(A) Purpose of establishing procedure for determining equitable sewer services to be levied on all users which discharge wastewater to the wastewater collection system. The purpose of this chapter shall be to generate sufficient revenue to pay all costs of the operation and maintenance of the wastewater treatment system. The cost shall be distributed to all users of the system.
(B) Determining the total annual cost of operation and maintenance. The city, or its City Public Works Engineer, shall determine the total annual costs of operation and maintenance of the wastewater system which are necessary to maintain the capacity and performance, during the service life of the treatment works, for which such works were designed and constructed. The total annual cost of operation and maintenance shall include, but not be limited to, labor, repairs, equipment replacement, maintenance, necessary modifications, power, sampling, laboratory tests and a reasonable contingency fund.
(C) Rate schedule.
(1) Residential users are considered to be one class of user. For the purpose of this chapter, a
RESIDENTIAL USER shall be deemed to be and mean any single independent family, and irrespective of whether living in a one-family residence, mobile home or any other type of residence, if such residence is served by an independent connection to the municipal sewer system of the city. The user fee structure and the effective dates of implementation for this class of user are as follows.
Effective date | 1/1/2019 | 1/1/2020 | 1/1/2021 | 1/1/2022 | 1/1/2023 |
Rate structure | $30 | $30.57 | $31.15 | $31.74 | $32.35 |
(2) Multiple-family residence and mobile home parks are considered to be one class of user. For the purpose of this chapter, a multiple-family residence shall include duplexes, four-plexes, apartment buildings and any structure or series of structures that contain multiple residential units that collectively discharge their domestic waste into a single. independent connection to the municipal sewer system of the city. For the purposes of this chapter, a mobile home park is two or more mobile homes that collectively discharge their domestic waste into a single, independent connection to the municipal sewer system.
(a) The user fee structure and effective dates of implementation for this class of user are as follows.
Effective date | 1/1/2019 | 1/1/2020 | 1/1/2021 | 1/1/2022 | 1/1/2023 |
Rate structure | $30 | $30.57 | $31.15 | $31.74 | $32.35 |
(b) For the purpose of this chapter, fees will be based on 90% of the number of apartments or mobile home spaces regardless of occupancy.
(3) Commercial users of the municipal wastewater system that originate within the corporate boundaries of the city shall pay according to the following user fee schedule and effective implementation dates as follows.
Effective date | 1/1/2019 | 1/1/2020 | 1/1/2021 | 1/1/2022 | 1/1/2023 |
Rate structure | $30/month minimum + $3.25/1,000 gal over 7,000 gal | $30.57/month minimum + $3.25/1,000 gal over 7,000 gal | $31.15/month minimum + $3.25/1,000 gal over 7,000 gal | $31.74/month minimum + $3.25/1,000 gal over 7,000 gal | $32.35/month minimum + $3.25/1,000 gal over 7,000 gal |
(4) All other users of the municipal wastewater system within the corporate boundaries of the city and whose water supply did not originate from the city’s municipal water system, shall be charged a fee for the use of the municipal wastewater system. This fee shall be based on the flow from the user to the total flow of the system. The fee shall be this percentage applied to the current years’ total operation and maintenance budget for the city wastewater treatment and collection system.
(5) The wastewater service charge for all out-of-town users of the municipal wastewater system shall be two times the rate for in-town users in the same user class categories.
(6) The wastewater service charge for all commercial waste haulers is $10/dump up to 2,000 gallons and $3/1,000 gallons after.
(D) After hours service calls.
(1) There can be charged in addition to any other authorized charge, the sum of up to $200 to any account owner who requests the city to make sewer calls other than during regular working hours, including Sundays and holidays. Not an emergency service.
(2) A $30 charge shall be made for any call requests at any time for service requiring more than an ordinary inspection during regular working hours. All such charges are to be added to the appropriate sewer bill.
(3) The city shall not be responsible for thawing frozen sewer services. The Wastewater Superintendent shall be responsible for determining when these costs shall be assessed against the property owner, plumber or contractor.
(Ord. 1195, passed 12-3-2018)