(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER. Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than 200 mg/l and a suspended solids concentration of not more than 240 mg/l.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. All expenditures during the useful life of the treatment works for materials, labor, utilities and other items which are necessary for managing and maintaining the sewage works to achieve the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
REPLACEMENT. Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
RESIDENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR. Any contributor to the treatment works whose lot, parcel of real estate or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes only.
SEWER USE CHARGE. The charge which is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance and replacement of the wastewater treatment works.
USEFUL LIFE. The estimated period during which a treatment works will be operated.
WATER METER. A water volume measuring and recording device, furnished and/or installed by the village, or furnished and/or installed by a user and approved by the village.
(B) The total sewer charge shall consist of a customer charge as follows.
(1) Customer charges.
(a) The customer charge for residential and commercial is as follows.
Time Period
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Service Charge
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April 1, 2024, to April 30, 2025 | $33.50 per month |
May 1, 2025, to April 30, 2026 | $36.50 per month |
May 1, 2026, and beyond | $40 per month |
(b) For multiple dwelling units and for commercial users served jointly by a single meter, the charge shall be the current rate times the number of units served by such meter. For trailer courts or camps, the charge shall be the current rate times the number of units deemed to be the capacity of the court. For hotels, motels and overnight recreational vehicle parks, the charge shall be the current rate plus $20 per rental unit in excess of the first unit.
(2) Sewer use charges.
(a) 1. The sewer use charges for residential and commercial are as follows.
Time Period
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Rate
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April 1, 2024, to April 30, 2025 | 2.20 per 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof usage |
May 1, 2025, to April 30, 2026 | 2.35 per 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof usage |
May 1, 2026, and beyond | 2.50 per 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof usage |
2. For residential and commercial customers, the monthly charge for 12 months following May 1 of each year shall be based on the average water consumed during the preceding months of January, February and March for that property.
3. Until consumptive history is properly established and for previously unoccupied residential and commercial properties, the monthly charge shall be based on a typical consumption of 3,000 gallons.
4. For commercial users and industries discharging only non-processed, domestic strength wastewater, the rates shall be those set forth above.
(b) The minimum charge per month is the customer charge and is in addition to the sewer use charge.
(C) The sewer service charges prescribed by this section shall be collected at the same time, in the same manner and by the same officers as the water charges are collected by the village and may be included on the same billing or statement that is used for the billing for water service.
(D) (1) Each sewer service charge prescribed by this section shall be a lien upon the premises or real estate on which or for which the sewer service was used or supplied from and after the time such amounts are delinquent for a period of five days.
(2) The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall, on June 1 of each year, or at such other times during the municipal year that he or she deems it necessary to protect the interests of the village, report to the Board of Trustees a list of all unpaid accounts due for sewer service, together with a description of the premises or real estate on which or for which the sewer service was used or supplied. Such report shall be examined and, if approved by the Board of Trustees, shall be certified by the Village Clerk-Treasurer to the County Clerk giving the amounts due and the description of such premises or real estate. Such amounts shall be certified, assessed, collected and returned in the same manner as other municipal taxes. Such sewer service charges are also the personal liability of the owner of such premises or real estate and may also be recovered by the village in an action at law by the village against such owner.
(3) When any sewer service charge becomes delinquent for nonpayment, water service and sewer service of such user may be discontinued until payment is made and a reconnection charge of $25 is paid.
(E) There are hereby established the required accounts for the purpose of managing the revenues derived and to be derived from the village’s sanitary sewerage system.
(F) Sewer use rates shall be reviewed at least biannually and shall be revised as necessary to keep revenues reasonably in balance with anticipated expenditures. This review shall include an analysis of the balance credited to the Repair and Replacement Account, such that sufficient funds are accrued to provide for the expected replacement costs of the wastewater works. Adequate funds shall continue the fair and equitable distribution of all costs to all of the users of the system.
(G) Excess funds shall be carried forward from year to year in the respective accounts. Funds transferred from other sources for temporary shortages in the Operation and Maintenance or Repair and Replacement Accounts shall be returned to those respective accounts upon adjustment of user charge rates. The rates shall be adjusted such that the funds transferred will be returned to their respective accounts in the fiscal year following the year in which the funds were transferred.
(H) Users shall be provided with written notice annually, in conjunction with a regular bill, of the rate being charged for the operation and maintenance, including replacement, of the wastewater treatment works. Such notice shall be provided to users after the review of rates provided for in division (F) above and shall include the findings and determination of such review.
(I) Any user discharging toxic pollutants to the system shall pay for such increased costs of managing the effluent or sludge by the treatment works. Charges shall be as deemed necessary by the village to recover the increased costs.
(Prior Code, § 3-215) (Ord. 133, passed 4-6-1998; Ord. 149, passed 2-3-2003; Ord. 268, passed 11-7-2023; Ord. 272, passed 4-2-2024) Penalty, see § 50.99