- Introduced by: Corkran
- 1st Reading (05/12/2025)
Whereas, the Village of Chagrin Falls has been required to modernize and improve its Wastewater Treatment Plant due to various regulations, and the age of the Wastewater Treatment Plant and as a result it is necessary to impose a fixed capital improvement charge to each sewer customer account to reduce and ultimately pay the wastewater treatment plant modernization and improvement debt; and
Whereas, the Village Council has determined that a quarterly fixed capital improvement charge of Thirty-Five Dollars ($35.00) should be imposed on each sewer customer account in order to pay the existing debt in twenty years.
Now Therefore, Be It Ordained by the Council of the Village of Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga County, State of Ohio:
Section 1. That existing Section 917.04 of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Chagrin Falls is hereby amended to add subsection (k) to reads as follows:
- (k) A quarterly fixed capital improvement charge of Thirty-Five Dollars ($35.00) per quarter year shall be applied to each sewer customer account, effective with the billing cycle starting July 1, 2025, to remain in place for a period of twenty (20) years concluding with the billing cycle ending June 30, 2045, unless modified or eliminated by Council, for the purpose of servicing existing wastewater treatment plant modernization and improvement debt incurred by the Village. The capital improvement charge shall be the same amount for accounts servicing premises inside and outside the corporate limits of the Municipality.
Section 2. The capital improvement charge to impose upon each sewer customer shall commence for the first month of the billing cycle starting on July 1, 2025, and will be imposed on any new account that is established during each quarterly billing cycle in the full amount of the then quarterly fixed capital improvement charge, without proration for any portion of a quarter when service was not yet provided.
Section 3. That actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this legislation were adopted in lawful meetings of this Council and that all deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in compliance with all legal requirements, including Chapter 114 of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Chagrin Falls.
Section 4. That in accordance with Section 113.01 of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Chagrin Falls, public notice of this Ordinance shall be given by posting a copy thereof for not less than fifteen (15) days on the Village website.
Section 5. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety of the inhabitants of the Village and for the further reason that this Ordinance must be immediately effective for the charge to become effective July 1, 2025 in order to timely and properly service the wastewater treatment plant modernization and improvement debt; wherefore, provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of all members elected to Council, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor, otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law.