The terms and conditions upon which the owners of lots and lands within and outside of the corporate limits of the city may connect to or receive the benefits of the sewerage system, either directly or indirectly, and the charges for the service, shall be as follows:
(a) Domestic.
(1) Per dwelling unit inside the city limits, per month:
Base | PCA | PER | 8/22/2022 | |
Customer charge | $8.0246 | |||
Usage charge (per 100 cu. ft. of water) | $1.6550 | $0.8000 | $0.7060 | $3.1610 |
(2) Per dwelling unit outside the city limits, per month:
Base | PCA | PER | 8/22/2022 | |
Customer charge | $16.0494 | |||
Usage charge (per 100 cu. ft. of water) | $1.6550 | $0.8000 | $0.7060 | $3.1610 |
(3) The rate for elderly or totally disabled customers who meet age, income and other prerequisites as determined by the Director of Public Service (such prerequisites being subject to approval of Council) shall have the customer charge portion of their bill reduced by 10%.
Base | PCA | PER | 8/22/2022 | |
Customer charge | $7.2304 | |||
Usage charge (per 100 cu. ft. of water) | $1.6550 | $0.8000 | $0.7060 | $3.1610 |
(b) Commercial and/or industrial.
(1) Per commercial unit producing human waste only, per month:
Base | PCA | PER | 8/22/2022 | |
Customer charge | $16.0494 | |||
Usage charge (per 100 cu. ft. of water) | $1.6550 | $0.8000 | $0.7060 | $3.1610 |
(2) Per commercial unit producing other than human waste or per industrial unit, per month:
Base | PCA | PER | 8/22/2022 | |
Customer charge | $48.1343 | |||
Usage charge (per 100 cu. ft. of water) | $1.6550 | $0.8000 | $0.7060 | $3.1610 |
(c) Separate contracts. The Director of Public Service shall have the power and authority to enter into a separate contract with any governmental unit and any sewer user not covered by the above- described classifications, or, if covered by the above classifications, producing an unusual or extraordinary amount or type of waste.
(d) Multiple classifications. In the event that one structure contains more than one classification of customers, the Director of Public Service shall determine the proper billing procedure so that each customer pays at least the minimum charge for the appropriate classification.
(e) Rate adjustment provision. Beginning January 1, 2010, and on every January 1 thereafter, the Base and Project and Equipment Rider (PER) of the usage charge shall be adjusted upwards by a factor equal to 100% of the most current Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) as determined by the Government of the United States, if the number is positive (+). If the CPI is negative (-), then the effective rates as stated above shall be adjusted downward by a factor equal to 100% of the CPI. The effective annual CPI percentage shall have an upward adjustment of no more than 5%. Any additional authorized percentage above the 5% in any one year shall be presented to Council no later than the second regular meeting in February of the adjustment year.
(f) Production cost adjuster. The Production Cost Adjuster shall be derived every three months by dividing (1) the past 12 months cost of electricity, water and sewer, and natural gas utilized at the Waste Water Treatment Plant, the cost for diesel fuel used in the manufacturing process, the cost of all chemicals used in the waste water treatment process, the cost for the bulbs associated with the operation of the ultraviolet light system used to sterilize the effluent waste water, the cost of lab testing and supplies required for the waste water treatment process, and the cost of the sludge removal process (hereinafter referred to as "previous 12 months cost") by (2) the sum of the past 12 months cubic feet of water billed for the sewer charges (hereinafter referred to as "previous 12 months cubic feet billed").
Previous 12 months’ cost (numerator) | = Production Cost Adjuster |
Previous 12 months’ cubic feet billed (denominator) |
(g) Project and Equipment Rider. The Project and Equipment Rider portion of the sewer charges shall be collected and utilized for capital projects and equipment within the city’s sewer facility and shall include projects and/or equipment necessary for the operation of the entire utility and its infrastructure. The rates and charges set forth in the current city sewer rate schedule may be increased for the purpose of providing funding for projects and equipment purchases in furtherance of the city’s goal to provide the city’s sewer utility consumers with the most economic, environmentally sound and reliable operation of the sewer collection and treatment system.
(Ord. 14-97, passed 4-21-1997; Ord. 14-2004, passed 5-17-2004; Ord. 11-2009, passed 5-4-2009; Ord. 18-2012, passed 9-4-2012; Ord. 16-2021, passed 7-6-2021; Ord. 16-2022, passed 8-22-2022; Ord. 26-2022, passed 12-5-2022)