(A) Annual review.
(1) The user charges to be assessed sewer utility users, the total costs for operation, maintenance and replacement, and the wastewater flow and waste contribution by users and user classes shall be reviewed annually by the city. The City Clerk/Treasurer shall submit annually to the Council a report which shall include at least the following:
(a) Total costs for operation, maintenance and replacement for the previous year and estimated for the next year, divided into the aforesaid categories and further distributed among the functions for these categories: treatment, conveyance, collection and administration.
(b) Total revenue collected by user class for the proceeding year.
(c) Estimated or measured flow discharged by each user class for the preceding and succeeding years, including infiltration and inflow.
(d) Estimated or measured waste discharged by each user class for the preceding and succeeding years.
(e) Method for proportionately distributing the succeeding year’s estimated operation, maintenance and replacement costs to each user class which shall comprise the proposed user charge system.
(2) The proposed user charge system shall be submitted to the Council for review and approval. Upon acceptance of the sewer utility budget by the Council, the user charge rates shall be established by Council resolution. The user charge rates shall be established to meet these general requirements:
(a) Maintain the proportionate distribution of operation and maintenance and replacement costs among users and user classes.
(b) Generate sufficient revenue to pay the total operation, maintenance and replacement costs necessary for proper operation, maintenance and replacement of the sewer utility.
(c) Apply excess revenues collected from a class of users to the costs of operation, maintenance and replacement attributable to that class for the next year and adjust the user charges accordingly.
(d) Calculate the user charge based upon the flow and waste load estimated to be discharged to the sewer utility in the succeeding year, including infiltration and inflow.
(B) Notification to users. At least annually, following the approval of the user charges by the Council, each user shall be notified of the rate and that portion of the user charge which is attributable to operation, maintenance and replacement costs of sewer utility services. The notification shall be made in conjunction with a regular bill.
(Ord. 203, passed 9-1-1987; Am. Ord. 2011-06-07D, passed 6-7-2011)