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Effective July 1, 2009, each customer will pay sewer service charges in the amount of $34.22 per 1000 cubic feet of water attributable to the customer for the property served but in no event less than $7.51 per month (a 10% increase over the previous rate of $6.83). Beginning on July 1, 2009 and then on July 1 of each succeeding year until June 30, 2024, the sewer service charge will increase 3% and the minimum charge will be increased by 3%. Beginning July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025, the sewer service charge will increase 8% and the minimum charge will be increased by 8%. Beginning on July 1, 2026, and then on July 1 of each succeeding year until June 30, 2030, the sewer service charge will increase 3% and the minimum charge will be increased by 3%. In any fiscal year in which revenues are expected to exceed operations and maintenance expenditures by 25% the Council, by resolution, shall suspend the rate increase, in whole or in part, so long as revenues exceed operations and maintenance expenditures by 25%.
In addition, there will be a flat fee of $10.00 per month per residential dwelling unit and a flat fee of $10.00 per month for each non-residential account for the purpose of payment for an upgrade to the sewer system for the benefit of all users. A residential dwelling unit is defined as one or more rooms, designed, occupied or intended for occupancy as a separate living quarter. For purposes of this section, each apartment, dormitory room, condominium or similar dwelling usage will be considered a separate dwelling unit.
Customers who are educational institutions with more than 250 full-time students are exempt from the sewer service charges based on the water usage for the portion of water service:
1. Used exclusively for watering or irrigating playing fields of the educational institution; and
2. Measured by a meter that is separate and distinct from the meters used to measure other water services provided to the customer.
The customer is responsible for all costs associated with the purchase, installation and maintenance of the meter. The Superintendent shall determine the type and size of the meter and, further, shall inspect and approve the installation of the meter so used. The customer's eligibility for this exemption is contingent upon full compliance with these and other provisions pertaining to the water system and the sanitary sewer system, as determined by the Superintendent.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 384.84)
Where, in the judgment of the Superintendent and the Council, special conditions exist to the extent that the application of the sewer charges provided in Section 99.02 would be inequitable or unfair to either the City or the customer, a special rate shall be proposed by the Superintendent and submitted to the Council for approval by resolution.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 384.84)
Customers whose premises are served by a private water system shall pay sewer charges based upon the water used as determined by the City either by an estimate agreed to by the customer or by metering the water system at the customer’s expense. Any negotiated, or agreed upon sales or charges shall be subject to approval of the Council.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 384.84)
All sewer service charges are due and payable under the same terms and conditions provided for payment of a combined service account as contained in Section 92.04 of this Code of Ordinances. Sewer service may be discontinued in accordance with the provisions contained in Section 92.05 if the combined service account becomes delinquent, and the provisions contained in Section 92.08 relating to lien notices shall also apply in the event of a delinquent account.
The owner of the premises served and any lessee or tenant thereof shall be jointly and severally liable for sewer service charges to the premises. Sewer service charges remaining unpaid and delinquent shall constitute a lien upon the premises served and shall be certified by the Clerk to the County Treasurer for collection in the same manner as property taxes.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 384.84)
No statement in these chapters shall be construed as preventing a special agreement, arrangement or contract between the Council, and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted subject to special conditions, rate and cost as established by the Council.