Rate establishment procedures.
Columbus City Codes § 1147.05
in effect1147.05 - Rate establishment procedures.
Rates shall be established by city council after a recommendation from the sewer and water advisory board, who shall review the rates annually. Rates shall be designed to recover the cost of rendering sewerage service for the year under consideration. Rates shall be established so as to maintain adequate fund reserves to provide for reasonably expected variations in the cost of providing services, as well as variations in the demand for services.
The Director of Columbus Water & Power shall prepare an annual sewer rate report with a recommended rate schedule. This report shall contain data utilized in the determination of said sewer rates. The report will be presented to the Sewer and Water Advisory Board on or before the second Monday of September of each year. The Sewer and Water Advisory Board shall make a recommendation to City Council on or before the last Monday of October of each year, concerning appropriate sewer rates to become effective January 1 of each year.
The Director of Columbus Water & Power shall annually notify in conjunction with the regular billing process, all users of the sewer charge rate being charged and the portion of the sewer service charge attributable to the operation, maintenance and replacement costs of the Division of Water Reclamation.
(Ord. 478-92; Ord. No. 1682-2025, §§ 3, 4, 6-30-2025; Ord. No. 1882-2026, § 1, 6-29-2026)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT11WASEELCO_CH1147SECH_1147.05RAESPRFetched: 10/27/2026