(A)
Prior to the beginning of each calendar year, the City Administrator shall prepare a proposed budget for operation of the community sewage treatment system, including all costs for the operation, maintenance, replacement, and administration of the system. Upon approval of the budget by the City Council, the amount of user charges needed to balance revenues with expenditures shall be determined. The user charges shall be apportioned among all the users of the system in equal amounts, to determine the base user charge for the calendar year.
(B) The base user charge may be subject to an energy charge adjustment. A user who supplies power from the user's home electrical connection to a shared lift station may be entitled to a deduction from the base user charge. Users who do not supply power from the user's home electrical connection to any lift station, but who share a lift station to which another user supplies electrical power, may be subject to an increase in the base user charge.
(C) An additional fee shall be charged to users of the community sewage treatment system who, for whatever reason, require septic tank pumping more frequently than once in two years. The surcharge for the frequent pumping shall be at the same rate, either per tank or per gallon, as established by contract for the routine pumping of each septic tank on the community sewage treatment system.
(D) A schedule of user charges and other fees shall be adopted from time to time by ordinance of the City Council.
(Ord. 202, passed 12-18-2018; Ord. 21-04, passed 11-16-2021)