Sec. 9-143 Sewage Rates and Charges. 19

   The following schedule of rates and charges shall be collected by the Town from owners of property served by the Waste Water Treatment Works and the existing rates and charges shall be amended hereby to reflect increases sufficient to raise funds sufficient to pay all indebtedness and costs incurred by the Town for the conduct of the provision of sewage service and operation of the utility in compliance with industry standards and requirements of applicable legal statutes, namely:

   a.   All Metered Users: The sewage rates and charges shall be based on the quantity of water used on or in the property or premises subject to such rates and charges, as the same is measured by the water meter in use at such property or properties, plus a base charge based on the size of the water meter installed, except as herein otherwise provided. For the purpose of billing and collecting the charges for sewage service, the water meters shall be read monthly and the users shall be billed monthly (or for a period equaling a month). The water usage schedule on which the amount of said rates and charges shall be determined is as follows:

      1.   Treatment rate per 1,000 gallons of usage per month:

 

Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3	Phase 4	Phase 5
$3.81	$3.92	$4.04	$4.16	$4.28

 

      2.   Base Rate:   - PLUS -

Meter Size	Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3	Phase 4	Phase 5
5/8 - 3/4"	$6.16	$6.34	$6.53	$6.73	$6.93
1"	13.94	14.36	14.79	15.23	15.69
1-1/4"	21.70	22.35	23.02	23.71	24.42
1-1/2"	31.02	31.95	32.91	33.90	34.92
2"	52.78	54.36	55.99	57.67	59.40
3"	120.12	123.72	127.43	131.25	135.19
4"	208.18	214.43	220.86	227.49	234.31
6"	472.36	486.53	501.13	516.16	531.64

 

(Ord. No. 1271, § 1, 7-13-94)

   b.   All Unmetered Users: For users of the sewage works that are unmetered water users or accurate meter readings are not available, the monthly charge shall be determined as an average of single-family dwelling units, except as herein provided. Sewage service bills shall be rendered once each month (or period equaling a month). The schedule on which said rates and charges shall be determined is as follows:

 

Monthly Base Rate (1)
Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3	Phase 4	Phase 5
$32.85	$33.84	$34.86	$35.91	$36.99
(1) For Single family residential unit

 

Effective date of each phase is as follows:

Phase 1 - Billing for November 2022

Phase 2 - Billing for January 2024

Phase 3 - Billing January 2025

Phase 4 - Billing January 2026

Phase 5 - Billing January 2027

(Ord. No. 1271, § 1, 7-13-94; Ord. No. 1271A, § 1, 11-10-09; Ord. No. 1271B, § 1, 9-14-22)

 

Notes

19	Editor's Note: Ord. No. 1271 stated that it was amending Ord. No. 648B, however the last ordinance was Ord. No. 952.