The following is established as a tariff of water rates to consumers of the waterworks system of the city based on monthly consumption.
(A) Rate charge. The rate charge is the sum of $20, plus $3 for each thousand gallons, or fraction thereof; or plus $2.25 for each 100 cubic feet or fraction thereof.
(B) Meter readings; billing; service turned off for nonpayment. All meters of consumers shall be read by the Utilities Superintendent, or his or her agent, between the fifteenth day of the quarter during which water service is used and the first day of the succeeding quarter. The Utilities Superintendent, or his or her duly authorized agents who are charged with the duty of reading water meters, shall, as said water meters are read, make statements for each consumer, based on the quarterly meter readings and shall enter all charges on the books of the Water Department. All bills for water service shall be due on the tenth day of each month following the date said bills are sent, shall be delinquent if not paid by the twentieth day thereof and shall be payable to the Utilities Superintendent or some other agent of the city designated for the purpose of receiving water rents and charges at the city office. If said water bills are not paid by the twentieth day of the month, the water service of the consumer shall be turned off, pursuant to § 50.01, and shall not be turned on again until said bill and a late charge of $5 is paid. Statements for water bills may be mailed, when ordered by the Council on or about their due date. The Utilities Superintendent may, whenever he or she deems it advisable or necessary, declare any water bill due at any time and proceed to collect the same; and, in his or her discretion, he or she may require charges for water service to be paid in advance.
(C) Discrimination. No water service shall be furnished to any consumer under any other rate than is provided by this section.
(D) Temporary users. Persons, including other branches or agencies of the city government, desiring to use water temporarily, shall pay such rates as the Utilities Superintendent, with the approval of the Council, shall fix.
(Prior Code, § 3-110) (Ord. 514, passed 4-7-1986; Ord. 549, passed 2-7-1989; Ord. 617, passed 3-2-1993; Ord. 680, passed 11-1-1994; Ord. 683, passed 12-6-1994; Ord. 787, passed 9-7-1999; Ord. 830, passed 12-10-2003; Ord. 851, passed 3-14-2006; Ord. 900, passed 4-9-2013; Ord. 929, passed 6-13-2017; Ord. 956, passed 10-12-2021; Ord. 973, passed 10-10-2023; Ord. 980, passed 6-11-2024)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-537 and 17-542