Section
General Provisions
51.01 Electric light plant and water works system; establishment
51.02 Superintendent
51.03 Meters; generally
51.04 Applications; permits
51.05 Rent and charges to be paid
51.06 Violations
51.07 Posting of advertisements
51.08 Equipment
51.09 Overhead conductors
Water Regulations
51.20 Licensed plumbers
51.21 Taps and connections
51.22 Laying of pipes
51.23 Stop cocks
51.24 Consumer regulations
51.25 Fire situations
Electricity Regulations
51.40 Conductors
51.41 Insulating coverings; air space
51.42 Double pole safety cut outs
51.43 Safety fuses
51.44 Switches
51.45 Fixtures
51.46 Arc lights
51.47 Flexible cords
Utility Franchises
51.60 Electric utility franchises
GENERAL PROVISIONS
The City Council shall have power and it is their duty to install, establish, complete, maintain, and control all necessary buildings, machinery, apparatus, and material necessary to run and operate an electric light plant and water works system within the City of Wells, and to furnish and supply water and electric light for public and private use, and to that end shall maintain, preserve, and operate the electric light plant and water works system now owned by and being installed within the city, and shall furnish water from the water works system and light from the electric light plant to the citizens of the city upon their complying in all things with all the terms and conditions of this and all other ordinances hereafter enacted or adopted by the city and upon the citizen filing with the recorder an application as hereinafter provided and paying to the city the amount charged for the light or water as the case may be.
(Ord. 24, passed 4-4-1895)
(A) (1) The Council shall appoint a Superintendent whose duty it shall be to in all things look after the running and operating of the electric light plant and water works system; who shall before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, execute to the city a bond with sufficient sureties in the penal sum of $2,000, to be approved by the City Council, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties pertaining to the running and management of the electric light plant and water works system, and account to the Council at all times for any moneys or other thing of value that may come into his or her control as the Superintendent belonging to the city and to pay over all moneys by him or her in any manner collected to the order of the City Council, taking a receipt therefor and immediately filing the receipt with the City Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to collect any and all moneys due or owing to the city on account of the electric light plant or water works system when ordered so to do by the City Council; see that all assessments are properly made end enforced, personally superintend and oversee the laying of all pipes, repairing of all wires end conductors, and in all things personally oversee and attend to all work necessary for the successful running and operating of the business, keep an accurate account of all things and matters done in connection with the running of the plant or system, and make a detailed statement of the same at the end of each month and file the same with the City Administrator-Clerk-Treasurer on or before the fifth day of each following month, and to perform the other duties as the Council may from time to time prescribe.
(B) Every person taking water or light shall permit the Superintendent to enter their premises at all reasonable hours to examine the pipes, wires, lights, and other fixtures and the manner in which the same is used and managed, and they shall answer all proper questions put to them relative to the same.
(Ord. 24, passed 4-4-1895)
The Council shall have the right to order a meter to be applied to any service pipe or wire whenever they may deem it advisable and collect meter rates for water or light, and all parties accepting meter rates in preference to special or established rates shall pay for the meter and the cost of placing the same.
(Ord. 24, passed 4-4-1895) Penalty, see § 10.99
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