586-23 Water Service Call ChargesORDINANCE NO.586-23
AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY
DISTRICT AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE CODE APPENDIX FEE SCHEDULE
SECTIONS 3.1.52 AND 3.1.53 AND SUPERSEDING ORDINANCE NO.528-11
REGARDING WATER SERVICE CALL CHARGES
Be it enacted by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, County
of El Dorado, State of California, as follows:
SECTION I - POLICY AND PURPOSE
The purpose of this Ordinance is to adopt certain changes to the Administrative Code
regarding charges for water service calls.
SECTION II — DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Ordinance, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
A. The District — The South Tahoe Public Utility District.
B. The Board — The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District.
C. Administrative Code — The compilation and codification of all of the
Administrative, Water and Sewer Ordinances of the District, which establish the
authority and the principles for the decisions of the District, and provide the
public with guidelines applicable to District operations.
D. Service Call — shall mean the disconnection or reconnection of a water service
connection at a water user's request, or for non-payment of the water user's
account, to prevent property damage in the event of broken pipes, or for a
violation of any of the Ordinances, rules and regulations of the District.
E. Customer Service Valve — shall mean a valve which controls all water supply
outlets so that the water can be turned on or off to any individual or separate
building.
F. Regular Working Hours — shall be from 7:00am to 5:30pm, Monday through
Friday, excluding holidays.
SECTION III — FINDINGS
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, El Dorado County,
State of California, makes the following findings:
1. The Administrative Code provides schedules of charges for water service calls responded
to by District employees, including separate charges for service calls requested during regular
working hours and service calls requested outside of regular working hours and on holidays.
2. The District incurs labor and other costs responding to water service calls.
3. District customers should be required to pay for District costs associated with responding
to water service calls at their property.
4. The proposed water service call charge schedules reflect the cost of labor and other
expenses incurred by the District in responding to such calls. The proposed charges are
approximately equal to the costs of responding to water service calls, and do not exceed the costs
incurred by the District.
5. The Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the health and safety of the
District and its customers to adopt the proposed water service call charge schedules.
SECTION IV — AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE APPENDIX FEE
SCHEDULES
Administrative Code Appendix Fee Schedule, Sections 3.1.52 and 3.1.53 shall be
amended in their entirety as follows:
3.1.52 WATER SERVICE CALL CHARGES FOR CALLS DURING REGULAR
WORKING HOURS
The charge for each service call requested during regular working hours, as those hours
are defined in this Administrative Code, shall be the greater of $75.00 or the total of the
District's actual labor and equipment costs.
If a customer requests a service call to disconnect water service and subsequently
requests a service call to reconnect water service at the same property within five business days
of the initial call, there shall not be a charge for the subsequent service call.
If a Customer Service Valve is installed at the time of the service call, a total of $75.00
shall be waived. Proof of installation is required and shall be provided by the customer.
3.1.53 WATER SERVICE CALL CHARGES FOR SERVICE CALLS OUTSIDE
REGULAR WORKING HOURS
The charge for each service call made outside of regular working hours, excluding
holidays, shall be the greater of $190.00 or the total of the District's actual labor and equipment
costs. The charge for each service call made on a legal holiday shall be the greater of $240.00 or
the total of the District's actual labor and equipment costs.
SECTION V — SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance and its implementing rules and regulations is for any reason held to be
unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance or the Administrative Code. The Board of Directors declares and determines that
it would have passed section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
thereof of this Ordinance and its implementing rules and regulations and the Administrative
Code irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be determined to be unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION VI — EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance amending the above referenced sections of the Administrative Code shall
take effect thirty days after its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility
District at its duly held regular meeting on the 20th day of April, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: Romsos, Peterson, Sheehan
NOES: None
ABSENT: Haven, Exline �(2
David Peterson, President
South Tahoe Public Utility District
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ATTEST: _
Melonie Guttry, Clerk of the oard
South Tahoe Public Utility District