(A) The Board of Commissioners shall review not less often than once per year the sewage contributions of users, the total costs of operation and maintenance (including replacement) of the sewerage facilities, and the user charge system. The Board of Commissioners shall revise the user charges, if necessary, to accomplish the following:
(1) Maintain the proportionate distribution of operation and maintenance costs among users and user classifications. Each user shall pay its proportionate share of operation and maintenance (including replacement) costs;
(2) Generate sufficient revenue to pay the total operation and maintenance costs necessary for the proper operation and maintenance (including replacement) of the sewerage facilities; and
(3) Apply excess revenues collected from a class of users to the costs of operation and maintenance attributable to that class for the next year and adjust the rate accordingly.
(B) First year costs associated with this regulation were developed based on projected costs. All future charges will be based on actual costs.
(C) Each user discharging any toxic pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the treatment works shall pay for 100% of such increased costs.
(D) All flow to the sewerage facilities not directly attributable to the users (i.e. infiltration/inflow) shall be distributed among all users and user classes of the sewerage facilities in the same manner as operations and maintenance costs are distributed.
(E) Each user shall be notified, at least annually, in conjunction with a regular bill, of the rate and that portion of the user charge which is attributable to operation and maintenance of the sewerage facilities.
(Ord. passed 2-21-05)