(A) The sewage rates and charges shall be based on the quantity of water used and the size of the water meter on or in the property or premises subject to such rates and charges. Water meters shall be read once each month, and sewage service bills shall be rendered once each month (or period equaling a month).
(B) The rates and charges for sewage service is as follows, effective July 1, 2023:
Flow rate (per 1,000 gallons of water used): | City User | Rural User |
First 1,000,000 gallons (per 1,000 gallons of water used per month) | $11.04 | $11.04 |
Over 1,000,000 gallons (per 1,000 gallons of water used per month) | $4.53 | $4.53 |
(1) In addition, each user shall pay a monthly flat rate charge based on the water meter size as follows:
Monthly Flat Rate, effective for the first full billing cycle after July 1, 2023 | ||
Meter Size (Inches) | City User | Rural User |
Monthly Flat Rate, effective for the first full billing cycle after July 1, 2023 | ||
Meter Size (Inches) | City User | Rural User |
5/8 to 3/4 | $ 26.15 | $ 41.24 |
1 | 78.10 | 123.68 |
1-1/4 | $ 104.30 | $ 162.86 |
1-1/2 | 130.40 | 205.14 |
2 | 208.50 | 328.87 |
3 | 442.73 | 696.92 |
4 | 703.28 | 1,107.25 |
6 | 1,302.10 | 2,051.53 |
(2) For unmetered users, city and rural users shall pay a monthly rate of $70.29.
(3) The above rates and charges will apply except as herein otherwise provided.
(4) For service rendered to the city, the city shall be subject to the same rates and charges as hereinabove provided.
(5) Special industrial rate:
Gallons Used
|
Monthly Rate Per 1,000 Gallons
|
First full billing cycle after July 1, 2023 | |
First 1,000,000 gallons per month | $11.04 |
Over 1,000,000 gallons, per month | 4.53 |
(6) SDI shall pay a monthly maintenance fee and shall be billed based on the daily discharge. Daily discharge will be calculated as SDI’s monthly usage divided by the number of days in the billing cycle. The maintenance fee will be billed as follows:
Discharge | Monthly Fee |
Less than 350,000 GPD | $2,500 |
351,000-400,000 GPD | $3,000 |
401,000 - 450,000 GPD | $3,500 |
451,000 or greater GPD | $4,000 |
(7) The city hereby creates a separate account to be know as the SDI Maintenance Account. All SDI maintenance fees shall be deemed revenues of the city’s Sewage Works and deposited each month into the SDI Maintenance Account, provided, however, that such monthly deposits shall be made after the monthly deposits into the city’s Operation and Maintenance Fund and Sewage Works Sinking Fund, each as defined and described in the city’s bond ordinances which authorize the city’s outstanding sewage works revenue bonds.
(1980 Code, § 51.21) (Ord. 479.5, passed 10-8-1963; Am. Ord. 663, passed 5-8-1976; Am. Ord. 681, passed 5-10-1977; Am. Ord. 986, passed 3-24-1987; Am. Ord. 1989-5, passed 1-24-1989; Am. Ord. 1996-10, passed 3-26-1996; Am. Ord. 1998-18, passed 8-11-1998; Am. Ord. 1999-17, passed 11-9-1999; Am. Ord. 2005-2, passed 2-22-2005; Am. Ord. 2006-28, passed 10-24-2006; Am. Ord. 2009-25, passed 12-9-2009; Am. Ord. 2014-22, passed 1-13-2015; Am. Ord. 2018-25, passed 10-9-2018; Am. Ord. 2023-7, passed 6-13-2023)