(A) Rates. The following shall be the rates of charge of water from the city water supply system.
(1) The basis user rate of $5 per 1,000 gallons shall be applied to all users for water consumption in excess of 1,000 gallons per month. A minimum charge of $5 per month shall be applied to all users whose water consumption does not exceed 1,000 gallons per month.
(2) Service outside city limits. Customers who are outside city limits shall have the same rates as customers who are in city limits.
(B) Effective dates. Rates and service charges shall be effective as of 1-1-2020, and on the bills to be rendered for the month being 1-2-2020.
(C) Increases. The stated charges for water rates shall be automatically adjusted upon review and approval of the City Council at the beginning of the calendar year to partially compensate for the effect of economic inflation on operations, in the amount of 5%. The City Clerk is hereby empowered and directed to determine the amount of the increase and to thereafter, effective for the billing period next following the effective date of changes or rates, charge the adjusted rates to all users of the water system of the city.
(D) Penalty fee. A penalty of 10% will be added to any bill not paid by the fifteenth of the month.
(Ord. 6, Series 2011-2012, passed 9-12-2011; Ord. 10, Series 2019, passed 12-16-2019; Ord. 51, Series 2, passed 11-1-2021)