§ 51.69 ESTABLISHMENT OF A SEWER FUND.

   There shall be no separate sewer fund in the town outside of the normal accounting methods used by the town's Finance Office. All notes, bonds and any other funds for the purpose of the town's sewerage system shall be allocated in the same manner as any other borrowing prescribed by the Town Charter with the recommendation and approval of the town's fiscal authority, the Legislative Council.

(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)

§ 51.70 ANNUAL AUDIT.

   Any and all funds connected with the collection of sewer use charges and/or the maintenance of the town's sewer shall be part of the annual town audit.

(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITY

§ 51.75 ESTABLISHMENT.

   Pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat., §§ 7-246 through 7-269a, revision of 1958 as amended, there is hereby created an authority to be designated and known as the Water Pollution Control Authority of the Town of Hamden (hereinafter referred to as the WPCA). The purpose for which the authority is hereby created is to operate the sewerage system of the town, to use, equip, re-equip, repair, maintain, supervise, manager, operate and perform any act pertinent to the collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of sewage.

(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)

§ 51.76 POWERS.

   In furtherance of the purpose for which it is created, the WPCA may exercise any and all of the powers not to exceed the powers granted to such an authority by Conn. Gen. Stat., 7-246 through 7-289a, not to exceed those powers not specifically granted to it by the Legislative Council.

(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)

§ 51.77 ORGANIZATION OF SEWER STAFF.

   (A)   The sewer staff, under the Director of Public Works, shall be responsible for the operations maintenance and administration of the sewerage system.

   (B)   The personnel needs of the sewerage system shall be presented annually in accordance with the procedures established in the budget of the Public Works Department.

(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)

§ 51.78 AUTHORITY TO INCUR DEBT.

   The Finance Director may issue and sell tax anticipation notes from time to time as necessary to meet the short-term liabilities of the sewer fund prior to the receipt of revenues, provided such notes are authorized by the WPCA, Legislative Council and the Finance Director determines that said notes are payable from sewer fund revenues prior to the end of the fiscal year during which said notes are issued. The Finance Director may issue and sell long-term debts on behalf of the sewer fund, in the form of general obligation bonds or other legal debt instruments, provided such issuance is authorized by the Legislative Council and the Finance Director

(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)