(A) The city shall make and enforce such bylaws and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the safe, economical and efficient management of the city’s sewage system, pumping stations and sewage treatment works, for the construction and use of house sewers and connections to the sewage system and for the regulation, collection, rebating and refunding of such rates and charges. The city is hereby authorized to prohibit dumping into the city’s sewage system which, in its discretion, is deemed harmful to the operation of the sewage treatment works of said city or to require methods affecting the pretreatment of said wastes to comply with the pretreatment standards included in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued to the sewage works.
(B) The Board is hereby further authorized to enter into special rate contracts with customers with the sewage works where clearly-definable reductions in cost to the sewage works can be determined, and such reduction shall be limited to such reduced costs. Such proposed contracts shall be subject to the approval of the Common Council of the city.
(Ord. 974, passed 2-14-1978; Ord. 1110, passed 7-7-1986; Ord. 2020-02, passed 6-1-2020)