(A) The City Council and Mayor shall adopt by resolution an amount necessary to operate and maintain the Municipal irrigation system, which shall be assessed and billed to the owners of property being served by the system.
(B) All amounts received pursuant to this section shall be deposited and credited to a separate fund, to be known as the Irrigation Fund, and all expenditures therefrom shall be dedicated to the payment of assessments for the shares, and the operation, maintenance, replacement, upgrade and extension of the Municipal irrigation system and for no other purposes.
(C) Measurement of water to the Municipal irrigation system based upon the number of shares shall be the responsibility of Farmers.
(D) Fees collected by the City for the Municipal irrigation system shall be used solely for the delivery system to the property entitled to such water within the boundaries of the City limits.
(E) The City shall be responsible for collecting assessments on shares imposed by Farmers or its successors on property within the Municipal irrigation system that receives water from the system. Collection of the assessments on shares shall be placed in the Irrigation Fund. The City shall remit such assessments to Farmers annually upon billing by Farmers for the amount of the assessments. The City by resolution shall be entitled to establish an amount in addition to said assessments for the cost of collecting the assessments on behalf of Farmers, which amount shall be retained by the City. The City and Farmers may create a written agreement in order to memorialize this provision.
(F) Failure to pay the assessments or fees required by this chapter by the owner of the property entitled to the delivery of water by the Municipal irrigation system, shall entitle the City of New Plymouth to use all methods to recover the assessments, fees or costs as provided by chapter 18, title 50, Idaho Code or any other provision of Idaho law. (Ord. 393, 5-20-2019)