(a) There shall be a charge for each and every 1,000 gallons of water used within the Village, as follows:
(1) Effective January 1, 2020; three dollars and ninety-two cents ($3.92);
(2) Effective January 1, 2021; four dollars and fifty-one cents ($4.51);
(3) Effective January 1, 2022; five dollars and nineteen cents ($5.19);
(4) Effective January 1, 2023; five dollars and thirty-five cents ($5.35); and
(5) Effective January 1, 2024; five dollars and fifty-one cents ($5.51).
(b) Users outside of the Village shall have such charges multiplied by a factor of two to determine the surcharge for the use of the Village water system.
(c) In addition to the charges set forth in subsection (a) hereof, there shall be a minimum monthly charge for each and every user of the Village water system, as follows:
(1) Effective January 1, 2020; nine dollars and ninety-five cents ($9.95);
(2) Effective January 1, 2021; eleven dollars and forty-four cents ($11.44);
(3) Effective January 1, 2022; thirteen dollars and sixteen cents ($13.16);
(4) Effective January 1, 2023; thirteen dollars and fifty-five cents ($13.55); and
(5) Effective January 1, 2024; thirteen dollars and ninety-six cents ($13.96)
(d) The foregoing charges are minimum, not maximum, charges, and the Village reserves the right and is obligated to increase such rates at any time should the revenues of the waterworks system prove insufficient to pay the operating and maintenance expenses and the debt service charges of the bonds issued to pay the cost of constructing such system.
(e) Charges for services furnished to the Village and its inhabitants and other users by the municipal waterworks system shall be rendered and collected monthly by the Village Administrator. Such charges shall appear on the bills for the sanitary sewage system, and the payment of one without the other shall not be accepted.
(f) Should the bill for any service rendered by the waterworks system remain unpaid by the fifteenth day of the month following the month to which the billing pertains, a penalty of ten percent shall be added thereto. If such bills are not paid by the thirtieth of the month after the bill is sent, the Village Administrator is authorized to cut off water service to the premises. Service shall be resumed only after payment of the bill and an additional fee of ten dollars ($10.00). If the bill is not paid within ninety days, the Clerk-Treasurer is authorized to certify the delinquent bill plus the penalties to the County Auditor for collection at the same time that other taxes and assessments are collected.
(g) The owner of private property which is served by the waterworks system, as well as the lessee of the premises, is liable to the Village for all water service to such premises and the payment thereof.
(h) Pursuant to R.C. § 743.09, the Hicksville Exempted School District shall be charged a proportionate charge for water service, which shall be made in the ratio which the tax valuation of the property outside the municipal corporation bears to the tax valuation of all of the property within such School District. This ratio shall be reviewed annually in January of each year and the proportionate charge shall be adjusted based upon the formula contained in this subsection.
(Ord. 98-34. Passed 12-21-98; Ord. 2004-11. Passed 6-21-04; Ord. 2007-09. Passed 8-21-07; Ord. 2007-15. Passed 10-15-07; Ord. 2011-10. Passed 11-21-11; Ord. 2015-15. Passed 11-16-15; Ord. 2017-11. Passed 4-17-17; Ord. 2019-15. Passed 11-18-19.)