(A) Unit Rates. The Sewer User Charge, which includes charges for administration, operation, maintenance, replacement, and debt service expenses, will be assessed and collected by the city for all contributors to the sewer system on the following monthly basis:
(1) Administrative, Operation, Maintenance, and Replacement Charge: $1.60 per 1000 gallons of water used minimum usage of 2,490 gallons per month.
(2) Debt Service Charge: $4.82 per wastewater customer per month.
(3) Over-strength Surcharge: A charge to be determined on a case by case basis for discharge by any user of over-strength waste. Such charge to be equal to the excess cost incurred by the city in accepting the over-strength wastes.
(B) Late Payments. Billings for the Sewer User Charge shall be rendered to wastewater customers on or about the first of each month and shall be due and payable by the fifteenth of the month. Any bill not paid by the fifteenth of the month shall be assessed a 10% late charge. Water service and sewer service shall be discontinued to any wastewater customer not paying a delinquent bill by the seventh of the following month. The water and sewer service will be reestablished upon payment of the delinquent bill, the late charge, and a $10 reconnection charge.
(Ord. 90-1, passed 3-12-90)