8-5-1: WATER RATES AND CHARGES:
   A.   Meter Deposits And Tap Fees: All premises using the city water supply must be equipped with an adequate water meter furnished by the city, and for said meters, and as security for payment for said water, a meter deposit shall be charged in the amounts set forth herein. New water meter deposit and tap fees are as follows:
Size Of Tap
Meter Deposit Fee
Tap Fee
WM Box Fee
Size Of Tap
Meter Deposit Fee
Tap Fee
WM Box Fee
3/4"
$ 120.00 (residential)
$400.00
$25.00
3/4"
$200.00 (commercial)
$400.00
$25.00
1"
$225.00
$550.00
$25.00
1 1/2"
$250.00
$900.00
$25.00
2"
$275.00
$1400.00
$25.00
3"
$275.00
$2400.00
$25.00
4"
$300.00
$4500.00
$25.00
5"
$325.00
$5000.00
$25.00
6"
$400.00
$6000.00
$25.00
 
   B.   Connection And Reconnection Fees:
      1.   Connection Fees: Water connection fee shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) for connections made during regular working hours, weekends, and city observed holidays.
      2.   Reconnection Fees: Water reconnection fees which are due on accounts being delinquent and disconnected due to such delinquency shall be charged a reconnection fee of thirty five dollars ($35.00).
      3.   Full Tap Connection Fees: In cases where staff must connect into the water main, a full tap connection fee shall be added to the water meter tap fee in the amount of three hundred and twenty-five dollars ($325.00) for such connections. These fees incorporate the costs of providing the tapping saddles, corporation stops, angle ball valves, meter couplings, and any other materials needed in order to tap into the main line and provide the service connection for the water meter.
   C.   Water User Rates 1 :
      1.   Inside City Limits: The following rates shall be charged to all users of treated water furnished by the city:
         a.   Minimum charge of seventeen dollars ($17.00) for two thousand (2,000) gallons or less.
         b.   One dollar thirty cents ($1.30) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons from two thousand one (2,001) to fifteen thousand (15,000).
         c.   One dollar forty cents ($1.40) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons from fifteen thousand one (15,001) to twenty five thousand (25,000).
         d.   One dollar fifty cents ($1.50) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons from twenty five thousand one (25,001) to thirty five thousand (35,000).
         e.   One dollar seventy cents ($1.70) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons from thirty five thousand one (35,001) to fifty thousand (50,000).
         f.   One dollar ninety cents ($1.90) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons after fifty thousand one (50,001) gallons.
      2.   Outside City Limits: For users of treated water furnished by the city outside the city limits there shall be an additional thirty percent (30%) charge for such service. Such thirty percent (30%) charge is to be added to the calculated amount as per the rates listed above.
      3.   Commercial And Industrial Category: Motels, hotels, tourist courts, trailer parks, offices, stores, lumberyards, cafes, taverns, service stations, schools, packing sheds, car washes, laundromats, beauty shops, barbershops, and any other entity that is considered commercial or industrial, will be charged as follows:
Inside and outside city limits:
Commercial base water rates will be:
 
0 - 25,000 gallons
$23.50
25,001 - 75,000 gallons
25.50
75,001+ gallons
29.50
 
Plus:
         a.   One dollar twenty cents ($1.20) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons from two thousand one (2,001) to fifteen thousand (15,000).
         b.   One dollar thirty cents ($1.30) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons from fifteen thousand one (15,001) to twenty five thousand (25,000).
         c.   One dollar fifty cents ($1.50) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons from twenty five thousand one (25,001) to thirty five thousand (35,000).
         d.   One dollar seventy cents ($1.70) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons from thirty five thousand one (35,001) to fifty thousand (50,000).
         e.   One dollar ninety cents ($1.90) for each one thousand (1,000) gallons after fifty thousand one (50,001) gallons. (Ord. 23-11-03, 11-18-2003; amd. Ord. 26-11-08, 11-18-2008; Ord. 26-09-13, 9-24-2013; Ord. 40-08-21, 8-3-2021)

 

Notes

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   There will be a base rate increase of $1.00 for each subsequent fiscal year beginning October 1, 2009 until September 30, 2014.