A.
The Administrator shall maintain and keep books of records and accounts
in which shall be made full and correct entries of all transactions
relating to the sanitary sewer system. Not later than three months
after the close of the fiscal year, the Administrator shall prepare
a statement, in reasonable detail, showing the revenue and expenditures
of the system at the beginning and close of the operating year and
such other information as may be necessary to enable any taxpayer
of the Village or user of the service furnished to be fully informed
as to all matters pertaining to the financial operation of the system
during such year.
B.
A budget, showing in detail the estimated costs of administration,
operation and maintenance of the sanitary sewer system for the next
ensuing fiscal year, including billing, accounting, postage and related
costs and including an amount equal to bond principal and interest
due to be paid in such year, shall be prepared by the Administrator
at the same time as the annual budget is prepared, which budget shall
be subject to the approval of the Village Council. The amounts transferred
into the operation and maintenance fund during each year shall not
exceed the amount set forth in such budget, unless approved by vote
of the Village Council.
[Amended 8-19-1996 by Ord. No. 223]
A.
Authority. The sanitary sewer system shall be operated and maintained
on a rate basis, as authorized by law and established by resolution
of the Village Council, based upon a debt service charge, a basic
user charge and a surcharge.
B.
Computation. The debt service charge shall be computed by dividing
the annual debt service of all outstanding loans applicable to the
sanitary sewer system by the number of users. Through further divisions,
the monthly or quarterly debt service charges can be computed.
C.
Basic user charge.
(2)
The basic user charge shall consist of operation and maintenance
costs, plus replacement, and shall be based upon the estimated projected
annual revenue required to operate and maintain the wastewater facilities,
including a replacement fund for all works categories; proportion
of the estimated costs to wastewater facility categories by volume,
SS and BOD, if possible; estimated wastewater volume, pounds of SS
and pounds of BOD to be treated; proportion of the estimated costs
to residential and nonresidential users by volume, suspended solids
and BOD; computation of costs per 1,000 gallons of normal sewage strength;
and computation of surcharge costs per 1,000 gallons for strengths
in excess of normal sewage strength for BOD and SS.
D.
Surcharge. A surcharge will be levied to all users whose waters exceed
normal concentrations for BOD (300 mg/l) and SS (350 mg/l). The surcharge
will be based upon water usage as recorded by water meters and/or
sewage meters for all wastes which exceed the above normal concentrations.
E.
Formulas for computation of rates. The wastewaters service charge
shall be computed based upon the following formula:
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CW = CD + CM + (Vu - X) CU + [Bc (B) + Sc (S)] Vu
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Where:
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CW
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Amount of wastewater service charge per billing period;
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CD
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Debt service charge;
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CM
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Minimum charge for operation, maintenance and replacement;
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Vu
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Wastewater volume for the billing period;
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X
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Allowable consumption in gallons for the minimum charge;
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CU
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Basic user rate for operation, maintenance and replacement;
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Bc
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Charge for BOD5 in excess of 300 mg/l;
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B
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BOD5 - 350 mg/l;
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Sc
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Charge for SS in excess of 350 mg/l; and
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S
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SS - 350 mg/l.
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Where (Vu - X) is less than 0, (Vu - X) for the purposes of
the above formula shall be 0.
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F.
No free service. No premises shall receive free sewer as a connection
to the system or as unpaid rate charges. The Village shall discontinue
public sewer to any premises after determining that such premises
has had benefit of free sewer service upon duly notifying the customer
and giving a reasonable period of time to make payment. If charges
impose a hardship on the customer, the Village may arrange for time
payments, not to exceed 180 days. The customer shall be charged for
all free sewer used, based on reasonable estimates of consumption
over the length of time free service was enjoyed, plus interest at
current rates.
[Amended 8-19-1996 by Ord. No. 223]
A.
Bills for rates and charges set forth in § 365-30 shall be dated and mailed as defined by resolution of the Village Council. These bills shall be due and payable at the Village Hall. The bills shall become delinquent on the 30th day after the date of billing. At that time a 10% penalty shall be added to the bill. Penalties shall be added to the unpaid balance.
B.
