DATE: July 30, 2019
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Kristine Brock, Assistant City Administrator
Lawrence Sullivan, Revenue and Licensing Manager
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Consideration of Ordinance 2019-25, An Ordinance To Amend Title 18 - Water And Sewer, Assessing A Monthly Availability Charge Where Sewer Access Is Available Even If The Customer Has Not Connected To The Sewer. (8/13/19 WS, 8/27/19 BOMA 1st Reading 8-0) SECOND AND FINAL READING.
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Purpose
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning, the monthly sanitary sewer charge for property owners with both available sewer and a functioning septic system that have elected to not connect to the City's public sanitary sewer system.
Background
The Franklin Board of Mayor and Alderman have, on behalf of the citizens of Franklin, invested in public water and sanitary sewer systems and in this process, has made public sewer available to properties (adjacent to or within 200 feet of the property line or easement on which the principal structure is located) having a functioning septic system. The City of Franklin allows property owners with available sewer and a functioning septic system to elect not to connect to the public sanitary sewer system provided that, among other things, they pay a monthly sanitary sewer charge based upon water usage from the date the sanitary sewer is available. The City always endeavors to equitably charge fees for services provided by the Water Management Department to provide for ongoing repair, replacement and capacity improvements. As such, desirous to charge fees for such availability to aptly respond to best practices, it was determined that the equitable charge, for those septic system customers with sewer availability, be the monthly availability charge rather than a charge based on water consumption. The charging of the monthly availability...
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