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Presentation of Water Tap Fee Report & Recommendations
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Key Issues:
In accordance with LSCO Chapter 32, the Water Utilities Department has prepared the required documents for the Water Utilities Advisory Board's review.
For this year’s review of the Water Tap Fee calculation, the following statements have been provided in the packet for the Board’s review.
· Statement of Applications for Service - a summary of the applications for service.
o There were 386 tap permits issued this past year that equates to 498.33 equivalent units.
· Statement of Water Tap Fee Collections and Disbursements - a summary of the tap fees collected and disbursed.
o Water Utilities collected $ 1,664,358 for FY 2017-18 in tap fee revenues.
o Expenditures for the period totaled $953,264, which included costs associated with the acquisition of the additional water supply through cooperative agreements with Kansas City and Harrisonville and expenditures related to upsizing projects.
· Summary Statement of Water Tap Fee Projects - a summary of the water tap fee projects initiated and completed which are consistent with the adopted project list.
o Water Tap Fee Projects have been updated to reflect proposed project additions and adjustments to meet future growth.
Staff have recommended modifications to the Water Tap Fee Projects List. These modifications are consistent with the criteria required for Water Tap Fee funding.
Proposed Motion:
I move to recommend to City Council approval of the revised projects list as indicated on the Summary Statement of Water Projects Report and adjusting the residential equivalent unit tap fee to $3,477 effective July 1, 2019 utilizing 585 residential equivalent units per year as the growth projection.
Background:
The Original Tap Fee Ordinance became effective March 1, 1996
Purpose: To Establish a funding source that provides adequate water capacity to meet the additional demands created by new growth
o Requires an annual report to the Cit...
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