2002-246RESOLUTION NO. 2002-246
RESOLUTION ELIMINATING DOUBLE RATES FOR TENANTS
OF WATER/SEWER DISTRICTS AND/OR IMPROVEMENT AREAS
At a regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County,
New York, held at Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York, on the 23rd
day of September, 2002, at 7:30 P.M.
The meeting was called to order by Joseph Ruggiero, Supervisor, and upon roll being
called, the following were present:
PRESENT: Supervisor -
Councilmen -
ABSENT:
Joseph Ruggiero
Robert L. Valdati
Vincent F. Bettina
Joseph P. Paoloni
Christopher J. Colsey
The following Resolution was introduced by Mr. Bettina and seconded by
WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger has a long standing policy to charge tenants to
Water/ Sewer Districts and/ or Improvement Areas double the Operation and Maintenance
Charges that are otherwise charged to residents of such Water/ Sewer Districts and/ or
Improvement Areas; and
WHEREAS, the purpose behind charging double Operation and Maintenance Charges
was to compensate the District and/ or Improvement Area for the capital improvements that the
non-resident tenant did not pay; and
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WHEREAS, the Town wishes to discontinue this policy of charging non-resident tenants
to Water/Sewer Districts and or Improvement Areas and to replace it with a new formula for
charging non-resident tenants.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
1. The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set
forth and adopted herein.
2. The Town Board hereby discontinues the policy of charging non-resident tenants
to Water/Sewer Districts and/or Improvement Areas double the Operation and Maintenance
Charges otherwise charged to residents of the Districts and/or Improvement Areas.
3. Non-resident tenants to Town of Wappinger Water/ Sewer District and/or
Improvement Areas shall be charged tenant rates as follows, pro -rated from the date of
connection to such service:
a. The Assessor shall determine the number of Benefit Units that would
be assigned to the non-resident tenant property as if such property
was a resident of the District and/ or Improvement Area;
b. Once the Benefit Units are assigned to the subject property, non-
resident tenant user charges shall be determined by the Water and
Sewer Billing Clerk by adding both the Capital Assessment Charges
and Operation and Maintenance Charges and dividing by 4 for four
equal quarterly payments to be billed simultaneously with residents
of the Water/ Sewer Districts and/ or Improvement Areas;
c. When determining the non-resident tenant rate, charges for Capital
Assessments shall be included only for so long as Capital
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Assessments are being charged to tenant users or five years, which
ever period is longer.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
JOSEPH RUGGIERO, Supervisor
Voting
Ate_
ROBERT L. VALDATI, Councilman
Voting
Aye
VINCENT F. BETTINA, Councilman
Voting
Aye
JOSEPH P. PAOLONI, Councilman
Voting
Aye
CHRISTOPHER J. COLSEY, Councilman
Voting
Ate_
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
September 23, 2002
The Resolution is hereby duly declared adopted.
GLO J. MORS O L
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