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SEWER FEES AND PAYMENT PROCEDURE
The fee for connecting to the municipal sewer system shall be based on the water meter size as follows:
3/4" or 1" meter | $400 |
1-1/2" meter | $600 |
2" meter | $1,000 |
3" meter | $2,000 |
4" meter | $3,600 |
(Ord. 430, passed - -; Res. 2008-15, passed 8-11-2008; Ord. 708, passed 11-4-2024)
(A) The sewer rates shall be established by resolution of the City Council and kept on file in the office of the City Finance Officer.
(B) Classification of users as needed for billing purposes may be established by resolution of the City Council and kept on file in the office of the City Finance Officer.
(C) The City Council may require deposits for a particular class of users which requirement may be established by resolution of the City Council and kept on file in the office of the City Finance Officer.
(D) All users shall be billed monthly. The charge shall be based on the metered waste volume and the strength of the wastes discharged to the wastewater system.
(E) The charge for high volume and/or strength users without flow metering installations, or where data on volume and strength is not available, shall be based on metered water consumption estimates prepared by the city or other methods as determined by the city.
(F) The sewer rate shall be:
(1) Base rate of $26.88 per month for all users;
(2) Surcharge CW #1 of $10.50 per month per service;
(3) Surcharge CW #2 of $7.85 per month per service; and
(4) Usage fee of $4.60 per 1,000 gallons of water usage.
(Ord. 430, passed - -; Ord. 518, passed - -; Res. 2020-21, passed 7-6-2020; Res. 2023-5, passed 3-13-2023; Res. 2024-5, passed 2-5-2024)
(A) Payment of all water and sewer bills shall be due upon receipt by the consumer, as set forth in § 50.04(D). Failure to pay by the consumer within the time specified shall result in penalties and termination of service as set forth in Ordinance § 16-1-4.
(B) All users shall be billed monthly, such billing schedule to coincide with the billing schedule for water users as set forth in § 50.29. The charge shall be based on the average of the actual water usage during the metered periods ending on February, March, and April 15 of each year, and said average shall remain the same for the following monthly billing periods until April 15 of the next year when a new average will be calculated, except as hereinafter provided.
(C) The charge for users not receiving water service from the city water system during any or all of the metered periods ending on February, March, or April 15 or where there is no prior water usage, shall be based on estimates prepared by the city. If the metered water usage during any of the months used in calculating the average are substantially high or low as compared to metered water usage during the other months used in the calculation, a more appropriate amount may be substituted for the substantially high or low month’s metered water usage.
(D) The charge for users having substantially higher or lower metered water usage in several of the following monthly billing periods than the average as calculated in this section may be based on estimates as determined by the city.
(Ord. 430, passed - -; Ord. 518, passed - -)
No occupant or owner of any premises to which sewer service is supplied is allowed to supply or shall supply to any person or families any sewer service from the city system or permit the same to be used except upon special permit from the City Council. Any consumer violating this provision will be charged the additional amount that such user or users would be charged if the sewer service was billed to the user or users by the city. This amount is to be collected in the same manner and at the same rate as other sewer services.
(Ord. 430, passed - -) Penalty, see § 51.99
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