(A) The following rates and charges shall become effective and billed in January each year and will be based on water consumption during the preceding month of December.
(1) Per 100 cubic feet per month treatment charge: $5.93;
(2) Base charge per user, per month:
Size of Meter | Base Charge |
Size of Meter | Base Charge |
5/8-inch meter | $7.17 |
3/4-inch meter | $7.17 |
1-inch meter | $16.42 |
1-1/4-inch meter | $25.65 |
1-1/2-inch meter | $36.13 |
2-inch meter | $62.62 |
3-inch meter | $142.67 |
4-inch meter | $247.37 |
6-inch meter | $561.48 |
8-inch meter | $1,011.09 |
(3) Base charge per user, per month:
Unmetered non-industrial | $58.36 |
Unmetered industrial | All industrial users are required to install a water meter |
(4) Non-recurring rates and charges:
(a) Availability fee/sanitary - for each new connection (per EDU): $1,100. (EDU, for purposes of this division (A) shall mean 310 gpd/unit for single-family homes. For other uses, EDU shall be derived from 327 Ind. Admin. Code 3-6-11 for the use which is most similar to the use proposed. The FCF (Flow Calculation Factor) applicable to the proposed use shall be divided by 310 and then that difference multiplied by the amount of the connection fee;
(b) Availability fee/storm water - for each new connection (per EDU): $300;
(c) Sewer permit; permit and connection fee for sewer connection: $25;
(d) New sanitary sewer connection inspection fee (per inspection): $75;
(e) Sewer deposit; all new accounts: $75;
(f) Delinquent account deposit: $75;
(g) Late payment penalty: 10% of balance;
(h) Disconnection/reconnection charge: $25. In addition to the $25 disconnection fee, the town will charge and collect an additional $65 on behalf of Indiana American Water as its fee for disconnecting water service because of nonpayment of sewer fees;
(i) Bad check charge: $20;
(j) Additional charge for declined ACH transfer: $15;
(k) Hook-up and connection fees:
5/8- and 3/4-inch connection | $1,850 |
1-inch connection | $4,650 |
All meter sizes greater than 1 inch | $18,500 |
(B) The Sewer Utility shall charge the following rates and charges for storm water management. The rates and charges shall take effect beginning with the first full billing cycle after December 7, 2022.
For all properties, that rate for one ERU shall be | $8.00 |
Residential fee: Monthly, based on 1 ERU | $8.00 |
Non-residential fee: Monthly, based on number of ERUs assigned to each property x $8.00/ERU |
(C) Payment of rates and charges by town. All prior and existing policies of the town, no matter when or how adopted, pursuant to which the town was to pay its Sewage Works rates and charges, including storm water rates and charges, are repealed and rescinded, retroactively, as of the date any of those policies may have been adopted. All rates and charges that the town would have paid to its Sewage Work, pursuant to any adopted policy of the Council, are hereby waived, forgiven, and forever written off, the same as if those policies had never been included in any prior ordinance.
(Ord. 2177, passed 12-2-2013; Ord. 2018-20, passed 11-20-2018; Ord. 2019-08, passed 7-16-2019; Ord. 2020-11, passed 6-16-2020; Ord. 2020-14, passed 9-15-2020; Ord. 2022-14, passed 12-7-2022)