In addition to the user charges described herein, the rate schedules shall be sufficient to cover the following costs.
(A) A portion of the annual debt service costs for retirement of sewer bonds will be charged to all customers served directly by the city’s POTW. The Sewer Department shall make recommendations to the City Council at least once every two years as to how these costs shall be proportioned among the users. Charges to recover these costs will be called “other charges”.
(B) Adequate reserve funds to allow for reasonably expected increases in the cost of providing services will be charged to all customers served directly by the city’s POTW. The Sewer Department shall make recommendations to the City Council as to the amount of reserve funds necessary and as to how these funds shall be proportioned among the users.
(C) The costs of billing and collection and performing industrial wastewater services shall be charged to customers on an equitable basis. The Sewer Department shall make recommendations to the City Council as to how these costs shall be proportioned among the users. Charges to recover these costs will be called billing and collection charges and industrial wastewater charges respectively.
(Prior Code, § 16-6-5)