(A) (1) The user charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues to pay costs of annual operation and maintenance including replacement and costs associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated with financing the treatment works which the city may by ordinance designate to be paid by the user charge system. The portion of the total user charge which is designated for operation and maintenance including replacement of the treatment works shall be established by this division (A) and division (B) below.
(2) The portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for operation and maintenance including replacement purposes as established in division (A)(a) above shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund known as the Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Fund and will be kept in two primary accounts as follows:
(a) An account designated for the specific purposes of defraying operation and maintenance costs (excluding replacement) of the treatment works (Operation and Maintenance Account); and
(b) An account designated for the specific purpose of ensuring replacement needs over the useful life of the treatment works (Replacement Account). Deposits in the replacement account shall be made annually from the operation, maintenance and replacement revenue in the amount of $7,631 annually.
(3) Fiscal year-end balances in the operation and maintenance account and the replacement account shall be carried over to the same accounts in the subsequent fiscal year, and shall be used for no other purposes than those designated for these accounts. Moneys which have been transferred from other sources to meet temporary shortages in the Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Fund shall be returned to their respective accounts upon appropriate adjustment of the user charge rates for operation, maintenance and replacement. The user charge rate(s) shall be adjusted such that the transferred moneys will be returned to their respective amounts within the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the moneys were borrowed.
(1976 Code, § 3-212)
(B) The following classes of users and charges to those users are hereby established.
(1) Residential.
Residential - Monthly Use Rate
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Base charge | $30, plus commodity fee (see below) |
Commodity fee per 1,000 gallons | $1.25 |
NOTES TO TABLE: Sewer usage charge shall be based on water usage computed on the average monthly usage during the months of December, January and February. | |
(2) Business and commercial.
Business and Commercial - Monthly Use Rate
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Base charge | $30, plus commodity fee (see below) |
Commodity fee per 1,000 gallons | $1.25 |
NOTES TO TABLE: (1) Any business or commercial account that waters its lawn or landscaping will have its sewer charged based on average monthly water usage during the months of December, January and February. (2) All other businesses or commercial accounts will be charged sewer rates based on actual monthly water usage. | |
(3) Surcharges.
(a) Sewer surcharges shall apply to all customers discharging wastewater with a five-day biological oxygen demand (BOD) greater than 300 mg/l per weight or containing more than 350 mg/l by weight total suspended solids (TSS) or containing more than 50 mg/l by weight of total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN-ammonia).
(b) Monthly loading rates shall be calculated with the average monthly water use and monthly laboratory testing.
1. The surcharge rate for excess BOD shall be billed at the rate of $0.35/lb.
2. The surcharge for excess TSS shall be billed at the rate of $0.35/lb.
3. The surcharge for excess TKN shall be billed at the rate of $0.35/lb.
(4) The effective date of this division (B) shall be 3-1-2016.
(1976 Code, § 3-212.01)
(C) Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the city’s treatment works, or any user which discharges any substance which singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable increases in the cost of operation, maintenance or replacement of the treatment works, shall pay for such increased costs. The charge to each such user shall be as determined by the responsible plant operating personnel and approved by the City Council. The user charge rates established in this chapter apply to all users, regardless of their location of the city’s treatment works.
(1976 Code, § 3-212.03)
(Ord. 630, passed 9-27-1979; Ord. 655, passed 2-19-1981; Ord. 897, passed 5-12-1986; Ord. 1036, passed 6-17-1991; Ord. 1117, passed 11-21-1994; Ord. 1242, passed 10-20-1997; Ord. 1379, passed 6-6-2005; Ord. 1383, passed 10-24-2005; Ord. 1424, passed 8-8-2011; Ord. 1460, passed 1-18-2016)