(A) Each user or any person, business or institution that is, pursuant to I.C. 36-9-23-30 required to be connected to Monrovia’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, shall pay for the services provided by the Treatment Works, whether or not said person, business, or institutional facility is actually connected to the line, based on a flat fee (or other appropriate methods) acceptable to the Council.
(B) For residential, industrial, institutional and commercial users, monthly user charges will be based on a flat fee, unless after proper publication and public hearing, the town decides to establish rate(s) or rate structure.
(C) Each user shall pay a flat fee based on the following schedule:
Monthly charge for sewer service:
Residential Customer | $56.73 |
Commercial Customer (non-residential) | $56.73 |
School rate | $1,925.00
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1 Less: Library rate of $56.73. Net monthly rate is $1,868.27 | |
(D) (1) For those users whose wastewater has a greater strength than normal domestic sewage, a surcharge, in addition to the normal user charge, will be collected. The surcharge for operation and maintenance including replacement is:
(a) $.50 per pound BOD, in excess of 250 mg/1;
(b) $.50 per pound SS, in excess of 250 mg/1;
(c) $.60 per pound ammonia, in excess of 30 mg/l;
(d) $1.50 per pound phosphorus in excess of 4 mg/l; and
(e) $.25 per pound fats, wax, grease, or oils, collectively, whether emulsified or not in excess of 100 mg/l.
(2) The determination of suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand, ammonia, phosphorus, and fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether emulsified or not, contained in the waste shall be in accordance with the latest copy of Standard Methods for the Elimination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes, as written by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation, and in accordance with Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants, Title 40 C.F.R. part 136, as hereinafter amended, supplemented, or replaced.
(E) Any user which discharges any Toxic Pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent of the sludge from the Town's Treatment Works, or any user which discharges any substance which singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable increases in the cost of operation, maintenance or replacement of the Treatment Works, shall pay for the increased costs. The charge to each user shall be as determined by the appropriate financial personnel and approved by the Council.
(F) The user charge rates established in this section apply to all users of the Treatment Works.
(G) Credit card payments and convenience fees. IC 36-1-8-11 allows a municipality to accept credit cards as a method of payment for utility services. IC 36-1-8-11 also states that if a transaction fee is billed to the municipality owned utility’s account, an official fee and a reasonable convenience fee may be charged. The town hereby charges the following fees:
(1) For a bill up to the amount of a standard one month wastewater service charge, a convenience fee of $3.00 shall be charged to the customer.
(2) For amounts above a standard one month wastewater service charge, an official fee of $1.50 per partial or full month equivalent shall be charged to the customer.
Fee Schedule | |
$0.01 to $56.73 | $3.00 Convenience Fee shall be charged |
$56.74 to $113.46 | $3.00 Convenience Fee and $1.50 Official Fee shall be charged |
$113.47 to $170.19 | $3.00 Convenience Fee and $3.00 Official Fee shall be charged |
Each additional $0.01 to $56.73 | An additional $1.50 Official Fee shall be charged to the amounts above |
(Ord. 11-1999, passed 9-27-1999; Am. Ord. 2-01, passed 2-26-2001; Am. Ord. 02-2002, passed 3-1-2002: Am. Ord. 3-25-2003; Am. Ord. passed 4-14-2003; Am. Ord. passed 8-25-2003; Am. Ord. passed 9-12-2005; Am. Ord. 3-2009, passed 10-26-2009; Am. Ord. 02-2015, passed 6-22-2015)