937.14 BILLING AND COLLECTION.

   The billing and collection of sanitary sewer charges is hereby delegated to the Service Director, to be assessed, levied and collected in conjunction with the administration of the charges for water service supplied by the City. The same shall be subject to and governed by the valid and applicable rules and regulations from time to time established by the City with respect to the collection of water charges.

   Billing and collection of sanitary sewer charges shall be as provided in rules and regulations governing the Division of Water concerning meter reading, bills and termination of water service as contained in Chapter 941.

   The sanitary sewer charges shall be a lien upon all real property served by the City sewer system. On or before January 1, and June 1 of each year, the Clerk of Council shall in accordance with regulations issued by the Service Director, certify delinquent sanitary sewer charges together with a proper description of the premises to the County Auditor for placement on the real property tax duplicate and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes and placed in a strict fund for immediate distribution to the City for deposit in the Sewer Fund. Upon payment to the City of delinquent sanitary sewer charges that have been certified to the County Auditor, the Clerk of Council shall certify the fact of payment to the Auditor, who shall cancel such charge upon the tax records.

   The City shall have the right to enter into a contract with industrial users; however, the contract shall not be in conflict with any of the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 92-008. Passed 1-7-92.)

937.15 SEWER FUND.

   The funds received from the collection of the user charges or rates authorized by this chapter shall be deposited monthly with the City Treasury and shall be accounted for and be known as the Sewer Fund. Appropriate accounting procedures shall be established for separating the revenues received from each component part of both the user charges and debt service charges pursuant to Section 937.01 , and when appropriated by Council, moneys from such Fund shall be available for the payment of the following expenses:

   (a)    Operation, maintenance and replacement costs for the sewage treatment plant and collection system which shall include the following applicable general government fund expenses pertaining to the management of the sewage works as allowed by the Ohio Revised Code:

      (1)    Engineering;

      (2)    General administration of public service and safety;

      (3)    Bureau of Buildings, Inspections, Licenses and Permits;

      (4)    Operation and Maintenance of the City Building and Public lands;

      (5)    Vehicle insurance.

   (b)    Administrative costs for billing, collection and data processing.

   (c)    Industrial monitoring costs.

   (d)    Cost for treating extra strength sewage.

   (e)    Debt service costs for payment of the principal and/or interest on any debt incurred for the construction of such treatment works or for the creation of a sinking fund for the payment of such debt.

   Any surplus in the Sewer Fund shall not be used for the extension to local collection systems to serve unsewered areas or for any other purpose whatsoever.

(Ord. 15-271. Passed 1-5-16.)

937.16 TESTING.

   Industrial wastes discharged into the public sewers shall be subject to periodic inspection with a determination of character and concentration of such wastes. The owner shall be responsible for the collection and testing of the aforementioned samples.

   Samples shall be collected in such a manner as to be representative of the composition of the wastes. The sampling shall be accomplished by the use of automatic sampling equipment capable of collecting composite samples.

(Ord. 92-008. Passed 1-7-92.)

937.17 ANALYSES.

   Laboratory procedures used in the examination of industrial wastes shall be those set forth in the latest edition of "Standard Methods" which are approved in 40 CFR Part 136 or any other method approved by OEPA and the Service Director and the owner.

   Determination of the character and concentration of the industrial wastes shall be made by the owner responsible for the discharge, or his qualified agent as approved by the Service Director. The results of the analyses shall be reported to the City on a monthly, quarterly, bimonthly or a yearly basis depending on classification, on forms provided by the City. The City shall make its own analyses on the wastes and these determinations shall be binding as a basis for charges, except under circumstances in the following paragraph.

   In case the analyses performed by the industry and the City result in substantially difference values, an effort shall be made by the industry to collect samples at the same time the City collects its own samples. The results of the analyses on the samples collected by the City and the industry shall be compared using the same testing procedures as outlined in the latest approved edition of "Standard Methods" and the difference negotiated.

(Ord. 92-008. Passed 1-7-92.)

937.18 APPEALS.

   The administrative appeal procedure shall be as provided in rules and regulations governing the Division of Water concerning appeal procedures and hearings as contained in Chapter 941.

(Ord.92-008. Passed 1-7-92.)