(A) For the use and the service rendered by said sewerage works, volumetric sewer charges shall be payable as hereinafter provided and shall be in an amount determinable as follows:
(1) Recurring rates and charges:
(a) Metered rate per month;
(b) Minimum charge; per user, per month;
(c) Flat rate charge (unmetered); and
(d) Late charges.
(2) Non-recurring rates and charges:
(a) Returned check charge;
(b) Tap charges; and
(c) Service calls.
(B) In the event that two or more dwelling units, such as trailer courts or apartment houses, are billed on a metered basis and share a single water meter, then the billing shall be for a single service in the manner set out elsewhere herein, except that there shall be an additional charge of $0.89 per month for each dwelling unit over one served through the single water meter.
(C) The Town Council is empowered to determine rates, charges, and fees for septic tank, industrial wastes, and other disposable wastewater and wastes delivered to the wastewater treatment plant, as provided in § 52.060, and to collect such charges and fees.
(D) The Town Council is empowered to determine and to collect such charges as it may reasonably provide for under special agreements entered into by the Town Council, on behalf of the town, under § 52.061.
(E) Each user shall at the time he or she is connected to the sewer system, pay a minimum fee of $90. However, if the initial expense for the connection exceeds $90 (labor, materials, and equipment), the user shall pay the actual amount of cost up to a maximum amount to $250.
(F) Rates and charges for sewers are as follows:
(1) Recurring rates and charges.
Phase I | Phase II | Phase III |
Phase I | Phase II | Phase III | |
Flat rate charge (unmetered) | |||
Per meter, per month | $36.24 | $37.33 | $38.45 |
Metered rate per month (per 1,000 gallons) | |||
First 2,700 gallons | $13.44 | $13.84 | $14.26 |
Next 5,700 gallons | $11.46 | $11.80 | $12.15 |
Next 8,300 gallons | $11.09 | $11.42 | $11.76 |
Next 17,300 gallons | $10.79 | $11.11 | $11.12 |
Minimum charge (per user, per month) | |||
Size of meter | |||
All meter sizes | $36.24 | $37.33 | $38.45 |
Note to table: Phase I is effective January 1, 2018 Phase II is effective January 1, 2019 Phase III is effective January 1, 2020 | |||
(2) Late charges. Late charges shall be 10% of the balance on the due date.
(3) Non-recurring rates and charges. Non-recurring rates and charges are as follows:
(a) Returned check charge: $15;
(b) Tap charges: 10% of the balance on the due date:
1. Five-eighths-inch and three-fourths-inch connections: $1,500; and
2. Other size connections: at the actual cost of the connection.
(c) Service call; minimum charge: $25.
(Ord. 81-4, passed 11-2-1981; Ord. 85-2, passed 4-1-1991; Ord. passed 4-1-1991; Ord. 2006-02, passed 5-1-2006; Ord. 5-2013, passed 10-7-2013; Ord. 2017-09, passed 12-4-2017)