(A) 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 fees shall be on file for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk and are set forth in Chapter 38, Fee Schedule. No flat rates for water service shall be quoted or allowed by the governing body. No water service shall be furnished to any customer at a rate that is different from other customers of the same class or type. Without respect to schedule of rates for other customers, the governing body may enter into special contracts with large consumers of water, but never at a rate less than the cost of production, provided that the contract shall always provide that the large consumer shall always pay the minimum rate for other customers and the contract shall be made on the basis of water consumed in excess of the minimum. A meter shall always be attached to the water service of such a contract consumer and read monthly as in the case of other classes of water consumers.
(B) Water service furnished to the other departments of the municipality and to other governmental subdivisions of the state shall be measured and billed for at rates as the governing body shall set from time to time without respect to the schedule of rates on file at the office of the City Clerk, but never at rates that do not cover the cost of providing water. Whenever water service is supplied to more than one customer through the same supply pipe, each customer shall pay the minimum water service charge each month. In the event that two or more customers are supplied through the same meter, the owner of the premise shall pay for all water consumed thereon plus separate minimums. One bill only shall be computed for each meter.
(Ord. 2006-2786, passed 12-18-2006)
Statutory reference:
Authority, see Neb. RS 16-681