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Attachment A Chapter 109: Procedures for Adoption of Municipal Utility Fees Sections: 109.01 Applicability 109.02 Proposed Municipal Utility Fees; Notice of Meeting 109.03 Notice of Proposed Utility Fees 190.04 Adoption of Final Budget and Utility Fees 109.01 Applicability. This chapter shall apply to all regular, periodically-recurring base fees and usage fees charged by the City to utility customers or property owners as prescribed in chapters 403, 801, 802, and 803 of this Code. Special, not periodically-recurring charges, fees, penalties, deposits, or assessments shall not be subject to the requirements of this chapter. 109.02 Proposed Municipal Utility Fees; Notice of Meeting A. On or before September 15 of each year, at a regularly scheduled meeting, the City Council shall adopt by resolution a proposed budget for each department or utility to which this chapter is applicable, along with proposed base fees and usage fees, as applicable, required to support the proposed budget and capital needs of such departments or utilities. B. At the same meeting at which the proposed budget and fees are adopted, the City Council shall set the time and place of its subsequent regularly scheduled meetings at which the final budget and fees will be discussed, and at which the public will be allowed to speak. 109.03 Notice of Proposed Utility Fees A. The City shall prepare and deliver after November 10 and on or before November 24 of each year, by first class mail to each utility customer or property owner at the address listed on the utility account or property tax record, as applicable, a notice of proposed utility fees as adopted in accordance with Section 109.02. Upon written request by the utility customer or property owner, the notice may be sent in an electronic form substantially the same as a mailed notice. B. The City Manager or his or her designee shall prescribe the form of the notice. C. The notice must contain, at a minimum,, the following.- 1. The name,, address,, and applicable City utility account number(s) for which the notice applies; 2. The current base fees and usage fees, by Utility, Department, or Code Chapter, as applicable, that may apply to the noticee, subject to actual utility usage; 3. The most recent total annual cost,, or estimate thereof if based on partial-year data, to the noticee for each Utility, Department, or Code Chapter for which the noticee was charged by the City; 4 . The sum total of the amounts in paragraph 3 above; 5. The proposed base fees and usage fees, by Utility, Department, or Code Chapter, as applicable, as adopted in accordance with section 190.02 that may apply to the noticee, usage; subject to actual utility I