PUBLIC NOTICE: RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CERTAIN SEWER SERVICE CONNECTION FEES

TOWNSHIP OF HILLSBOROUGH
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY 
PUBLIC NOTICE 

BY THE TOWNSHIP OF HILLSBOROUGH MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CERTAIN SEWER SERVICE CHARGES AND CONNECTION OR TAPPING FEES 

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given by The Township of Hillsborough Municipal Utilities Authority (hereinafter called the “Authority”) that at 6:00 P. M. prevailing time on the 28th day of May, 2025, at a meeting of the Authority at the offices of the Authority at 302 Towne Centre Drive, Hillsborough, New Jersey, the Authority will consider the rates, fees, or other charges to be charged to the users of the sewerage services or facilities of the Authority, and that it will consider or may take action and prescribe such charges in accordance with the Municipal Utilities Authorities Law, and TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that at such time and place aforesaid, a Public Hearing will be held by the Authority with respect to such charges at which time all persons interested may appear and will be heard. The following amended resolution will be considered at the time aforesaid. 

RESOLUTION BY THE TOWNSHIP OF HILLSBOROUGH MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY ESTABLISHING CERTAIN SEWER SERVICE CHARGES AND CONNECTION OR TAPPING FEES 

WHEREAS, the Township of Hillsborough Municipal Utilities Authority, (hereinafter the “Authority”) is required by law and by Section 303 of its Service Contract with The Township of Hillsborough to promulgate certain uniform charges and connection or tapping fees or charges so that the revenues therefrom will at all times be adequate to pay the expenses of operation and maintenance of the utility system, including reserves, insurance, extensions and replacements, and to pay the principal of and interest on any bonds required by the terms of any contract or the municipal authority or as it may deem necessary or desirable: 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by The Township of Hillsborough Municipal Utilities Authority that it hereby adopt, prescribe and establish the following amendment to the Resolution Establishing Certain Sewer Service Charges and Connection or Tapping Fees, the same to become effective and commencing at 1:00 A.M. on June 1, 2025. 

SECTION IV. is hereby amended as follows: 

SECTION IV. CONNECTION OR TAPPING FEES 

In addition to the annual service charges or rates established in Section I hereof, the Authority hereby adopts, prescribes, and establishes the following connection or tapping fees as authorized by N.J.S.A. 40:14B-22. The connection or tapping fees are calculated in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:14B-22 and shall be recalculated at the end of each fiscal year. 2 

Single family residential dwelling $2,999 

Multiple family residential dwellings 

Including townhouses, condominiums, and apartments. 
1 bedroom unit $1,799 
2 bedroom unit $2,549 
3 bedroom unit $2,999 

Senior housing (age restricted): 

1 bedroom unit $1,110 
2 bedroom unit $1,710 
3 bedroom unit $2,249 

Assisted living facilities: 
Per bed $1,000 

All other uses – charge per gallon 
of estimated average daily flow $10.00 

The estimated average daily flow shall be determined by the Authority on the basis of the factors specified in N.J.S.A. 40:B-22 and such other data and information made available to the Authority from its consulting engineer and the results of its other investigations and studies. Any such determination shall be filed with the Executive Director of the Authority and shall be available for public inspection. The charge may, if the Authority so shall determine, be in the nature of an estimated charge which shall be subject to revision after the installation or construction is completed. In no event shall the connection or tapping fee be reduced from the original charge. 

As used in the above paragraph, the phrase “estimated average daily flow” shall be based on that consecutive period of three months which had the highest total flow within the first calendar year provided that there is no change in use. 

SECTION V. is hereby amended as follows: 

SECTION V. CHARGES FOR DISCHARGE OF STORM AND/OR DRAIN WATER 

Where the Authority determines that any customer, residential or nonresidential, is discharging a combination of sewerage and storm water or drainage water from any source into the lines of the Authority in excess of the estimated basic standard of 300 gallons per day for an EDU, the Authority shall determine the quantity of such excess and may charge such customer an additional connection or tapping fee at the rate of $10.00 per gallon of estimated or actual daily flow which is in excess of the aforesaid basic standard. 3 

Such charge shall be in addition to the connection or tapping fee charged in Section IV of this Resolution and will be added to the billing of such customer for the next following quarter after such excess has been determined. 

THE TOWNSHIP OF HILLSBOROUGH 
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY 

Richard Nunn, Chairman