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Introduce, waive reading, and set a public hearing for May 21, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance to amend Section 16 of the Boronda County Sanitation District (BCSD) Ordinance No. 5134 to provide for the collection of sewer service charges through the Property Tax Roll of the County of Monterey.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors, acting as the Board of Directors of the Boronda County Sanitation District (BCSD), introduce, waive reading, and set a public hearing for May 21, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance to amend Section 16 of BCSD Ordinance No. 5134 to provide for the collection of sewer charges through the Property Tax Roll of the County of Monterey.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Boronda County Sanitation District (BCSD) currently contracts with Monterey One Water (M1W) to provide sewer billing and collection services to BCSD customers. M1W recently notified the County of Monterey that beginning in Fiscal Year 2024-25, they will cease providing this service to the BCSD. Therefore, PWFP staff recommends that the Board introduce, waive reading and set a public hearing for May 12 to amend Section 16 of the BCSD Code to allow for the collection of sewer service charges through the Property Tax Roll of the County of Monterey pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 5470 et. seq. in order to collect service charges to cover the costs of providing wastewater collection services to BCSD customers.
The BCSD provides sanitation collection services to the community of Boronda. The County of Monterey County Department of Public Works, Facilities and Parks (PWFP) currently manages the BCSD and does not currently have the capability to provide in-house billing services. It has been determined that the least costly and most efficient method of collecting the sewer service charges is by placing these property related fees and cha...
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