(A) Indiana Code 8-1.5-5 concerning Storm Water Management Systems is hereby adopted by the City Council, so as to make the Act and any and all amendments thereto effective and operative in the city.
(B) Pursuant to IC 8-1.5-5, a Department of Storm Water Management shall be and is hereby created for the purpose of providing for the collection and disposal of storm and surface water in the city.
(C) Pursuant to IC 8-1.5-5-4(g), the directors of the Utility Service Board shall replace the members of the Board of Directors of the Department of Storm Water Management and shall hereafter serve as the Board of Directors of the Department of Storm Water Management, and the control of the storm water facilities of the city is hereby transferred to the Utility Service Board as are all powers and duties of the Department of Storm Water Management.
(D) Pursuant to IC 8-1.5-5, there is hereby created a special taxing district which shall include all of the territory within the corporate boundaries of the city.
(E) The Board shall prepare a budget for the operation of the Department of Storm Water Management on an annual basis, which budget shall be subject to approval by the City Council, and any issuance of bonds or other methods of finance for capital improvements shall be approved by the City Council.
(F) The Board, its secretary and its attorney will be entitled to a salary and out-of-pocket expenses as determined by the annual budget.
(G) As the Board will not have a working staff, they will employ the city utilities, the Utility Director and his staff to manage and perform the necessary labor to operate the Department of Storm Water Management. The city utilities staff will bill and collect storm water service charges as determined by city rate ordinance.
(H) The city utilities management and staff will be paid for services rendered for the Department of Storm Water Management as determined in the annual Storm Water Management budget.
(Ord. 4278, passed 11-4-02; Am. Ord. 5043, passed 1-5-09)