Admin Order 58-22-15-F -- Final WW User Fees

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Administrative Order - Page 1 of 2 MR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-22-15-F of the City Manager of the City of Eugene SETTING WASTEWATER USER FEES AND SUPERSEDING THE FEE SCHEDULE ADOPTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-21-06-F. The City Manager of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. Section 6.411 of the Eugene, Code, 1971 (EC), authorizes the City Manager to determine and set fees and charges to be imposed by the City for wastewater service, regional wastewater service, and stormwater service. Pursuant to that authority, on May 17, 2021, I issued Administrative Order No. 58-21-06-F making the most recent changes to the wastewater user fees and adopting an updated Wastewater User Fee Schedule. B. On March 14, 2022, I issued Administrative Order No. 58-22-15, ordering that notice be given of the opportunity to submit written comments on my proposal to set new wastewater user fees. The Notice specified that comments on the proposed rates for local (City of Eugene) wastewater service could be submitted orally at the public hearing which would be held remotely on April 6, 2022, at noon using virtual meeting technology, and that written comments could otherwise be submitted to the City’s Public Works Financial Manager until 5 p.m. on April 6, 2022. The Notice further provided that comments on the proposed rates for regional (MWMC) wastewater service could be submitted at the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission virtual meeting on Friday, April 8, 2022, at 7:30 a.m., and that written comments could otherwise be submitted to the MWMC Secretary until 9 a.m. on April 8, 2022. One comment was submitted which is addressed in the City Manager’s Findings attached as Exhibit B to this Order. C. Based on my investigation of the revenue needs of the City in providing wastewater services using the criteria in EC 6.411(2), and after considering the comment that was submitted, I find that the wastewater user fees should be amended as proposed. (See Exhibit B) D. The unamended wastewater user fees adopted by Administrative Order No. 58-21- 06-F are incorporated into the Fee Schedule attached as Exhibit A to this Order. On the basis of these findings, I order that: 1. A copy of this Order shall be promptly forwarded to the Mayor and City Councilors. Unless reviewed by the Council pursuant to EC 6.411(1)(f), this Order shall become final on the 11th day after the date it is rendered. 2. Notwithstanding the effective date of this Order as set forth above, the Wastewater User Fee Schedule attached as Exhibit A to this Order is the schedule of fees to be charged for the