(A) (1) All metered rates per 100 cubic feet per month, all minimum monthly charges, all public fire protection charges per month and all private fire protection charges are increased by 12% pro rata.
(2) The appropriate and applicable sections of this code pertaining to the rates, fees and charges established and levied for services provided by the waterworks of the city are amended, revised and established to be:
(a) Metered rates.
Metered Rates per 100 Cubic Feet per Month
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First 600 cubic feet | $4.84 |
Next 700 cubic feet | $4.32 |
Next 1,300 cubic feet | $3.54 |
Next 2,400 cubic feet | $2.68 |
Over 5,000 cubic feet | $1.98 |
(b) Monthly charges.
Minimum Monthly Charges
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Minimum Monthly Charges
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5/8-inch meter | $16.20 |
3/4-inch meter | $23.44 |
1-inch meter | $32.76 |
1-1/2-inch meter | $68.90 |
2-inch meter | $117.40 |
3-inch meter | $201.97 |
4-inch meter | $310.05 |
6-inch meter | $826.77 |
8-inch meter | $1,376.65 |
(c) Public fire protection.
Public Fire Protection Charge per Month
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5/8- and 3/4-inch meters | $3.55 |
1-inch meter size and greater | $5.58 |
(d) Private fire protection.
Private Fire Protection (per Hydrant per Annum) | |
Private hydrants | $275.56 |
Sprinkler connection | $275.56 |
(B) (1) (a) No person or persons shall access water from any non-metered or hydrant source owned and operated by the Water Utility without the authorization of the Superintendent of the Water Utility even if the rate to be levied is duly paid by the person or persons so accessing and obtaining water. Accessing Water Utility water without proper authorization by the Water Utility Superintendent shall result in a fine of $100 per incident of accessing over and above the cost of the water per 100 cubic feet so obtained based upon the fees established for metered customers. The City Attorney, under appropriate circumstances, shall pursue criminal prosecution for theft in any and all cases where it is deemed that unauthorized access to non-metered or hydrant sources owned by the Water Utility was accomplished with the intent to steal the water so obtained.
(b) Commencing on July 1, 2001, and thereafter, Water Utility charges for water provided by the Utility at any site served by the Water Utility shall be made to and paid by the property owner or owners of record of that site as best determinable by the Water Utility Superintendent. Water service shall not be provided to the property owner or owners of record if there exists any arrears in payments at the site until all arrears in payments are paid with penalties.
(c) Customers whose water meters have been turned off due to a failure to pay the bill will be assessed a reconnection charge of $60, payable prior to reconnection.
(d) No person or persons shall at any time or in any manner enter into or manipulate the mechanisms within a water meter nor turn on or off any mechanism placed by the Water Utility at any site without the express, written permission of the Superintendent of the Water Utility.
(2) The provisions of the adopted budgets of the city for the General Tax Fund and the budget of the Utility for the current year now in force and being implemented notwithstanding, no payment or transfer from the utility to the General Tax Fund of the city as payment in lieu of taxes shall be made until all of the established funds of the Utility shall have on hand at least in excess of 60 days of the average required daily operating balance, and $20,000 in each of the properly-established funds for capital improvements or maintenance on hand and available above and in excess of the amount adopted for the current budget year as payment in lieu of taxes from the Utility to the General Fund.
(3) Replacements and extensions shall appear as a line item in the annual budget for the Water Utility, and a detailed plan of implementation shall be submitted to the Common Council annually.
(Prior Code, § 13.04.180) (Ord. 1364, passed 2-8-1993; Ord. 2004-13, passed 12-6-2004; Ord. 2006-15, passed 12-28-2006; Ord. 2012-04, passed 3-5-2012; Ord. 2019-04, passed 8-5-2019) Penalty, see § 51.99