HomeMy WebLinkAbout4442 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. '� Li 1-iZ
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Pasco, amending Pasco Municipal Code
Section 3.85.010 (Definitions), and Section 3.85.040 (Monthly utility service fees
and rates).
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 4369 was adopted and took effect on January 1, 2018, and
PMC 3.05.025, subsection B) was amended to require different classification of customers and
resulted in different rates, and
NOW, THEREFORE, The City Council has determined that certain amendments to the
municipal code regarding definitions and ambulance service fund classifications are needed, as
follows:
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. PMC Section 3.85.010 Definitions is hereby amended and shall read as follows:
For the purpose of this chapter, these terms shall have the following meanings:
"Availability costs" means those costs attributable to the basic infrastructure needed to respond
to a single call for service within the utility's response criteria, including costs for dispatch, labor,
training of personnel, equipment, patient care supplies, and maintenance of equipment.
"Commercial/Bbusiness" means any business Lmfer to definitions in 5.05.010I located and
operating within the City and paying a utility service fee under this chapter including
hotelslmotels, and assisted livinci facilities.
"Demand costs" means those costs that are attributable to the burden placed upon the ambulance
service by individual calls for ambulance service. Demand calls shall include costs relating to
frequency of calls, distances from hospitals, and other factors identified in a costs -of -service study
conducted to assess burdens imposed on the ambulance utility.
" Em to ee" means ajiy person who erforms work labor, or services for a business and is on the
business a roll. The term "em to ee" also includes self-employed person, sole proprietors,
owners mana ers, partners, and all full-time art -time and temporary employee on the business
payroll.
"Equivalent residential unit" shall mean a unit of measure to express the number of people
dwelling in a single-family residence as provided by Office of Financial Management;
'"Family residential" means each single-family dwelling within the City as defined by PMC
25.15.060.
"Full-time equivalent" shall mean the ratio of total number of paid hours during a year divided by
the number of working hours in that year (1,920 hours).
"Industrial" means any industrial facility as permitted under Chapters 25.115 and 25.120 PMC
located and operating within the City and paying a utility service fee under this chapter.
"Multifamily residential" means each unit, space, apartment or lot available for rent or lease within
a multiple dwelling unit, including group, convalescent home, mobile or manufactured home parks
and condominiums. Multifamily residential units do not include hotels, motels, rooming houses,
or recreational vehicle parks, each of which is included within the "commercial/business" definition
above.
"Resident" means a person who utilizes a dwelling unit inside the City as a fixed abode, and is
not a guest, visitor, or other temporary inhabitant. A student who is regularly enrolled in an
educational institution outside the City, but who would normally and regularly be a City resident,
but for attendance at such educational institution, shall be deemed to reside within the City.
Types of Service. To distinguish between nonemergency and emergency services the following
definitions shall apply:
(a) "Emergency medical services" shall mean an apparent sudden need of medical attention
based on injury or other unforeseen acute physical or mental event, which poses an
immediate threat to life or physical well-being;
(b) "Transport" shall mean the movement of a patient by ambulance from the scene of an
emergency to the closest appropriate hospital;
(c) "Nontransport medical services" shall mean where a person receives medical services or
treatment by Pasco ambulance personnel and is not transported to a medical facility by
the ambulance;
(d) "Transfer" shall mean the movement of a patient by ambulance from or between one
hospital to another, to a medical facility, to a residence, to an airport for transfer to
another city, to another city or to any other designated location.
"Utility" means the City of Pasco ambulance service utility, including without limitation all
equipment, employees, agents, supplies, overhead and other associated costs incurred to deliver
all regulatory and ambulance services.
Section 2. PMC Section 3.85.040 Monthly utility service fees and rates, section (2)
Classifications, is hereby amended and shall read as follows:
(2) Classifications. The monthly service fee shall be determined, in part, based upon the
identified types of service provided to end users, including residential, accident scene response,
health ear-efaeiloties. , public facilities and other identified ambulance service users.
The monthly service fee shall be assessed on each of the following utility user classifications:
(a) Single -Family Residential. Each residential unit shall be assessed as one ERU per
residence in the amount indicated in the fee schedule in PMC 3.35.010.
(b) Multifamily Residential. Each residential unit shall be assessed as one ERU per
residential tfity unit in the amount indicated in the fee schedule in PMC 3.35.010.
(c) Commercial/Business/Industrial. Each business shall be assessed a monthly base utility
charge in the amount indicated in the schedule of fees and charges for each ERU in PMC
3.35.010. The number of ERU shall be calculated by dividing the total number of FTEs
employed by such business or industry by the number representing the average household
size of residential and housing units within the City (as published and updated by Office
of Financial Management of the State of Washington) computed on an annual basis. If
there are multiple businesses located at one utility account location the FTEs em to ed
for all businesses will be used in the calculation. The City reserves the right to uj2date the
business FTEs based on information received from the business and/or official data
collected by the State of Washington. Utility account owner will receive notification of any
changes made by the City.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall take full force and effect five days after its approval,
passage and publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco this 3 day of June 2019.
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Matt Watkins, Mayor
ATTR: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Ang la Pashon, C4 Clerk
5Erik.Fe7 on, City Attorney