If any charge for public sewer service prescribed by this chapter
is not paid within 30 days after the billing therefor, and after the
customer has been given written notice and an opportunity to meet
with the Village Manager to resolve any dispute regarding the amount
of such billing, all sewer service may be shut off and discontinued
to the customer owing or liable for such charge. Sewer service so
discontinued shall not be restored until all sums then due and owing
shall be paid plus a turn-on charge and an appropriate security deposit
made as may be prescribed by resolution of the Village Council. If
turn-on is requested outside of normal Village operating hours, a
fee for time and materials shall be added to all fees owing.
C.
At its option, the Village may, in addition to the remedies above,
in its corporate name, bring suit in any court of competent jurisdiction
for the collection of any sewer service charge which, 30 days after
the billing therefor, has not been paid. The production of the meter
record or cost record shall be prima facie evidence of the liability
to pay the amount therein shown to be due.
D.
Payment made by check and returned as nonsufficient funds or other
reason shall include a returned check fee, as determined by the Village
Council, along with all other sums due and owing. Failure to provide
payment in cash within 24 hours of written notice by the Village shall
result in termination of public sewer service.
A.
Security. The Village shall have as security for the collection of
any sewer bills or any assessments, charges or rentals due for the
treatment of sanitary wastes from any house or other building or any
premises, lots, parcels of land, a lien upon such house or other buildings
and upon the premises or lot or parcel upon which such house or other
building shall be situated or to which such sewer service is supplied.
In the case of a lease, the property owner is not relieved of the
responsibility of assuring that all charges are paid.
B.
Priority. The lien created by this section shall have priority over
all other liens, except taxes or special assessments, whether or not
such liens accrued or were recorded prior to the accrual of the sewer
line.
C.
List of delinquent charges. All unpaid sewer bills, rates or charges
which become 30 days or more delinquent shall be reported to the Administrator.
This list shall be kept current.
D.
Bills, rates and charges unpaid for six months. All unpaid sewer
bills, rates or charges which have remained unpaid for six months
or more, on March 31 shall be reported to the Village Council at the
second meeting in the month of April. The Council shall order notice
to all owners of property within the Village, except owners of property
outside of the Village to whom sewer service is supplied, that all
unpaid sewer bills or charges which have remained unpaid as of June
15 will be transferred to the tax roll of the Village and assessed
against the property to which the sewer service was furnished, to
be collected in the same manner as Village taxes upon property.
E.
Transferal of bills and charges to Village tax roll; collection.
All unpaid sewer bills or charges which are so reported by the Administrator
to the Village Council as having been unpaid on March 31, and which
remain unpaid on June 15, shall be transferred to the Village's
tax roll and assessed against the property to which the sewer service
was supplied for which the unpaid bills or charges accrued, with an
additional interest charge of 1% per month or fraction of a month
added from the date that the same became delinquent to June 1, to
be collected with and in the same manner and subject to the same collection
charges and interest additions as Village taxes. If the same shall
remain unpaid and delinquent after the expiration of the time limited
in the warrant for the collection of taxes on the roll, such charges
are to be collected in the same manner and subject to the same terms
and conditions as Village taxes on the delinquent tax roll.
The Village Council may write off any delinquent account declared
uncollectible by the Administrator.
Owners or occupants desiring to connect any premises with any
sanitary sewer shall pay for such connecting sewer at a rate to be
determined by the Village Council by resolution.
A.
Purpose of section. Commencing on the first day any publicly financed
treatment works construction project, including a federal grant, is
placed in operation, there is levied and assessed upon each industrial
user of the treatment works an industrial cost recovery (ICR) charge
or rental. The ICR charge is for the purpose of recovering from each
industrial user that portion of the federal grant amount used to construct
facilities for the treatment of its industrial waste. The recovery
period for the wastewater treatment plant improvements shall be 30
years, or the useful life of the project, or as long as required by
EPA, whichever is less.
B.
Industrial user's share. An industrial user's share shall
be based on all factors which significantly influence the cost of
the construction project, including strength, volume, and delivery
rate characteristics.
C.
Charges and monitoring. The industrial cost recovery charges shall
be as provided by the City of Kalamazoo and paid directly to the City
of Kalamazoo. All monitoring shall be as required by the City of Kalamazoo.
D.
Review of new projects. The Administrator shall review all new projects
involving federal allocations to determine the industrial user class's
influence on the capital costs of the project. The Administrator shall
then assess an ICR charge, in addition to any existing ICR charge
to obtain the required revenue from each industrial user.
E.
Conformance with federal regulations. The industrial cost recovery
system shall be in conformance with the requirements set forth in
40 CFR 35.928.
