(a) Each customer connected to the Municipal water system within the Village shall pay a monthly sewer service charge which includes a readiness for service charge (RFS) based upon the customer's water meter size and a sewer charge for each thousand gallons of usage:
Effective Date | RFS Rate per month | Consumption charge per 1,000 gallons |
April 1, 2023 | $12.39 | $10.78 |
January 1, 2024 | $13.01 | $11.32 |
January 1, 2025 | $13.66 | $11.89 |
January 1, 2026 | $14.34 | $12.48 |
January 1, 2027 | $15.06 | $13.11 |
(b) Each customer's actual monthly readiness for service (RFS) charge shall be calculated by multiplying the effective RFS rate shown above by the appropriate readiness for service factor as identified below:
Water Meter Size Readiness for Service Factor
5/8" 1
3/4" 1
1" 2
1½” 4
2" 7
3" 16
4" 28
(c) Each customer connected to the Municipal sewage disposal system within the Village who is not also connected to the Municipal water system shall install, at his or her own expense, a water meter on his or her water supply line of a type approved by the Village Manager, or in lieu of being charged on the basis of a water meter reading, shall be charged on the basis of water consumption as estimated by the Village Manager.
(d) Each customer connected to the Municipal sewage disposal outside the Village shall pay, in addition to the regular monthly charges, a surcharge not more than one hundred percent of the regular service charge. The surcharge shall be uniform, both as to amount and application, to all customers connected to the Municipal sewage system outside the Village.
(e) Sewer 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 five percent shall be added to any bill paid after the due date.
(f) All sewer fund receipts above the operational and maintenance funds generated by this change in rates shall be periodically calculated and transferred from the sewer fund to the sewer capital improvements fund which will be established to be used exclusively for replacements and other capital needs of the sewer system.
(g) For those residents who apply and are accepted, the Village utility billing office will use that customer's water use in the preceding months of December, January and February as a base line, and will compare it to their use for the following June, July and August. Any summer use that reflects higher consumption than the customer’s baseline months of December, January and February will be deducted from that customer's sewer charges up to a maximum adjustment of 6,000 gallons. The adjustment will be made in September, based on that customer's actual meter readings to be reflected on the October bill. To qualify to receive the adjustment, the customer must use the water for an approved purpose, such as yard and garden watering that would typically result in a higher water usage during summer months. Since this adjustment is used for outdoor watering in summer months, it is only offered to those who have outdoor areas. Apartments and other multi-unit housing situations that do not have an outdoor area will not be eligible to receive any adjustment. In the case of a complex that does have areas appropriate for watering, when applying, the landlord shall designate the account to which the adjustment should be made.
(h) Sewer adjustment meters, designed for the purpose of measuring larger amounts of water used to irrigate and therefore not entering the sanitary sewer system, are permitted. The amounts measured by such meters shall be deducted from the sewer portion of the utility bill. Such meters shall be purchased from the list of those approved by the Village from private vendors. All sewer adjusting meters must meet the specifications established by the Village and shall be owned and maintained by the property owner. The meters shall be installed in a manner as to register water that does not enter the sanitary sewer system in any way. Such installation shall meet with the standards of the Village and shall be inspected by the Village upon completion. Sewer adjustment credits will only be allowed after inspection and approval of the meter by the Village. Any change in the installation after inspection shall require a new inspection and approval. Failure to promptly obtain a new inspection and approval shall disqualify any adjustment credits from the date of the initial approval of the meter until the new installation is approved. The Village Manager may use a permitting process to keep a record of these meters and may adopt reasonable rules and regulations as needed for implementing this policy, including a reasonable fee for obtaining a permit and inspection from time to time.
(1971 Code § 931.05(c)) (Ord. 1966-6. Passed 9-13-66; Ord. 92-7. Passed 5-4-92; Ord. 2001-9. Passed 6-18-01; Ord. 2002-9. Passed 10-9-02; Ord. 2004-40. Passed 12-20-04; Ord. 2014-13. Passed 6-16-14; Ord. 2014-25. Passed 12-1-14; Ord. 2015- 17. Passed 11-2-15; Ord. 2017-12. Passed 7-3-17; Ord. 2023-02. Passed 2-21-23.)