(a) The funds received from the collection of sewer services charges shall be deposited with the City treasury and they shall be administered as specified by Ohio R. C. 729.52. The money so deposited shall be kept by the Treasurer in two separate and distinct funds known as the Sewer Fund. Collections resulting from the user charges and debt service charges shall be deposited in the Sewer Fund. The surcharge funds collected under contract with the Board of County Commissioners shall be excluded from the above; they shall be administered as specified under Section 913.10.
(b) The Sewer Fund shall be used for the payment of the cost of management, maintenance, operation and repair of the sewerage system and wastewater treatment plant, including all costs associated with equipment replacement, and for the debt service required for the improvement of the sewerage system by the construction of sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment plants, and the acquisition of necessary land therefor and for sinking fund purposes for the retirement of such debt.
(c) On or before July 1 of 1979, and each year thereafter on or before July 1, the Director shall submit to the Safety Service Director a recommended system of user charges, and debt service charges for approval. If approved, the Director shall submit the schedule of charges to Council on the first regular meeting in October for ratification and incorporation into the City ordinances. The system shall be in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) The system shall result in the distribution of the costs of operation and maintenance of the sewerage works within the Department's jurisdiction to each user class in proportion to such user's contribution to the total wastewater loading of the treatment works. Factors such as strength, volume and delivery flow rate characteristics shall be considered and included as the basis for the user's contribution to ensure a proportional distribution of operation and maintenance costs including replacement costs to each user class.
(2) The system shall be reviewed annually and revised periodically to reflect actual operation, maintenance and replacement costs of the sewerage works.
(3) The system shall generate sufficient revenue to offset the costs of all sewerage works operation and maintenance provided by the Department and such other expenditures authorized by subsection(b) hereof.
(Ord. 2016-21. Passed 11-28-16.)