All persons discharging or depositing wastes into the public
sewers shall pay a sewer service charge proportional to the cost of
constructing and maintaining the POTW and POTW treatment plant. Said
charge shall be collected as established by the Town Board by resolution.
The Town Board shall establish the aforementioned charges on an annual basis by resolution using the methodology set forth in
Schedule A, annexed hereto and made a part hereof, and based on the
annual budget of the Sewer District taking into account all debt service,
maintenance, repair, administration and operation costs.
All applications and permits required by this Part 2 shall include
an application/permit fee of $100. Additionally, before the application
or permit can be approved, the applicant or permittee shall pay the
cost of any engineering analyses or reviews required by the Town Board
for the purposes of processing the application. No permit fee will
be charged for those initial service area users who connect to the
public sanitary sewer laterals within six months of notice from the
Town Board that the POTW system is ready for connection.
All persons discharging or depositing wastes with concentrations
in excess of the pollutant concentrations in normal sewage or in volumes
exceeding normal volumes shall pay a surcharge to be determined by
the Town Board on a case-by-case basis depending on the concentration
or volume.
The billing period shall be annual, due as part of the property
tax bill, unless otherwise revised by resolution of the Town Board.
The collection of sewer district charges, sewer service charges
and abnormal sewage service surcharges, unless where otherwise provided
by the Town Board, shall be assessed and collected by the Town Tax
Collector and shall be a charge against the property assessed and
enforceable in the same manner and methods as real property taxes.
The POTW shall be operated on the basis of a fiscal year commencing
on the first day of January and ending on the 31st day of December.
The Town shall adopt an annual budget for the Sewer District by November
30 of the preceding fiscal year.
The Town Board shall have the authority to impose impact fees
on new development, which development may:
A. Cause enlargement of the service area of the POTW; or
B. Cause increased hydraulic and/or treatment demands on the POTW.
Revenues derived from user charges and associated penalties,
and impact fees, shall be credited to a special fund. Monies in this
fund shall be used exclusively for the following:
A. The payment of the operation and maintenance of the Town POTW, including
a Capital Reserve Fund for the replacement of short-lived wastewater
infrastructure assets;
B. The discovery and correction of inflow and infiltration;
C. The payment of interest on and the amortization of or payment of
indebtedness which has been or shall be incurred for construction
or extension of the Town POTW; and
D. The extension, enlargement, replacement of, and/or additions to the
Town POTW, including any necessary appurtenances.
A user of the POTW may file a grievance with the committee, organized pursuant to Article
IX, pertaining to EDU assessment and other such issues pertaining to the use of the POTW. A public notice shall be made of the time and place that grievances shall be heard. Grievance day will be the second Tuesday of May in each year. The committee shall make a recommendation on each grievance to the Town Board for its determination.