[R.O. 2012 §710.010; CC 1992 §24-36; Ord. No. 741 §1, 11-15-1955; Ord. No. 1477 §1, 2-16-1976; Ord. No. 1581 §4, 10-6-1980; Ord. No. 1616 §4, 8-9-1982; Ord.
No. 1694 §§1 — 2, 6-10-1985; Ord. No. 2161 §1, 6-15-1994; Ord. No. 2170 §1, 7-12-1994; Ord. No. 2542 §1, 9-20-1999; Ord. No. 2543 §1, 9-20-1999; Ord. No. 2881 §5, 2-9-2004]
A.
Purpose — Use Of Proceeds. It is determined and declared
to be necessary and conducive to the protection of the public health,
safety, welfare and convenience of the City to collect charges from
all users who contribute wastewater to the City's treatment works.
The proceeds of such rates so derived will be used for the purpose
of operating, maintaining and retiring the debt for such public wastewater
treatment works.
B.
BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
CITY
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
REPLACEMENT
RESIDENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR
SEWER RATE
SHALL
TREATMENT WORKS
USEFUL LIFE
WATER METER
Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this Section shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees centigrade (20°C), expressed in milligrams
per liter (mg/l).
The City of Union, Missouri.
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than
two hundred sixty (260) milligrams per liter and a suspended solids
concentration of not more than two hundred thirty (230) milligrams
per liter.
All expenditures during the useful life of the treatment
works for materials, labor, utilities and other items which are necessary
for managing and maintaining the sewage works to achieve the capacity
and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and
maintenance" includes replacement.
Any contributor to the City's treatment works whose lot,
parcel of real estate or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes
only.
That portion of the total wastewater service charge which
is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation,
maintenance and replacement of the wastewater treatment works.
Is mandatory; MAY — Is permissive.
Any devices and systems for the storage, treatment, recycling
and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic sewage or liquid industrial
wastes. These include intercepting sewers, outfall sewers and sewage
collection systems; individual systems; pumping, power and other equipment
and their appurtenances; extensions, improvement, remodeling, additions
and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable
recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities;
and any works, including acquisition of the land that will be an integral
part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of
residues resulting from such treatment, including land for composting
sludge, temporary storage of such compost and land used for the storage
of treated wastewater in land treatment systems before land application;
or any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing,
treating, separating or disposing of municipal waste or industrial
waste, including waste in combined storm water and sanitary sewer
systems.
The estimated period during which a treatment works will
be operated.
A water volume measuring and recording device furnished or
installed by the City, or furnished or installed by a user and approved
by the City.
C.
Rate System.
1.
The sewer rate system shall generate adequate annual revenues to
pay costs of annual operation and maintenance, including replacement,
and costs associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated
with financing the treatment works which the City may by ordinance
designate to be paid by the sewer rate system. That portion of the
total sewer rate which is designated for operation and maintenance,
including replacement, of the treatment works, shall be established
by this Section.
2.
That portion of the total sewer rate collected which is designated for operation and maintenance, including replacement, purposes as established in Subsection (D) of this Section shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund known as the Combined Water and Sewer System Revenue Fund. The revenue generated by the sewer rate shall be distributed to the following accounts:
a.
An account shall be designated for the specific purpose of defraying
operation and maintenance costs, excluding replacement, of the treatment
works (operation and maintenance account).
b.
An account shall be designated for the specific purpose of ensuring
replacement needs over the useful life of the treatment works (replacement
account). Deposits in the replacement account shall be made monthly
from the operation, maintenance and replacement revenue in the amount
of seven thousand dollars ($7,000.00) annually.
c.
There shall be deposited into the Bond Reserve Fund an amount to
pay the portion of the outstanding debt to be paid by the wastewater
treatment system, which is five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) annually.
d.
There shall be transferred to the General Fund an amount to reimburse
the General Fund for monies advanced to construct the system, which
shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) annually.
e.
