(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMERCIAL. Customers, except small business, residential, institutional and industrial, using 10,000 gallons or more per month of metered water.
INDUSTRIAL. Customers engaged in manufacturing of goods or products.
INSTITUTIONAL. Schools, nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
RESIDENTIAL. Single-family units, individual apartments, duplex units, multi-family units and individual mobile home units.
SMALL BUSINESS. Customers, except residential, institutional and industrial, using 10,000 gallons or less per month of metered water.
(Prior Code, § 6-311)
(B) Charges; review of rates; appeals.
(1) Customers of the Sewer Department shall be charged the following monthly rates for the use of sewer services.
Industrial | |
Fixed monthly charge | $146.7 |
Variable rate, per 1,000 gallons | $5.50 |
Institutional and Commercial | |
Fixed monthly charge | $73.50 |
Variable rate, per 1,000 gallons | $5.50 |
Residential and Small Business | |
Minimum monthly charge, 0 - 2,000 gallons | $33.75 |
Variable rate, 2,001 gallons and over, per 1,000 gallons | $5.50 |
(2) For residential and small business customers inside and outside the city limits who are on city metered water shall have their sewer charge billed for the previous month as of the first day of the following month. The sewer rate for March of each year, which shall be computed from average water consumption during the preceding December, January and February based on water meter readings and billed on April 1 which shall become the monthly sewer charge for bills sent out each month through the following March 1. For new customers until consumption history is established, the pre-charge shall be based on a pre-determined monthly average residential and small business water usage of similar type.
(3) Institutional and commercial users shall have their monthly sewer charges based on actual water consumption for each month, based on water meter readings. Industrial users shall have their monthly sewer charges based on metered readings.
(4) The rates fixed by this section shall be reviewed annually by the City Council and shall be adjusted for the purpose of providing for the payment of expenses of maintenance, operation and repair of the sewer system.
(5) A water metered customer who has had a water leak causing heavy usage during the rate setting months may, with proper documentation, appeal to the City Administrator for a rate adjustment within 60 days after the April billing. The City Administrator, utility billing clerk and a Council member appointed annually will meet with the customer and review his or her usage history to determine if a rate adjustment is warranted. A rate adjustment would defer to the prior year’s rate, or the rate of the average customer/household of the customer’s size, whichever is lower. The customer will be informed of the decision in writing. The new rate will become effective with the next month’s billing. A listing of rate adjustments will be provided to the Mayor and City Council annually.
(6) Bills for sewer charges shall be rendered following each month’s usage and shall become delinquent after the fifteenth of each month. A delinquency fee of $10 shall be added to any delinquent bill to cover the additional expenses incurred by the city.
(Prior Code, § 6-312)
(Ord. 562, passed 4-8-2008; Ord. 565, passed 8-12-2008; Ord. 621, passed 4-12-2011; Ord. 645; passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 675, passed 4-4-2015; Ord. 691, passed 4-12-2016; Ord. 789, passed 4-11-2023; Ord. 793, passed 7-11-2023; Ord. 808, passed 2-13-2024)