(a) Policy. It shall be the policy of the village to obtain sufficient revenues to pay the cost of:
(1) The annual debt retirement payment on any bonded indebtedness pertaining to the sewer utility;
(2) Any required cash reserve account payment;
(3) Operation and maintenance of the wastewater collection system and wastewater treatment facility, including a replacement fund, for example, a cash account to be used for future expenditures for obtaining or installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary to maintain the capacity and performance thereof during the service life for which such system and facility were designed and constructed through a system of user charges as defined in this section; and
(4) The sewer use charge system shall assure that each user of the sewage works pays a proportionate share of the cost of operating such works.
(b) Annual review. User charges shall be reviewed not less than annually. The Plan Commission and the Village Board shall perform such review. User charges shall be adjusted, as required, to reflect the actual number, types, and size of users and actual costs.
(c) Inability to obtain meter reading. Where it is not possible to obtain a water meter reading, or in cases where no water meter exists, the customer shall be assigned an average water volume by the village, based on previous meter readings, and this shall be so stated on the bill. The difference shall be adjusted when the meter is again read.
(d) Billing; payment. All charges for sewerage shall be made quarterly and shall be payable on the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year. A penalty will be added to those bills not paid on or before the twentieth day after the due date of the bill in accord with § 9-2-2(b)(2). Failure to receive a bill shall not excuse nonpayment. Sewerage service charges shall be a lien on the property served in accordance with Wis. Stats. § 66.0821(4)(d).
(Ord. passed 1-21-2013)