(a) “User charge” means the charge assessed users of the sewage system to recover the cost of operation, maintenance, and replacement of the sewage collection and sewage treatment system, and the cost of rendering bills and collecting sewer service charges.
(b) “Operation and maintenance costs” means the cost incurred in the act of keeping all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage, in a good state of repair and functioning properly including the replacement of said facilities when necessary.
(c) “Replacement” means expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
(d) “Debt service” means the funds used for the retirement of and interest on bonds and/or notes authorized and issued by the Village of Plain City, to construct sewage system facilities.
(e) “Sewer service charge” means the total charge levied against users of the sewage system for sewer service. The charge shall include user charges plus the cost of debt service.
(Ord. 25-98. Passed 1-11-99.)