RESOLUTION NO. __________
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SEWER CHARGES BY THE
KERN COUNTY AUDITOR-CONTROLLER’S OFFICE FOR
FISCAL YEAR 25/26
WHEREAS, Chapter 14.12 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code provides for the establishment of fees sufficient to recover reasonable costs of providing sewer services rendered; and
WHEREAS, on June 1, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 093 - 2022, establishing residential and commercial sewer rates for a five- year period effective Fiscal Year 2022/2023 though Fiscal Year 2026/2027, in accordance with the notice and public hearing requirements of Proposition 218 (“Prop 218”); and
WHEREAS, as memorialized in Resolution No. 091 -2022, the Prop 218 public hearing was properly noticed and advertised in the Bakersfield California, a newspaper of general circulation, in which all persons interested in or objecting to the proposed rate increases could be heard prior to their adoption; and
WHEREAS, the rates approved and adopted by the City Council via Resolution No. 09 3-2022 are adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) effective each July 1, and
WHEREAS, the City has calculated the annual rates for residential and commercial sewer service for Fiscal Year 2025/2026 in accordance with the rates established by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the updated fees and charges set forth in Exhibit “A,” attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein, do no t exceed the reasonable estimated cost of providing the services for which the dees are charged; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that it is necessary and appropriate for the Fiscal Year 2025/2026 rates to be placed on the tax roll for collection, and authorizes said rates to be collected by the Kern County Tax Collector in accordance with this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of sewer fees is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under the California Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(8).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
1. The above recitals and findings are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
2. The fees and charges set fourth in Exhibit “A” are herby adopted and shall become effective July 1, 2025/
3. The adoption of these fees and charges complies with proposition 218 and Proposition 26.
4. Pursuant to the Bakersfield Municipal Code, the fees and charges herein shall be collected by the Kern County Tax Collector on the property tax rolls.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted, by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on ______________________________ by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER ARIAS, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, KOMAN, BASHIRTASH, KAUR NOES: COUNCILMEMBER _______________________________________________________________ ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER _______________________________________________________________ ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER ______________________________________________________________ _
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, CPMC, MMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED: __________
By _________________________
KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
By: ________________________
MATTHEW S. COLLOM
Deputy City Attorney I