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BOARD OF UTILITY COMMISSIONERS
(A) The Board of Utility Commissioners shall consist of three persons who shall, at all times, be persons of outstanding reputation for ability and integrity.
(B) In the event any of the Utility Commissioners shall fail or refuse to act, and in the event of a vacancy and also during the month of September of each year, the Board of Utility Commissioners shall meet and propose the names of two persons for each appointment to the Board. The Mayor, with the consent and approval of the City Council, shall appoint one of the two persons so nominated by the Board of Utility Commissioners and in the event the Mayor shall refuse to appoint, or the City Council shall refuse to approve the appointment of either of such persons thus nominated, the Board of Utility Commissioners shall select or nominate two additional persons, and the Mayor shall appoint with the approval of the Council one of the four persons thus nominated for each appointment thus to be made. All vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term and all other appointments shall be for a term of six years.
(C) A majority of the Board of Utility Commissioners shall constitute a quorum.
(D) The Board of Utility Commissioners may adopt rules and by-laws for the time and place of its meetings and the conduct thereof.
(E) Each of the Utility Commissioners shall qualify by giving bond with corporate surety in the sum of $10,000, the premiums to be paid out of the Operation and Maintenance Fund.
(F) All Utility Commissioners shall at the time of appointment and so long as they are acting as such Utility Commissioners be residents and taxpayers of the city. All appointments shall be until their successors shall have qualified. Any Commissioner shall be eligible for reappointment upon the expiration of his or her term, but any person who shall have held an elective office of the city shall not be eligible for appointment until at least one year after the expiration of the last term of office for which he or she was elected.
(G) Each Utility Commissioner shall receive compensation for his or her services at the rate determined by the Board and the Mayor.
(H) Each Commissioner shall be subject to removal for cause by the recorded vote of a majority of the City Council after hearing.
(Prior Code, § 50.11) (Ord. passed 11-2-1942; Ord. passed 2-16-1982; Ord. passed 1-24-2011)
(A) At the first meeting of the Board of Utility Commissioners, and annually thereafter, it shall organize by the designation of one of the Utility Commissioners to act as Chairperson and another to act as Secretary.
(B) The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings when present and shall call special meetings on his or her own motion or when requested so to do by the other two Utility Commissioners. The Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings, which shall be available for inspection as other municipal records.
(C) Any Utility Commissioner failing to attend four successive meetings without cause acceptable and approved by the Board of Utility Commissioners shall be thereby automatically removed from office and the vacancy shall be filled as herein provided.
(Prior Code, § 50.12) (Ord. passed 11-2-1942)
(A) The Board of Utility Commissioners shall have full and complete supervision, management and control of the combined and consolidated municipal waterworks and sewer system of the city, including the maintenance, operation and extension thereof.
(B) (1) All bills for water and sewer services shall be collected and accounted for by the Board of Utility Commissioners in the manner and form as required by law and the ordinances of the city and all disbursements for account of the combined and consolidated works and system shall be ordered paid out only upon approval of the Board of Utility Commissioners.
(2) The Board of Utility Commissioners shall at all times be governed by and conform to the provisions of the ordinance or ordinances pursuant to which said city may have authorized and issued any bonds from time to time outstanding which, by their terms, are payable from and secured by the revenues of the combined and consolidated municipal waterworks and sewer system.
(C) The Board of Utility Commissioners shall have power to employ, fix the compensation of and discharge a Superintendent of the combined and consolidated municipal waterworks and sewer system, and through such Superintendent to direct, employ, fix the compensation of and discharge all employees of the combined and consolidated works and system.
(Prior Code, § 50.13) (Ord. passed 10-5-1953)
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Any person found to be violating any provision of the Sewer Use Ordinance, adopted by reference in § 50.003 of this chapter, except Art. IX, § F thereof, shall be served by the Board of Utility Commissioners and/or the city or other authority, such as the County Health Department, with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
(Prior Code, § 50.20) (Ord. passed 3-6-1989)
Any person violating any of the provisions of the Sewer Use Ordinance, as adopted by reference in § 50.003 of this chapter, shall be subject to termination of its authority to discharge sewage into the city sewer system upon a determination pursuant to the terms of the Sewer Use Ordinance that such violation currently exists and is of a continuing nature.
(Prior Code, § 50.21) (Ord. passed 3-6-1989)
Any person violating any of the provisions of the Sewer Use Ordinance, as adopted by reference in § 50.003 of this chapter, shall become liable to the Board of Utility Commissioners and/or the city for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by the Board of Utility Commissioners and/or the city by reason of such violation.
(Prior Code, § 50.22) (Ord. passed 3-6-1989)
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