HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2023.013 Retroactively Waiving All Water Meter Monthly Base Rate and Wastewater Monthly Service Fees Required Under Section 14-6-1 of the Marana Town Code MARANA ORDINANCE NO. 2023.013
RELATING TO FINANCE; RETROACTIVELY WAIVING ALL WATER METER
MONTHLY BASE RATE AND WASTEWATER MONTHLY SERVICE FEES REQUIRED
UNDER SECTION 14-6-1 OF THE MARANA TOWN CODE, ALONG WITH ANY
ASSOCIATED FEES,FOR ALL MARANA WATER AND WASTEWATER CUSTOMERS
THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED ON THE WATER DEPARTMENT'S VACATION
DISCONNECT LIST BEYOND THE SIX-MONTH VACATION DISCONNECT PERIOD
FROM THE TIME THESE CUSTOMERS EXCEEDED THE SIX-MONTH VACATION
DISCONNECT PERIOD UP UNTIL MAY 2, 2023
WHEREAS the Town Council is authorized by A.R.S. § 9-240(A) to control the
finances of the Town; and
WHEREAS Section 14-6-1 of the Marana Town Code requires Marana water and
wastewater customers to be charged monthly fees for utility service; and
WHEREAS the Town Council, via Ordinance No. 2021.008, adopted an amended
comprehensive fee schedule on May 18, 2021, which was made a public record by and
attached as Exhibit A to Resolution No. 2021-071; and
WHEREAS from time to time the Town Council has adopted amendments to the
comprehensive fee schedule, most recently on October 18, 2022, via Ordinance No.
2022.023; and
WHEREAS the comprehensive fee schedule includes water meter monthly base
rate fees and wastewater monthly service fees; and
WHEREAS Section 14-6-3(P) of the Marana Town Code establishes a vacation
service fee for customers on vacation and the comprehensive fee schedule states that
interruption of service and billing pursuant to the vacation service fee is good for up to
six months; and
WHEREAS over the years, the Water Department has paused billing and added
customers to its vacation disconnect list; and
WHEREAS during the vacation disconnect period,the billing meter is shut off and
padlocked, which does not allow for any water consumption; and
WHEREAS in January of 2023,the Marana Water Department implemented a new
Customer Information System (CIS), which is used for billing all water and wastewater
customers; and
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WHEREAS the new CIS has automated processing capabilities, and it recently has
uncovered at least 33 customer accounts on vacation disconnect status beyond the
allowable six-month period; and
WHEREAS the Water Department has identified and put measures in place to
prevent this issue from reoccurring going forward and recommends that the monthly
water and wastewater base rate fees, along with any associated fees, for all water and
wastewater customers that have been on the vacation disconnect list beyond the six-
month vacation disconnect period be waived up until the effective date of this ordinance;
and
WHEREAS the Town Mayor and Council of the of
yMarana find that waiving the
fees addressed in this ordinance is in the best interests of the Town and its residents.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of
Marana, Arizona, as follows:
SECTION 1. All water meter monthly base rate and wastewater monthly service
fees required under Section 14-6-1 of the Marana Town Code, along with any associated
fees, including late fees, as included in the Town's comprehensive fee schedule adopted
by the Town Council and amended from time to time, for all Marana water and
wastewater customers that have been included on the Water Department's vacation
disconnect list beyond the six-month vacation disconnect period are hereby retroactively
waived beginning from the time these customers exceeded the six-month disconnect
period up until May 2, 2023. Notwithstanding the waiver of these fees for these
customers, all Marana water and wastewater customers shall still be required to pay all
other required rates and fees.
SECTION 2. The various town officers and employees are authorized and directed
to perform all acts necessary or desirable to give effect to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. All ordinances, resolutions, or motions and parts of ordinances,
resolutions, or motions of the Council in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are
hereby repealed, effective as of the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of the
this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of
any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. This ordinance is administrative, and shall be effective immediately.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana,
Arizona, this 2nd day of May, 2023.
Mayor Ed Honea
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Davis4000/110.
L. Udall, Town Clerk Ja/rairall, Town Attorney
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MARANA AZ
ESTABLISHED 1977
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