(A) Fees and collections.
(1) The governing body has the power and authority to fix the rates to be paid by the water consumers for the use of water from the Water Department. All such fees shall be on file for public inspection at the office of the Municipal Clerk-Treasurer.
(2) The Municipal Clerk-Treasurer shall bill the consumers and collect all money received by the municipality on the account of the Water Department. He or she shall faithfully account for and pay to the Municipal Clerk-Treasurer all revenue collected by him or her, taking his or her receipt therefor in duplicate, filing one with the Water Commissioner and keeping the other on file in the Municipal Clerk-Treasurer’s official records.
(Prior Code, § 3-109)
(B) Minimum rates. All water consumers shall be liable for the following minimum rates provided by ordinance unless and until the consumer shall, by written order, direct the Water Commissioner to shut off the water at the stop box, in which case the consumer shall not be liable thereafter for water rental until the water is turned on again:
(1) For residential and commercial consumers located within the village limits, the rate shall be a $34 per month service charge plus $1.25 per 1,000 gallons, or fraction thereof, of usage; and
(2) For residential and commercial consumers located outside the village limits, the rate shall be $14 per month for up to and including 5,000 gallon usage for any month. For any usage during any month of over 5,000 gallons, the rate shall be $0.50 per 1,000 gallons.
(Prior Code, § 3-110)
(Ord. 63, passed 12-5-1977; Ord. 124-A, passed 4-3-1995; Ord. 137, passed 11-2-1998; Ord. 267, passed 11-7-2023)
Statutory reference:
Waterworks; rules and regulations, see Neb. RS 17-540 and 17-542