(A) Generally. The sewer service charge system and Sewer Service Fund shall be administrated according to the following provisions.
(B) Specifically.
(1) The City Clerk/Treasurer shall maintain a proper system of accounts suitable for determining the operation and maintenance, equipment replacement, and debt retirement costs of the treatment works, and shall furnish the City Council with a report of the costs annually in October.
(2) The City Council shall annually determine whether or not sufficient revenue is being generated for the effective operation, maintenance, replacement, and management of the treatment works, and whether sufficient revenue is being generated for debt retirement. The Council will also determine whether the user charges are distributed proportionately to each user in accordance with this chapter and § 204(b)(2)(0) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, being 33 U.S.C. § 1284, as amended.
(3) The city shall thereafter, but not later than the end of the year, reassess and as necessary revise the sewer service charge system then in use to insure the proportionality of the user charges and to ensure the sufficiency of funds to maintain the capacity and performance to which the facilities were constructed, and to retire the construction debt.
(4) In accordance with federal and state requirements, each user will be notified annually in conjunction with a regular billing of that portion of ths sewer service charge attributable to operation, maintenance, and replacement.
(5) In accordance with federal and state requirements, the City Clerk/Treasurer shall be responsible for maintaining all records necessary to document compliance with the sewer service charge system adopted.
(6) Bills for sewer service charges shall be rendered as part of the city utility billing. This billing for sewer service shall be made on a quarterly basis succeeding the period for which the service was rendered. The bills shall be sent out at least 15 days prior to the due date. Any bill not paid in full as of the due date will be considered delinquent. At that time, the city shall notify the delinquent owner/occupant in writing regarding the delinquent bill and subsequent penalty. The total penalty for the city utility billing shall be $15. Seven dollars and fifty cents of this penalty shall be considered revenue for the City Sewer Fund and $7.50 shall be considered revenue for the City Water Fund.
(Am. Ord. passed 2-6-1995; Am. Ord. 3-3-1997; Am. Ord. passed 3-6-2006)
(7) The owner of the premises shall be liable to pay for the service to the premises, and the service is furnished to the premises by the city only upon the rendition that the owner of the premises is liable therefore to the city.
(8) Any additional costs caused by discharges to the treatment works of toxins or other incompatible wastes, including the cost cf restoring wastewater treatment services, clean up and restoration of the receiving waters and environs, and sludge disposal, shall be borne by the discharger(s) of the wastes, at no expense to the city.
(Ord. 102, passed 1-3-1990)