§ 27-284. Wholesale wastewater customers.

(a)

Wholesale wastewater service shall be provided to the City of Gulfport; the City of South Pasadena; Bear Creek Sanitary Sewer District, Pinellas County; Ft. Desoto, Pinellas County; the City of Treasure Island; and Tierra Verde Utilities, Inc. at a uniform volume rate of $3,801.00 per million gallons for wholesale wastewater service effective October 1, 2018, based upon metered wastewater flows.

(b)

Wastewater service may be provided to other wholesale customers in accordance with agreements as approved by City Council and at the same rates and surcharges as adopted in subsection (a) of this section.

(c)

Upon expiration of existing contracts, wholesale customers continuing to receive wastewater service shall be charged those rates and surcharges as adopted in subsection (a) of this section. Those customers located outside of the City limits shall also be charged an additional 25 percent surcharge applied to the total wastewater charges billed.

(d)

Wholesale wastewater service shall be provided to the City of St. Pete Beach at an estimated rate including a uniform operation and maintenance volume rate of $2,274.00 per million gallons and a monthly capital charge of $123,707.00 for wholesale wastewater service effective October 1, 2018. At the end of each fiscal year, actual rates for the fiscal year will be determined in accordance with the terms of the agreement for wholesale wastewater service between the City of St. Petersburg and the City of St. Pete Beach.

(Code 1973, § 28-46; Code 1992, § 27-192; Ord. No. 1146-F, § 12, 11-30-1989; Ord. No. 2003-F, § 7, 9-27-1990; Ord. No. 2084-F, § 4, 9-5-1991; Ord. No. 176-G, § 10, 9-22-1994; Ord. No. 208-G, § 5, 10-26-1995; Ord. No. 247-G, § 5, 10-3-1996; Ord. No. 358-G, § 4, 12-17-1998; Ord. No. 411-G, § 4, 12-16-1999; Ord. No. 440-G, § 2, 9-21-2000; Ord. No. 518-G, §§ 1—3, 2-21-2002; Ord. No. 554-G, §§ 4—6, 9-19-2002; Ord. No. 609-G, § 5, 9-18-2003; Ord. No. 683-G, § 6, 9-16-2004; Ord. No. 750-G, § 6, 9-15-2005; Ord. No. 790-G, § 5, 9-21-2006; Ord. No. 846-G, § 7, 9-20-2007; Ord. No. 895-G, § 7, 9-18-2008; Ord. No. 948-G, § 7, 9-17-2009; Ord. No. 994-G, § 11, 9-16-2010; Ord. No. 1031-G, § 10, 9-22-2011; Ord. No. 44-H, § 9, 9-20-2012; Ord. No. 84-H, § 7, 9-19-2013; Ord. No. 124-H, § 1, 8-28-2014; Ord. No. 132-H, § 6, 9-18-2014; Ord. No. 193-H, § 6, 9-17-2015; Ord. No. 242-H, § 6, 9-22-2016; Ord. No. 299-H, § 2, 9-21-2017; Ord. No. 343-H, § 6, 8-23-2018)