(A) The user charge shall be the charge levied on all users including, but not limited to, persons or government entities that discharge, or cause or permit the discharge of, sewage into the public sewerage facilities.
(B) The user charge shall reflect at least the costs of operation and maintenance, including replacement, of the public sewerage facilities.
(C) Each user shall pay its proportionate cost (user charge) based on volume of flow.
(D) The Director of the sewerage facilities will review, not less often than every two years, the sewage contributions of users, the total costs of operation and maintenance, including replacement, of the sewerage facilities and the user charge system. The Director will make any recommendations for rate adjustments to the Board of Alderpersons. The Board will determine the necessity of any rate changes and will set rates to accomplish the following:
(1) Maintain the proportionate distribution of operation and maintenance costs among all users as provided herein; and
(2) Generate sufficient revenue to pay at least the total operation and maintenance costs necessary to the proper operation and maintenance, including replacement, of the sewerage facilities.
(E) All flow to the sewerage facilities not directly attributable to the users (for example, infiltration/inflow) shall be distributed among all users of the sewerage facilities based upon the volume of flow of the users.
(F) User charges, surcharges, water charges and any other necessary charges will be billed according to the following schedules:
(1) Industrial, commercial, residential and municipal customers will be billed on a monthly basis according to the following schedule.
(a) The town will mail bills so that customers will receive notice on the first working day of each month.
(b) Payment for the bill is technically past due after the twenty-fifth of the month for residential customers.
(c) A second notice for a delinquent bill will be mailed within ten days after the payment due date.
(d) If payment is not received from industrial, commercial or residential customers by the town before the indicated deadline, water service to the customer will be severed. In the case of municipalities, the town may seek injunctive relief for nonpayment.
(e) Service to a customer will be reconnected only after the town has received payment for all bills due, together with a $10 reconnect fee.
(f) Any applicable surcharges, as contained in § 51.092, will be billed separately from regular monthly charges. Surcharges will be billed on a monthly basis.
(2) Bills will be sent through the United States mail, notifying all users of the amount and date due. Failure to receive a bill is not an excuse for nonpayment of bills.
(3) In case a user discharging water into the town’s sanitary sewer system does not procure his or her water supply from the town and becomes delinquent in the payment of the aforesaid charges, his or her connection with the town sewer system will be severed and will only be reconnected at his or her expense. Procedure for payment of the bill is the same as in division (F)(1) above.
(Prior Code, § 15-42) (Ord. passed 10-7-1985)