§ 50.111 DETERMINATION OF INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY.

   An Industrial user’s portion of any Federal Grant shall be based on the loadings attributable to wastewater of such user tributary of the wastewater treatment works of the City.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))

§ 50.112 COST FOR INDUSTRIAL USER.

   The costs to be recovered for an industrial user anywhere within the service area of the City, shall be determined as follows:

   (A)   For normal strength wastewater (ie: BOD-5 equal to or less than 300 mg/l) and/or suspended solids equal to or less than 250 mg/l an amount for each l,000 gallons as determined by the City Council.

   (B)   For extra strength wastewater (ie: BOD-5 greater than 300 mg/l and/or suspended solids greater than 250 mg/l) a surcharge, in addition to (A) above, shall be charged for each pound of BOD-5 introduced into the sanitary sewer system in excess of the amount contained at BOD-5 = 300 mg/l at a rate as determined by the City Council and, for each pound of suspended solids introduced into the sanitary sewer system in excess of the amount contained at SS = 250 mg/l at a rate as determined by the City Council.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))

§ 50.113 CHARGE FOR INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY.

   (A)   Each year during the industrial cost recovery period, each industrial user of the treatment works shall pay the cost recover amount determined for each industry, divided by the recovery period.

   (B)   Where an industry is connected to a public sewer after the start-up of the facilities constructed under a Federal Grant for each quarter remaining in the recovery period, such industry will not be required to pay for those quarters of the recovery period for connection to a public sewer.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))

§ 50.114 LENGTH OF INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY PERIOD.

   The industrial cost recovery period shall be equal to the useful life of the sewers or treatment works, which shall be 30 years from the beginning of full use of the facility.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))

§ 50.115 PAYMENTS AND BILLING PERIODS FOR INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY.

   For the purpose of industrial cost recovery, the year shall be divided into quarterly periods, said periods to begin on the first day of July, October, January, and March, and all industrial users of the City of Mt. Vernon shall pay the cost as determined for industrial cost recovery and such payment shall be made quarterly on the fifteenth day of the month immediately following the expiration of the quarterly period for which service has been supplied, and such charge shall be payable within ten (10) days after rendition thereof, and in the event such bills are not paid within said ten (10) days, a service charge of ten percent (.10010) shall be added thereto.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))

§ 50.116 DELINQUENCY AND TERMINATION OF SERVICE.

   (A)   In the event the charges for industrial cost recovery are not paid within ten days after the rendition of that bill, then such service charges shall be deemed and are hereby declared to be delinquent, and thereafter such delinquent charge shall constitute a lien upon the real estate for which such sewer services were supplied.

   (B)   The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed each quarter to file sworn statements showing such delinquencies in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Jefferson County, Illinois, and the filing of such statements shall be deemed notice of a lien for the payment of such charges for sewer service. If the delinquency in the payment of the recovery cost continues for a period of more than sixty (60) days, the sewer service shall be discontinued.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))

§ 50.117 TIME OF FIRST PAYMENT.

   The initial payment made by an industrial user which is connected to a public sewer after the start-up of the treatment works or sewer line constructed with a Federal Grant, shall be made by the next scheduled due date as defined above and shall be equal to one quarter of the amount due.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))