Town Code & Ordinances Ordinance — 2020-07-01
Ordinance July 1, 2020 · 2 page(s)
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Ordinance 20-01 adopts the Town of Queenstown’s General Budget and an enterprise Water/Sewer Budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2020–June 30, 2021. It sets the town tax rates at $0.1867 per $100 of assessed real property value and $0.47 per $100 for commercial/business/personal property and public utilities, and implements the second of three annual 5% increases to monthly water and sewer usage rates as previously approved by Ordinance 19-03. The ordinance incorporates Exhibits A (General Budget) and B (Water/Sewer Budget), includes tiered monthly volumetric water and sewer charges effective July 1, 2020, and states it becomes effective July 1, 2020. The document was introduced by Thomas B. Willis, Jr. and signed by the Town Commissioners; it also references that the required public hearing was held (date in the text is unreadable).
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ORDINANCE 20-01
BY:
INTRODUCED Thomas B. Willis, Jr., President
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSTOWN ADOPTING
A GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING
JULY I,2O2O AND ENDING JUNE 30,2O2I AND ESTABLISHING
A CONSTANT YIELD TAX RATE OF .1867 PER $IOO OF
ASSESSED REAL PROPERTY VALUE AND A TAX RATE OF .47
PER $1OO ON ALL COMMERCIAL OR BUSINESS PERSONAL
PROPERTY AND PUBLIC UTILITIES; AND ALSO ADOPTING AN
ENTERPRISE BUDGET FOR THE TOWN'S WATER AND SEWER
OPERATIONS. WHICH INCLUDES THE SECOND OF THREE
YEARS' INCREASE TO MONTHLY WATER AND SEWER
USAGE RATES BY FIVE PERCENT, AS WAS ADOPTED BY
ORDINANCE 19-03 ON JUNE 19.2019,
WHEREAS, Sections 19-33 and 19-34 of the Queenstown Town Charter
requires the Town to operate on an annual budget; and
WHEREAS, the budget for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2020 and ending
June 30, 2020, was submitted to Commissioners of Queenstown on May 29,2021, and
is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" ("General Budget"); and
WHEREAS, the Town has determined that is desirable and in the public
interest, and consistent with state law, to adopt an enterprise budget for the Town's
water and sewer operations, which is attached hereto as Exhibit "B" ("Water/Sewer
Budget"); and
WHEREAS, Section 19-33 of the Queenstown Town Charter requires, prior to
the adoption of the budget, the holding of a public hearing and the Town, pavil c? h D eld ; a
public hearing on the General Budget and the Wat /Sewer Budget on lll'lA
and
NOW THEREFORE, the Commissioners of Queenstown hereby ordain as
follows:
Section 1. That the Commissioners of Queenstown hereby adopt, for the fiscal
year beginning July 1,2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the General Budget attached
hereto as Exhibit "A"; and the Water/Sewer Budget attached hereto as Exhibit B, which
are incorporated by reference herein.
Section 2. That the tax rates for the Town of Queenstown for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020, and ending on June 30, 2021, shall be $.1867 per $100 of
assessed real property value and $.47 per $100 of assessed value on all commercial
business, personal property and public utilities.
Section 3. That the water and sewer usage rates for the Town of Queenstown
for the fiscal year beginning July l, 2020, and ending on June 30, 202I, shall increase
Budget Ordinance (FY 2020-2021)
Ordinance 20-01
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5Yo, as was adopted by Ordinance 19-03 on June 9,2019, which established the fees as
follows:
Monthlv Volumetric Water Charpes
Effective Date: Julv 1.2020
I"' 7,000 gallons 83.08
>7.000 sallons 83.42
>15,000 sallons $4.26
Monthlv Volumetric Sewer Charses
Effective Date: July 1,2020
I"' 7,000 sallons $8.14
>7,000 sallons $9.04
>15,000 sallons $r r.3I
This ordinance shall become effective on the first day of July, 2020.
thi.eLltrv
Adopted of June, 2020.
WITNESS FOR THE TOWN OF QUEENSTOWN
COMMISSIONERS OF QU
Thomas B. Willis, Jr.,
W. Moore, Town Clerk Holger Schuster, Commissioner
Hardee, Jr., Corirmissioner
Budget Ordinance (FY 2020-2021
Ordinance 20-01
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