HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - 21-55 - 10/18/2021 - Water & Sewer RatesCITY OF MCHENRY
MCHENRY COUNTY
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Ordinance 21-55
An Ordinance Amending Title 9, Subsection 9-2C-5 B: Waterworks
User Rates; and Title 9, Subsection 9-4B-1 F: Metered Users Service
Charges of the McHenry City Code
Passed by the
Mayor and City Council
Of the
City of McHenry
McHenry County
State of Illinois
October 18, 2021
Published in pamphlet form by authority of the Mayor and City Council of the City
of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois this 19th day of October, 2021.
ORDINANCE NO. 21-55
An Ordinance Amending Title 9, Subsection 9-2C-5 B: Waterworks User
Rates; and Title 9, Subsection 9-4B-1 F: Metered Users Service Charges of the
McHenry City Code
WHEREAS, the City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, is a home rule
municipality as contemplated under Article VII, Section 6, of the Constitution of the State of
Illinois, and the passage of this Ordinance constitutes an exercise of the City’s home rule powers
and functions as granted in the Constitution of the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Water and Sewer Rates are reviewed annually and may be adjusted based
on the actual operational, maintenance and capital improvement needs of the municipality.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1: Title 9-2C-5 Subsection B of the McHenry City Code is amended in it’s
entirety, to read as follows:
B. Rates: Water user rates shall be as follows on or after January 1, 2022:
Within the corporate limits of the City:
Class 1 uses: $3.82 per 1,000 gallons
Class 2 uses: $4.09 per 1,000 gallons
Outside corporate limits of the City:
Class 1 uses: $5.73 per 1,000 gallons
Class 2 uses: $6.14 per 1,000 gallons
In addition, on and after January 1, 2022, each user shall pay base charge with each bi-
monthly invoice, which shall be applied to operations and maintenance and capital costs
associated with the City’s waterworks system based upon the following table:
Within corporate limits of the City for Class 1 uses: $8.00
Outside corporate limits of the City for Class 1 uses: $12.00
Within corporate limits of the City for Class 2 uses: $225.93
Outside corporate limits of the City for Class 2 uses: $334.90
Within corporate limits of the City for Class 3 uses: $313.11
Outside corporate limits of the City for Class 3 uses: $465.66
In the event that a user’s water account with the City is inactive, such user shall
nonetheless still be billed for such base charge even in the absence of any use of water.
In the event that City water is being utilized through a single water meter servicing more
than one category of user, the user category utilizing the largest percentage of water shall
be the applicable rate payable for all such water being utilized at such location.
SECTION 2: Title 9-4B-1 Subsection F.1. of the McHenry City Code is amended, in its
entirety, to read as follows:
F.User Rates: Basic user rates shall be reflected in the May billing year for metered service.
1.Effective on and after January 1, 2022, the sewer rates shall be as follows for
metered uses:
Within the corporate limits of the City:
Class 1 uses: $4.20 per 1,000 gallons
Class 2 uses: $4.06 per 1,000 gallons
Outside corporate limits of the City:
Class 1 uses: $6.30 per 1,000 gallons
Class 2 uses: $6.09 per 1,000 gallons
In addition, on and after January 1, 2022, each user shall pay a base charge with each bi-
monthly invoice, which shall be applied to operations and maintenance and capital costs
associated with the City’s sewer treatment and collection system as well as operating and
maintenance expenses associated with such system based upon the following table:
Within corporate limits of the City for Class 1 uses: $7.00
Outside corporate limits of the City for Class 1 uses: $10.50
Within corporate limits of the City for Class 2 uses: $197.69
Outside corporate limits of the City for Class 2 uses: $293.04
Within corporate limits of the City for Class 3 uses: $273.97
Outside corporate limits of the City for Class 3 uses: $407.45
SECTION 3: Title 9-4B-1 Subsection F.6. of the McHenry City Code is amended, in its
entirety, to read as follows:
In addition, on and after January 1, 2022, for each user (metered and nonmetered) of the City’s
sewerage works, there is hereby established an adjusted “2015 IEPA fixed debt service charge”
in the following amount, to be paid bimonthly to the City, and the revenues received from this
IEPA fixed debt service charge shall be solely dedicated to the repayment of the loan received by
the City from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, pursuant to its Water Pollution
Control Loan Program, in accordance with City Ordinance 21- , dated October 18, 2021,
adopted by the City Council on October 18, 2021:
Within corporate limits of the City for Class 1 uses: $24.53
Outside corporate limits of the City for Class 1 uses: $36.80
Within corporate limits of the City for Class 2 uses: $2,003.07
Outside corporate limits of the City for Class 2 uses: $3,004.61
Within corporate limits of the City for Class 3 uses: $2,804.29
Outside corporate limits of the City for Class 3 uses: $4,206.44
SECTION 4: If any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, sentence or provision of this
Ordinance shall be adjudged by any Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment
shall not affect, impair, invalidate or nullify the remainder thereof, which remainder shall remain
and continue in full force and effect.
SECTION 5: All ordinances, or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 6: This ordinance shall be in full effect upon its passage, approval and
publication in pamphlet form (which publication is hereby authorized) as provided by law.
Passed and approved this 18th day of October, 2021.
Ayes Nays Absent Abstain
Alderman Devine __x__ _____ _____ _____
Alderman Glab ____ __x__ _____ _____
Alderman Harding __x__ _____ _____ _____
Alderman McClatchey ____ __x__ _____ _____
Alderwoman Miller __x__ _____ _____ _____
Alderman Santi __x__ _____ _____ _____
Alderman Strach __x__ _____ _____ _____
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Wayne Jett, Mayor Monte Johnson, Deputy City Clerk