Posted: May 19, 2025 | Updated: July 7, 2025
ORDINANCE NO. 524
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF CRESCO, IOWA, BY AMENDING PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO
WATER RATES, SEWER SERVICE CHARGES, AND YARDWASTE FEES
BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Cresco, Iowa, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 92, Section 02, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cresco, Iowa, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
92.02 RATES FOR SERVICE. Water service shall be furnished at the following monthly rates within the City:
(Code of Iowa, Section 384.84)
- Effective July 1, 2025:
- First 7,000 gallons used per month @ $6.65 per 1,000 gallons. (Minimum bill is $9.98 based on 1,500 gallons.)
- Next 60,000 gallons used per month @ $6.07 per 1,000 gallons.
- All over 67,000 gallons used per month @ $5.56 per 1,000 gallons.
SECTION 2. Chapter 92, Section 03, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cresco, Iowa, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
92.03 RATES OUTSIDE THE CITY: Water service shall be provided at the following monthly rates, based upon water used and furnished, outside the City limits:
(Code of Iowa, Section 384.84)
- Effective July 1, 2025:
- First 7,000 gallons used per month @ $14.00 per 1,000 gallons. (Minimum Bill is $21.00 based on 1,500 gallons.)
- Next 60,000 gallons used per month @ $12.75 per 1,000 gallons.
- All over 67,000 gallons used per month @ $11.68 per 1,000 gallons.
SECTION 3 Chapter 99, Section 02, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cresco, Iowa, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
99.02 RATES FOR SERVICE. Each customer shall pay a sewer service charge for the use of and for the service supplied by the municipal sanitary sewer system based upon the amount and rate of water consumed. Sewer service shall be furnished at the following monthly rates:
(Code of Iowa, Section 384.84)
- Effective July 1, 2025:
- $11.16 per 1,000 gallons within City limits. (Minimum bill is $16.74 based on 1,500 gallons.)
- $22.32 per 1,000 gallons outside City limits. (Minimum bill is $33.48 based on 1,500 gallons.)
- $11.16 per 1,000 gallons for high volume users that are subject to Industrial Sewer Rental Agreements with the City.
- $7.20 per pound per day BOD5 x 30-day average BOD5 (ppd) for users subject to Industrial Sewer Rental Agreements with the City (where BOD5 refers to biochemical oxygen demand).
SECTION 6. Chapter 106, Section 08 (2), of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cresco, Iowa, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:
106.08 COLLECTION FEES. The collection and disposal of solid waste as provided by this chapter are declared to be beneficial to the property served or eligible to be served and there shall be levied and collected fees therefor in accordance with the following:
(Goreham vs. Des Moines, 1970, 179 NW 2nd, 449)
- Yard Waste. The fee for collection of yard waste is $3.25 per month for each residential and commercial premises.
SECTION 7. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. If any section, provision or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 8. WHEN EFFECTIVE. This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its final passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED THIS DAY OF , 2025.
ATTEST:
Mayor Alexander Fortune City Clerk Nicole Hill
1st Reading _________ 2nd Reading _________ 3rd Reading _________
I certify that the foregoing was published as Ordinance No. 524 on the day of , 2025.
City Clerk Nicole Hill