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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)
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)
(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)
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)
Any and all flow of funds shall be in accordance with and with the consent of the fiscal authority of the town, upon the recommendation of the Director of Finance.
(A) The disposition of any excess revenues remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall be the sole discretion of the fiscal authority of the town.
(B) Any deficit net of receivables remaining at the end of the fiscal year shall be added to the cost of service for the following years and recovered through rates and charges for sewer service.
(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)
An annual budget of the next fiscal year's projected revenue and expenditures of the sewer fund and recommended sewer use charges shall be submitted to the Water Pollution Control Authority and filed with the Town Clerk by the town's Finance Director within 24 hours after the end of the budget process, up to and including Mayoral approval or veto of the Council Approved Budget for the next fiscal year and any time period thereafter, until such process is complete.
(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)
The town shall have no fewer than two representatives on the New Haven WPCA. The appointments of these representatives shall be recommended by the Mayor of Hamden and approved by the Legislative Council. Their terms shall be coterminous with the Mayor. Said terms shall begin December 31 of a mayoral election year and expire December 31 of the next mayoral election year.
(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)
(A) Any person who continues to violate any provision of §§ 51.01 through 51.49 after the time limit specified in any notice given in accordance with § 51.49 has expired, shall be fined not less than $25, nor more than $100 for each offense. Each day that any violation of §§ 51.01 through 51.49 continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense for the purpose of the penalty provided in this section.
(Ord. 235, adopted 9-4-84; Am. Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)