(a) Delinquent Charges; Collection. The collection of charges for waste water and delinquent charges shall be as set forth in Chapter 1049
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(b) Use of Funds. The funds realized from the collection of the charges or rentals authorized by this chapter shall be accounted for and be known as the Sanitary Sewer Fund, and, when appropriated by Council, shall be available for the payment of the cost and expenses of the management, maintenance and repair of the Municipal sanitary sewerage system and the sewage pumping, treatment and disposal works. Any surplus of operation, maintenance and replacement or debt funds for the North Regional Plant collected by the City shall be used only for payment of the respective operation, maintenance and replacement or debt charges or expenses related to the North Regional Plant. Any surplus of other sewer funds shall be used for the payment of the interest on bonds issued and outstanding or which may be issued to provide funds with which to pay the Municipal portion of the cost of constructing such sanitary sewerage system, or part thereof, and such sewage pumping, treatment and disposal works, to retire such bonds when they mature and for the enlargement or replacement of the sanitary sewerage system and pumping, treatment and disposal works.
(c) Annual Review of User Charges. The City shall annually request the District to prepare an audit report of the treatment operation, including the user charge system. The purpose of this audit is to ensure that the charges established by the District are adequate to maintain the self-sufficiency of the wastewater facilities and to ensure that the District's charges are proportional to the District's costs of providing treatment.
In addition, the City shall annually review its pass through of the North Regional operation, maintenance and replacement charges to ensure that all users of the City's sewerage system pay their proportionate share of the North Regional operation, maintenance and replacement charge.
(d) Access to Records. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or their authorized representatives, shall have access to any books, documents, papers and records of the City which are applicable to the City system of user charges or industrial cost recovery for the purpose of making audits, examinations and excerpts and transcriptions thereof to ensure compliance with the terms of the special and general conditions of any Federal grant.
(Ord. 86-08. Passed 5-19-86; Ord. 17-31. Passed 12-18-17.)