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• 5.2 EXISTING MISCELLANEOUS FEES <br />• <br />0 <br />5. Miscellaneous Fees <br />IRCDUS' has more than thirty miscellaneous fees which can be summarized into broad categories: <br />• Connection Charges: New taps and service lines. <br />• Meter Installation: Installation of meters and meter boxes <br />• Billing, Meter, and Service Charges: Service initiation/closure, customer account, <br />disconnection/reconnection, and various meter reading and testing services. <br />• Engineering and Inspection: Inspection, engineering, plan reviews, and related services. <br />• Line Extension Fees: Extension of IRCDUS' distribution or collection system. <br />Currently IRCDUS is charging a line extension fee on a per lot linear foot basis to customers that have an <br />existing line running in front of their property. As part of the Study, IRCDUS has performed an analysis on <br />the line extension fees. Table 19 provides the resulting fees during the two-year period of proposed rates. <br />These fees are based on a cost analysis performed by IRCDUS that has not been independently reviewed <br />or verified by Stantec. <br />Table 19 — Proposed FY 2025 and FY 2026 Existing Line Extension Fees <br />Description <br />Existing <br />Proposed <br />Proposed <br />FY 2024 <br />FY 2025 <br />FY 2026 <br />Water (per lot Linear Feet) <br />$11.25 <br />$40.00 <br />$50.00 <br />Sewer (per lot Linear Feet) <br />$15.77 <br />$60.00 <br />$75.00 <br />5.3 NEW MISCELLANEOUS FEES <br />IRCDUS staff has identified the following new miscellaneous fees related to development activities within <br />the water, sewer, and reclaimed water systems that are currently being performed, but the costs of which <br />are not being directly charged to the benefitting customer. <br />■ Fire Hydrant Flow Test <br />■ Force Main Pressure Test <br />5.4 BENCHMARKING <br />Stantec also conducted benchmarking to compare IRCDUS' existing and proposed miscellaneous fees to <br />that of other municipalities throughout the Space Coast and Treasure Coast region of Florida. Utility <br />systems recover the costs for these types of activities either through specific fees or user rates and the <br />number of and type of miscellaneous fees varies substantially between systems. As such, this <br />benchmarking analysis compares similar fees for the surveyed utility systems where applicable. The results <br />of the benchmarking were dependent on publicly available information as of April 5, 2024, and can be found <br />on Schedule 1 of Appendix D. <br />