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Public Works <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> I' N E W S R E L E A S E Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> May 13, 1!993 <br /> CONTACT:Glen Svendsen, Public Works Financial Analyst, 687-5257 <br /> From Sand'~^a Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDIIATE RELEASE <br /> PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON PROPOSED SEWER USER FEE INCREASE <br /> An administrative hearing to discuss the proposed changes to the city of <br /> Eugene'slsewer user rates is scheduled for Friday, May 14j a~the Eugene <br /> a <br /> Public Wdrks Department, 858 Pearl Street, in the Central Building conference <br /> room. The city is proposing an increase in the city's portion of the <br /> sanitary sewer user fees for FY94. There is no increase in the Metropolitan <br /> <br /> j <br /> Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) sanitary sewer user fee or the city <br /> of Eugene storm drainage user fee. If adopted, the new fees would become <br /> effectiv$ July 1, 1993. <br /> The charges are based on the amount of water consumed by users and are <br /> billed according to water meter readings. The proposed average residential <br /> user increase is $1.26 a month. The proposed increase for commercial users <br /> is $0.21'~,per 1,000 gallons of water used. Commercial users are defined as <br /> low-strength, medium-strength, or high-strength users, based on the <br /> characteristics of the water they discharge. <br /> Accprding to Glen Svendsen, a financial analyst for the Eugene Public <br /> Works De artment, assuming the average household uses 6,000 gallons of water <br /> each mon h, the average monthly billing for a single-family residence inside <br /> the Eugene city limits would be $18.71. The same family would have paid <br /> <br />