CHAPTER XIV
Utility Rates
   Section 61.   Limitations of Salary and Benefits. In the operation of the City of Union’s water and sewage system, the expense of salary and benefits of city employees as they perform services for said systems shall not exceed 45 percent of the total of the Utility Fund, the General Fund, and the Street Fund.
   Section 62.   Exclusive Usage of Utility Funds. Funds collected through the imposition of water and sewer rates shall be used, respectively, for water and sewer system purposes. The City of Union shall not, use, borrow, or draw upon such funds for other purposes including, but not limited to, general fund purposes.
   If revenues received from the imposition of water and sewer rates exceed expenses of the current operation, capital improvement costs, and debt service for such said water and sewer systems, the excess water and sewer revenues shall be held, respectively, in the water improvement reserve fund and the sewer improvement reserve fund, and the use of those funds shall be limited to the future maintenance, improvement, and debt payment of the water and sewer systems, respectively.