(a) The funds received from the collection of the waterwater service charges (including user charges, extra strength user surcharges, and connection charges) shall be deposited with the Fiscal Officer. The money so deposited shall be kept by the Fiscal Officer in the Wastewater Revenue Fund. From the Wastewater Revenue Fund 60% of such monies collected from connection charges (only) shall be deposited directly into a sub-account entitled “Debt Service Fund”. Deposits into the Debt Service Fund shall only be used to pay principal and interest on any outstanding obligations with any wastewater enterprise. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit or limit the payment of debt service from the Wastewater Revenue Fund in addition to the Debt Service Fund.
(b) EDITOR’S NOTE: Subsection (b) hereof was repealed by Ordinance 2008-34.
(c) On or before July 1, 2009, and each year thereafter on or before July 1, the Fiscal Officer with the assistance of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Supervisor and the Village Administrator shall develop a recommended schedule of user charges, extra strength user surcharges, and connection charges which shall be submitted to the Finance Committee for approval. If approved, the schedule of charges shall be submitted to Council on or before the first regular meeting in October for ratification and incorporation into the Municipal Ordinances, with effective date of such ordinance to be January 1, of the following year.
The Municipality shall also inform each user at least annually of the rates and that portion of the user charge that are attributable to wastewater treatment services.
The system shall be in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) The system shall result in the distribution of the costs of operation and maintenance of the wastewater system within the Department’s jurisdiction to each user class in proportion to such user’s contribution to the total wastewater loading of the treatment works. Factors such as strength, volume, and delivery flow rate characteristics shall be considered and included as the basis for the user’s contribution to insure a proportional distribution of operation and maintenance (including replacement) costs to each user class.
(2) The system shall be reviewed annually and revised periodically to reflect actual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the wastewater system.
(3) The system shall generate sufficient revenue to offset the costs of all wastewater system operation and maintenance provided by the Department and such other expenditures authorized by subsection (b) hereof, including debt service requirements.
(4) The cost of treating and handling the extra constituents of BOD5 and suspended solids shall be determined and reported in the Schedule of Extra Strength User Surcharges at a cost per pound for each constituent.
(Ord. 2008-34. Passed 12-3-08.)
(d) In connection with the administering of this chapter, reference is made to Chapter 921.07, specifically those sections pertaining to Control Manholes, Wastewater Volume Determination, Sampling and Monitoring, and Analyses.
(e) The results of routine sampling and analysis by the Owner will be used to determine the Extra Strength User Surcharges; however, the Administrator may, at any period of time and of such duration and in such manner as the Administrator may elect, determine the strength of the discharged wastewater for purposes of verification. If the Owner fails to file the necessary annual reports, the strength determined by the Sewer Department's analysis will be used to determine the amount of Surcharges.
(f) If necessary, the Sewer Department shall have the right to enter and set up, on Company property, such devices as are necessary to conduct a gauging and sampling operation and to begin such operation without advance notice to the Company or Owner. While performing the work, the Department's personnel will observe all Safety Rules applicable to the premises, established by the Company.
(g) Where a Company has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry onto such Company's premises is granted such Company shall either make necessary arrangements with their security guards that upon showing proper identification, personnel from the Department will be permitted to enter, without delays, for the purpose of obtaining samples (grab or composite) of wastewaters being discharged at the various sampling points; or the Company shall install suitable gauging and sampling manholes outside the security limits, such manholes will at all times be immediately accessible to Department personnel.
(Ord. 86-004. Passed 4-30-86; Ord. 96-012. Passed 5-15-96; Ord. 2007-10. Passed 5-2-07.)