City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0413

• File #: 09-0413
• Version: 0
• Name: Water and Sewer Service Rates and Charges - Domestic Users
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 10/19/2009
• In control: City Council
• Title: Water and Sewer Service Rates and Charges - Domestic Users FOR the purpose of requiring water and sewer service rates and charges for certain domestic users to be based exclusively on the amount of water consumed by the user and not contain any periodic minimum charge; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related language; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the rates and charges for water and sewer services
• Sponsors: President Young, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, William H. Cole, IV, Helen L. Holton, Mary Pat Clarke, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, Belinda Conaway, Warren Branch, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Charge , Rate, Sewer, Water

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/22/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/22/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/22/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/22/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/19/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
10/19/2009	0	City Council	Assigned

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: Councilmember Young

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Water and Sewer Service Rates and Charges - Domestic Users

FOR the purpose of requiring water and sewer service rates and charges for certain domestic users to be based exclusively on the amount of water consumed by the user and not contain any periodic minimum charge; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related language; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the rates and charges for water and sewer services
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 24 - Water
Section(s) 3-5
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 25 - Sewers
Section(s) 13-2 and 13-3(a)
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:

Baltimore City Code

Article 24. Water

Subtitle 3. Setting Rates and Charges; Expenditures

§ 35. Setting rates and charges.

(a) In general.

It [shall be] IS the duty of the Director of Finance and the Director of Public Works to recommend, and the duty of the Board of Estimates to ESTABLISH:



(1) [establish] rates and charges to make each utility financially selfsustaining at all times; and

(2) [adjust the] ADJUSTED rates AND CHA...