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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1314-8 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SECTION 21-112 OF CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, CONTINGENT ON VOTER APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1314-9 BY INCREASING THE SEWER SERVICE RATES BY AN ADDITIONAL ONE DOLLAR AND TEN CENTS ($1.10) PER MONTH FOR A BASE SEWER CHARGE OF FIVE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($5.00) AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE DOLLAR AND TEN CENTS ($1.10) PER THOUSAND GALLONS OF SEWAGE TREATMENT FOR A SEWER USE CHARGE OF TWO DOLLARS AND SEVENTY CENTS ($2.70) PER THOUSAND GALLONS OF SEWAGE TREATMENT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SAID INCREASE SUBJECT TO VOTER APPROVAL; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF.
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BACKGROUND: The Wastewater Master Plan (WWMP), adopted by the Norman Utilities Authority (NUA) in 2001, recommended that facilities treating an average daily design flow (ADF) of 21.5 million gallons per day (MGD) would ultimately be needed to serve the citizens of Norman. The WWMP recommended expansion of the South Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) from 12 to 17 MGD and construction of a new North WRF with an ultimate ADF of 4.5 MGD.
In 2001, in addition to funds generated by ratepayers, the voters approved establishment and funding of three new wastewater funding sources to address existing and future wastewater system needs. The existing Wastewater Fund (WWF) was supplemented by the Sewer Maintenance Fund (SMF), the Sewer Excise Tax Fund (SET), and the Sewer Sales Tax Fund (SST). Revenues are generated by usage fees (WWF), by the $5 per month sewer maintenance rate (SMR) for collection system rehabilitation, by a temporary 5-year 1/2 percent sales tax (SST) to fund existing and obligated wastewater system needs, and a sewer excise tax to fund future wastewater system needs resulting from new development.
Efforts to implement the 2001 WWMP are outlined below. The 2001 WWMP recommended constr...
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