(a) Each customer connected to the Municipal water system within the Village shall pay a monthly water service charge, which includes a readiness for service (RFS) charge, based upon the customer's water meter size, and a water consumption charge for each 1,000 gallons or portion thereof used, according to the schedule below:
Effective Date | RFS Rate per month | Consumption charge per 1,000 gallons |
May 1, 2015 | $6.80 | $5.77 |
April 1, 2023 | $7.34 | $14.32 |
January 1, 2024 | $7.93 | $15.47 |
January 1, 2025 | $8.57 | $16.70 |
January 1, 2026 | $9.25 | $18.04 |
January 1, 2027 | $9.99 | $19.48 |
(b) Each customer's actual monthly RFS charge shall be calculated by multiplying the effective RFS rate shown above by the appropriate RFS factor as identified below:
Water meter size (inches): | 3/4 | 1 | 1-1/2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
RFS factor: | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 28 |
(c) Each customer connected to the Municipal water system outside the Village shall pay, in addition to the regular monthly charges, a surcharge equal to 50% of the regular monthly charge. The surcharge shall be uniform, both as to amount and application, to all customers connected to the Municipal water system outside the Village. However, if customers have a pre-existing contractual arrangement with the Village, the Village will continue to honor that contract as required by law.
(d) Water service charges shall be due and payable on or before the fifteenth day of the month in which payment is due and a penalty of 5% shall be added to any bill paid after the due date.
(Ord. 97-08. Passed 8-18-97; Ord. 2010-01. Passed 2-1-10; Ord. 2012-15. Passed 7-2-12; Ord. 2014-06. Passed 3-17-14; Ord. 2015-04. Passed 3-16-15; Ord. 2015-14. Passed 11-2-15; Ord. 2023-03. Passed 2-21-23.)