted by updating the current Van Buren Sewer Rate Study
pursuant to Arkansas Code 14-234 Subchapter 8 and 14-235-223
requirements.
SECTION 5: Severability: The various provisions of this Ordinance are hereby
declared to be severable,and,if any section or part of a section, or
any provision or part of a provision herein,is declared to be
unconstitutional,inappropriate, or invalid by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or affect
the remainder of this Ordinance and to the extent the provisions
hereto are declared severable.
SECTION 6: Emergency Clause. The City Council hereby finds that said charges
and rates are reasonable and necessary to provide adequate funds
for the operation,maintenance and financing of the City of Van
Buren Public Sewer System as hereinabove set out and the same
shall be charged for services billed on or after April 1,2024. These
charges and rates are necessary such that they are not charged,the
fiscal sustainability and operations of the City of Van Buren Public
Sewer System is in jeopardy putting the health, safety, and welfare
of the Citizens of Van Buren at risk such that an emergency is
hereby declared.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the city of Van Buren, Arkansas,by it's City
Council, did pass, approve, and adopt,by a vote of_0 for and 46
against, the foregoing Ordinance at its regular meeting held on the 26th day of
February 2024.
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Exhibit A
City of Van Buren Public Sewer System Charges and Rates for services billed on
or after April 1,2024
SEWER CUSTOMER CLASS VOLUME RATE
PER 1,000
GALLONS
RESIDENTIAL $6.90
COMMERCIAL $6.90
INDUSTRIAL $6.90
BASE (FIXED) CHARGES -ALL SEWER CUSTOMER CLASSES
METER SIZE
3/4n $3.50
1" $8.80
1 1/2' $17.50
2" $28.00
3" $52.50
4" $87.50
611 $175.00
City of Van Bu
Municipal Complex
1003 Broadway • Van Buren, Arkansas 72956
Ordinance
Has been Audi as of
Please refer to
Ordinance 0--c::�0A 6
Shawnna M. Reynolds
City Clerk-Treasurer
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