(A) Commencing on or after July 1, 1998, there is levied and assessed upon each lot, parcel of land, building, or premises having any sewer connection with the sanitary sewer system of the village or otherwise discharging sewage, industrial wastes, water, or other liquids either directly or indirectly into the village wastewater treatment system, a charge for use of the system.
(B) Charges for wastewater treatment service shall be paid by each user connected or required to be connected to the system and shall be computed in accordance with probable demand a user places on the system and the quantity of water discharged to the system as measured by the village water meter installed thereon or by a sewage meter installed on the discharge pipe there from or as estimated by the village. The cost for installation, operation, and maintenance, and any and all other costs for a sewage meter shall be paid for by the user. The village shall be responsible for all costs associated with the installation, operations and maintenance of a water meter.
(C) The owner of each property utilizing water from a source other than the water works system of the village, shall measure the quantity of such water by installing without cost to the village, a meter to measure the quantity of such water. No meter shall be installed or be used for such purpose without the approval of the Administrator. If the owner of such property fails to install and maintain, at his or her expense, an approved meter, the Administrator shall make an estimate of the amount of water from sources other than the village’s water works system with which is discharged into the village’s sanitary sewer system from such property, using the consumption of water so discharged into the sanitary sewer system as though the same were metered.
(D) The quantity of water which a property utilizes for an industrial or commercial purpose but is not discharged into the village sanitary sewer system may be determined by measurement by a device(s) installed and maintained without cost to the village, by the user; such measurements may be made either of waste discharged into the treatment works, or of such quantity of water not so discharged; provided, however, that such device(s) shall be installed or be used by such purpose without the approval of the Administrator as to the measuring devices so employed and as to the manner of installation. Each such meter installed shall be billed separately.
(E) Each user shall pay the charges for miscellaneous service and monitoring as determined by the Administrator. The charges may be revised by the Administrator whenever in his or her opinion it is deemed appropriate. The Administrator shall turn over to the Fiscal Officer, in the manner prescribed by law, all funds received as a result of the miscellaneous charges which will be credited to the Sewer Fund of the village.
(F) Any system user who is responsible for damage to the system shall be charged the full cost of repair of the damage to the system. The cost shall include but is not limited to labor, equipment, materials, administrative expense, interest on borrowed funds, engineering, legal or other professional fees, and charges to the village by other utilities or departments.
(G) Revenue generated by the user charge shall be deposited in the sewer fund account and used solely for the purpose of covering all operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the collections system and treatment works.
(Ord. 24-06, passed 3-4-2024)