TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Amending Water and Wastewater Capacity Fees; Amending the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Section 78-30; Providing for Findings; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date.
Recommended Action
Option 1: Adopt Ordinance as presented.
City Commission Options
Option 1: Adopt Ordinance as presented.
* Pros: Provides the Utilities Department the ability to fund capacity related infrastructure through capacity fees.
* Cons: Customers constructing new residential homes and businesses will have an increased cost if they construct where municipal water and/or wastewater services are available.
Option 2: Adopt capacity fees of a lesser amount than presented.
* Pros: Provides the Utilities Department the ability to fund some capacity related infrastructure through capacity fees.
* Cons: The capital needs of the utility will not change, therefore, adopting a lesser amount will cause the need for user rates or other revenues to subsidize the revenue requirement shortfall.
Option 3: Deny the Ordinance and do not increase the capacity fees.
* Pros: The capacity fees will not change; therefore, it will not have an additional financial impact on residential or commercial construction in relation to municipal water and/or wastewater connection fees.
* Cons: The infrastructure identified in the rate analysis will still need to be completed, As a result, additional funding sources must be identified, or the costs will need to be covered through utility user rates, placing the financial burden of growth-related infrastructure on current utility customers.
Background Information
The Utilities Department budgeted for a Comprehensive Rate Analysis to be conducted during Fiscal Year 2025. As a best management practice, this stu...
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