(A) The city hereby establishes sewer service charges in order to recover costs associated with:
(1) Operation, maintenance and replacement to ensure effective functioning of the city’s wastewater treatment system; and
(2) Local capital costs incurred in the construction of the city’s wastewater treatment system.
(B) The city hereby establishes a sewer service charge system whereby all revenue collected from users of the wastewater collection and treatment facilities will be used to affect all expenditures incurred for annual operation, maintenance and replacement and for debt service on capital expenditure incurred in constructing the wastewater treatment works.
(C) Sewer service rates and charges to users of the wastewater treatment facility shall be determined and fixed in a “sewer service charge system” developed according to the provisions of this chapter. The sewer service charge system, developed with the assistance of the City Engineer, shall be adopted by resolution upon enactment of this chapter, shall be published in the local newspaper, and shall be effective upon publication. Subsequent changes in sewer service rates and charges shall be set forth in the Fee Schedule Ordinance.
(D) Revenues collected for sewer service shall be deposited in a separate fund known as “The Sewer Service Fund”. Income from revenues collected will be expended to offset the cost of operation, maintenance and equipment replacement for the facility and to retire the debt for capital expenditure.
(E) Sewer service charges and the Sewer Service Fund will be administrated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 401, 1st Series, passed - -2010)