There shall be transferred to such other funds such amount as designated
by the combined water and sewer system revenue bond of 1976 or as
may be required.
3.
Fiscal year-end balances in the operation and maintenance account
and the replacement account shall be carried over to the same accounts
in the subsequent fiscal year, and shall be used for no other purposes
than those designated for these accounts. Monies which have been transferred
from other sources to meet temporary shortages in the operation, maintenance
and replacement fund shall be returned to their respective accounts
upon appropriate adjustment of the sewer rates for operation, maintenance
and replacement. The sewer rates shall be adjusted such that the transferred
monies will be returned to their respective accounts within the fiscal
year following the fiscal year in which the monies were borrowed.
D.
Payment For Service — Minimum Charge.
1.
Each user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on
his/her use of the treatment works as determined by water meters acceptable
to the City.
2.
For residential contributors, monthly sewer charges shall be based
upon water used during the current month. For industrial and commercial
contributors, sewer charges shall be based upon water used during
the current month.
3.
Minimum monthly charges for sewer service.
a.
Commencing on October 15, 1999, through June 30, 2000, the minimum monthly charges for sewer service shall be two dollars forty-five cents ($2.45). In addition, each contributor shall pay a sewer rate for operation and maintenance including replacement of eighty-nine cents ($0.89) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water determined in Subsection (C) of this Section, and an additional forty-six cents ($0.46) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water for debt retirement, for a total of one dollar thirty-five cents ($1.35) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water used.
b.
Commencing on July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001, the minimum monthly charges for sewer service shall be two dollars fifty-five cents ($2.55). In addition, each contributor shall pay a sewer rate for operation and maintenance including replacement of one dollar fourteen cents ($1.14) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water determined in Subsection (C) of this Section, and an additional seventy-one cents ($0.71) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water for debt retirement, for a total of one dollar eighty-five cents ($1.85) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water used.
c.
Commencing on July 1, 2001, the minimum monthly charges for sewer service shall be two dollars sixty-five cents ($2.65). In addition, each contributor shall pay a sewer rate for operation and maintenance including replacement of one dollar thirty-nine cents ($1.39) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water determined in Subsection (C) of this Section, and an additional ninety-six cents ($0.96) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water for debt retirement, for a total of two dollars thirty-five cents ($2.35) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water used.
4.
All connections not metered by water usage.
a.
Commencing on October 15, 1999, through June 30, 2000, all connections
not metered by water usage shall be billed at eleven dollars ninety
cents ($11.90) per month, per unit, which relates to average sewer
use per household.
b.
Commencing on July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001, all connections
not metered by water usage shall be billed at fifteen dollars fifty
cents ($15.50) per month, per unit, which relates to average sewer
use per household.
c.
Commencing on July 1, 2001, all connections not metered by water
usage shall be billed at nineteen dollars ten cents ($19.10) per month,
per unit, which relates to average sewer use per household.
5.
Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase
in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the City's
treatment works, or any user which discharges any substance which
singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable
increases in the cost of operation, maintenance or replacement of
the treatment works, shall pay for such increased costs. The charge
to each such user shall be as determined by the responsible plant
operating personnel and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
6.
The sewer rates established in this Section apply to all users of
the City's treatment works, regardless of their location, unless otherwise
explicitly set forth in this Chapter.
E.
Review Of Sewer Rates — Customer Notification.
1.
The City Administrator of the City of Union shall cause to have evaluated
on an annual basis and revise the sewer rates as necessary to ensure
that the system generates adequate revenues to pay the costs of operation
and maintenance, including replacement, and that the system continues
to provide for the proportional distribution of operation and maintenance,
including replacement, costs among users and user classes.
2.
The City shall annually, in conjunction with a regular bill, notify
each user of the sewer rates in effect. The sewer charge shall be
indicated as a separate item on each monthly bill.
