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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 48-28 AND ADDING NEW SECTION 48-28.1 TO THE DULUTH CITY CODE [REPLACEMENT].
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CITY PROPOSAL:
That the City does ordain
Section 1. That Chapter 48, Article I, Section 28 of the Duluth City Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 48-28. Disposition of money collected under chapter.
(a) Except as provided for in subsections (b), and (c)-(e) below, all money collected or recovered under the provisions of this Chapter shall be paid into the water and gas fund for the benefit and use of the department or by resolution of the city council for the benefit and use of the city;
(b) For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter ascribed to them:
(1) PILOT shall mean those funds authorized to be transferred out of the gas division account in any year pursuant to the authority of Laws, 1951, Chapter 507, Section 1, as amended by Laws 1993, Chapter 148, Section 1;
(2) Base PILOT shall mean $3,600,000 beginning in 2014 and increased annually thereafter by the preceding year change in consumer price index for all consumers (CPI-U), for U.S. city average issued by the bureau of labor statistics of the U.S. department of labor or its successor index;
(3) Current PILOT shall mean the PILOT for the year then current; and
(4) Incremental PILOT shall mean the difference between the base PILOT and the current PILOT in any year.
(c) The base PILOT shall be deposited in the general fund;
(d) The incremental PILOT shall be deposited in the street system utility fund; and
(e) The water infrastructure surcharge shall be deposited in the water infrastructure fund.
Section 2. That Chapter 48, Article I, Section 28 of the Duluth City Code is hereby amended by adding a new section 48-28.1 as follows:
Sec. 48-28.1. Water Infrastructure Surcharge.
(a) In order to continue to provide safe, potable water, the city, under order from the United States Environmental Protection Agency must m...
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