(A) Determination of costs. The Board of Commissioners shall establish monthly rates and charges for the use of the wastewater system and for the services supplied by the wastewater system. The charges shall be based upon the cost categories of administration costs (including billing and accounting costs), operation and maintenance costs of the wastewater collection and treatment systems (including replacement) and debt service costs. The sewer charge shall have two components, namely: user charge and debt service costs.
(B) User charge.
(1) The user charge shall reflect the costs of operation and maintenance (including replacement) of the public sewerage facilities.
(2) Each user shall pay its proportionate share of operation and maintenance (including replacement) costs based on volume of flow.
(3) The Manager of the sewerage facilities shall review not less often than every two years the sewage contributions of users, the total costs of administration and operation and maintenance (including replacement) of the sewerage facilities and the user charge system. The Manager shall recommend to the Board of Commissioners the user charge, if necessary, to accomplish the following:
(a) Maintain the proportionate distribution of operation and maintenance costs among users as provided in this section; and
(b) Generate sufficient revenue to pay the total operation and maintenance costs (including replacement) of the sewerage facilities.
(4) All flow to the sewerage facilities not directly attributable to the users (i.e., infiltration/ inflow) shall be distributed among all users of the sewerage facilities based upon the volume of flow of the users.
(5) Each user shall be notified at least annually (in conjunction with a regular bill) of the rate and that portion of the sewer user charge which is attributable to administration, and operation and maintenance of the sewerage facilities.
(C) Debt service and other costs. The sewer charge shall also contain a component to reflect the costs of administration and debt service incurred in conjunction with capital expenditure that have previously been made or may be made in the future to improve, upgrade or extend the public sewerage facilities.
(D) Adjustments. The volume of water purchased which is used in the calculation of sewer use charges may be adjusted by the Manager if a user purchases a significant volume of water for a consumptive use and does not discharge it to the public sewers (i.e., filling swimming pools, industrial heating and humidifying equipment and the like). The user shall be responsible for documenting the quantity of waste discharged to the public sewer.
(1977 Code, § 22-35.4) (Ord. 94-12, passed 8-22-1994)