[R.O. 2012 §710.020; CC 1992 §24-37; Ord. No. 741 §2, 11-15-1955]
The quantity of water used upon any premises furnished with
sewer services by the combined waterworks and sewer system of the
City shall be measured by the water meter serving the premises; provided
however, that if any occupant or owner of any premises connected with
the sewer system of the City shall purchase water from a source other
than the City's combined waterworks and sewer system, then such occupant
or owner shall, at his/her expense, install and maintain on the premises
a water meter satisfactory to the Director of Public Works or other
representative of the City, which meter shall measure all water received
on the premises from all sources, and, in such case, the sewer rates
to be charged such customer shall be based upon the aggregate quantity
of water received on the premises as measured by the meter. The Director
of Public Works or other representative of the City shall have access
to the premises of such customer at all reasonable times for the purpose
of inspecting and testing the water meter and reading the records
thereof.
[R.O. 2012 §710.030; CC 1992 §24-38; Ord. No. 741 §3, 11-15-1955]
No sewer services shall be furnished or rendered free of charge
to any person.
[R.O. 2012 §710.040; CC 1992 §24-39; Ord. No. 741 §4, 11-15-1955; Ord. No. 1493 §6, 1-17-1977]
The Director of Public Works and the City Collector or such
other officers or representatives of the City as may be designated
from time to time shall cause all water meters to be read and bills
for sewer services to be rendered monthly as services accrue. All
bills shall be due and payable from and after the date such bills
are rendered, at the office of the City Collector or other place designated
by the Board of Aldermen, during the regular hours of business. The
City Collector or other representative of the City may calculate the
amount of each bill for sewer services and may add the amount to the
amount of the bill of the customer for water and water services and
render such customer a combined bill for such water and sewer services.
[R.O. 2012 §710.060; CC 1992 §24-41; Ord. No. 1581 §5, 10-6-1980; Ord. No. 3435 §1, 1-12-2009]
A.
Application
for sewer service shall be made to the City Clerk or other person
designated by the Board of Aldermen, by the occupant or owner of the
premises to be served or by their designated agent.
B.
The
following fees and charges shall be paid for all connections to the
sewer system:
1.
Residential (single-family).
Permit fee: $50.00.
Inspection fee: $10.00.
The permit fee shall not be charged to existing customers replacing
an existing service.
2.
Mobile home, duplex and apartments.
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Permit fee:
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First (1st) unit: $50.00.
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Each additional unit: $25.00.
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Inspection fee: $20.00.
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3.
Commercial and industrial.
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Permit fee:
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4 inch line: $50.00.
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6 inch line: $100.00.
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8 inch line: $175.00.
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10 inch line or larger: $250.00.
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Each additional business or industry: $50.00.
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Inspection fee: $35.00.
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C.
The
City Engineer and City Building Department shall not issue building
and/or occupancy permits to any new user that would need to discharge
into the East Denmark Waste Water Treatment Plant once that plant
reaches ninety percent (90%) of its waste water treatment capacity
limit pursuant to Missouri State Operating Permit #MO-0121312. Said
permits shall be issued on a "first-come, first-served" basis without
regard for whether lots may have been previously platted.
[R.O. 2012 §710.070; CC 1992 §24-41.1; Ord. No. 1793 §§1 — 6, 9-9-1987]
A.
In
the event the City determines that it is necessary and advisable to
create by ordinance a sanitary sewer district, whether such determination
is based upon the request of an individual, corporation or other private
entity or as a result of the City's own analysis, the City shall have
the right at such time to determine what the cost of connection for
users within such district shall be and shall also have the power
to determine what portion of the cost, if any, shall be paid by the
City. In determining the cost of a connection fee within a sanitary
sewer district, the City shall consider the topography, soil conditions,
the needs of the community, the benefit the service will provide to
the public as a whole and any other item which may be deemed relevant
by the Board of Aldermen at the time the district is created.
B.
Any
individual, corporation, partnership or other private entity who desires
to connect to sewer lines created as part of a sanitary sewer district
shall be required to pay the same charges as were charged at the time
the sanitary sewer district was created.
