§ 34-130 — Meter trip fee

Sec. 34-130. - Meter trip fee.

A customer requesting assistance from SAWS to turn-off or turn-on water flow via the meter serving the customer shall be assessed a fee of twelve dollars ($12.00) for each trip required by a SAWS employee to satisfy the customer's request. This fee shall also be assessed for each trip necessary by a SAWS employee to turn-on water flow via a meter whenever a customer requests new water service from SAWS. For a customer who qualifies for participation in the SAWS Uplift Assistance Program, the meter trip fee amount shall be six dollars ($6.00). This fee amounts are effective January 1, 2023. The fee amount shall be adjusted on January 1 of each year thereafter by the percentage difference (greater than zero (0)) between the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) as it is calculated by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics at the end of the month of July prior to the next year and as it was calculated at the end of the month of July one (1) year earlier, and subsequently rounded to the nearest dollar. SAWS will periodically perform a cost of service analysis to ensure that the fee charged does not exceed the cost of providing the service.

(Ord. No. 2007-12-13-1345, § 2(Att. B), 12-13-07; Ord. No. 2022-11-10-0867, § 2(Att. II), 11-10-22)