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CITY OF SHOREWOOD
RESOLUTION NO. 95-.-9..l.
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING POLICY REGARDING HOOKUP TO THE
MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the City is responsible to keep the municipal water system in a safe, healthy, and
fiscally sound manner; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan calls for the extension of the municipal water system in
phases, over a period of time, thereby making municipal water available to many more properties within
Shorewood; and
WHEREAS, capital expenditures for elevated storage and trunk mains for system
interconnection are a major part of mitial expenditures; and
WHEREAS, certain properties currently have municipal water available to them and are not
hooked up to the system; and
WHEREAS, current projections of revenue anticipate a certain hookup rate to the municipal
water system to maintain the fiscal mtegrity of the water system.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shorewood
that the following policy shall hereafter be effective for:
Those Along Current System Mains:
I . It shall remain the policy of the City to not require hookup to the municipal water
system of those properties which currently have municipal water available to them
but have not hooked up to the system.
Those Along Main Extensions Made During or After 1995:
2. Properties to which municipal water becomes available during or after 1995 shall be
required to hookup to the municipal water system within eighteen (18) months of
water becoming available as determined by the City Engineer.
3 . The City Administrator and Finance Director shall prepare a financial analysis of the
system and report to the City Council at or before the first regular council meeting of
September, 1996.
4. Upon review of said system financial analysis, including revenue, expenditure and
surplus fund projections for at least 20 years, and a resulting finding by the City
Council that the system will have sufficient cash reserves to remain in sound financial
condition, the 18 month deadline for hookup to the system may be extended to a date
certain by the City Council.
Those who are eligible for deferral:
5 . Hookup to the municipal water system may be deferred by City Council action for
those homestead property owners who qualify under the hardship criteria set forth in
Chapter 903 of the City Code, adopting an assessment policy for the provision of
municipal water.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in all cases hookup to the municipal water system
.shall be required for any property which has municipal water available at the time a well problem would
require a new well to be drilled had municipal water not been available.
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BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the City Council may require hookup for health or other
reasons at any time.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Shorewood this 25th day of September, 1995.
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Robert B. Bean, Mayor
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