[Amended 3-4-1992]
A. 
The Director shall forward to the City Collector for collection all assessments and charges for wastewater services provided, including, but not limited to, capital, maintenance, operational, and support costs and other payments from industries and municipalities as specified in the contracts, agreements, and amendments thereto, between the City and individual industries and municipalities receiving services from the City and/or participating in sewage works improvements.
B. 
The City Collector shall have the authority to use all legal means available to collect subject assessments, charges, and payments when due, including the collection of delinquent payments through property liens and property tax liens.
C. 
All applicable charges shall become due within 30 days from the issuance date of the bill. After 30 days from the issuance date of said bill, all unpaid amounts shall become delinquent and shall be subjected to a late charge.
D. 
The aforementioned late charge for overdue payments shall be assessed daily on all delinquent amounts. Said late charge shall be equal to 12% annually. Late charges on delinquent amounts assessed after the issuance date of the bill shall appear on the next bill. All charges and payments collected shall be deposited to the appropriate account of the wastewater facilities fund established for the operation, maintenance and improvement of the wastewater facilities under the Sewers, Drains and Wastewater Treatment Division of the Department of Public Works.
There is established in the City Treasury a fund in which shall be deposited the fees, charges, receipts and any and all payments collected or received from the operation of the City wastewater facilities, and all such funds shall be received by the City Treasurer and kept in a fund known as the "Springfield Wastewater Facilities Fund" ("local"), which shall be separate from all other moneys, funds or property of the City, and the principal and interest of which shall only be expended, subject to appropriation with the approval of the Mayor and the City Council of the City, for the operation and maintenance of and improvements to a wastewater treatment facility system and for any bonded indebtedness and interest of said City wastewater facilities or for transfer to the Greater Springfield Regional Wastewater Facilities Fund for purposes stated in this Part 2, all to be done in accordance with Chapter 520 of the Acts of 1975 of the General Court of the Commonwealth.
The City establishes by this section, and there is hereupon established, in the City Treasury a fund in which shall be deposited the fees, charges, receipts and any and all payments collected or received from the operation of the Greater Springfield Regional Wastewater Facilities, and any and all such funds shall be received by the City Treasurer and kept in a fund known as the "Greater Springfield Regional Wastewater Facilities Fund" ("regional"), which shall be kept separate from all other moneys, funds or property of the City, and the principal and interest of which shall only be expended, subject to appropriation with the approval of the Mayor and the City Council of the City, for the operation and maintenance of and improvements to a wastewater treatment facility system and for any bonded indebtedness and interest for said Greater Springfield Regional Wastewater Facilities, all to be done in accordance with Chapter 520 of the Acts of 1975 of the General Court of the Commonwealth.
The Auditor of the City shall file an annual report of all receipts and expenditures pertaining to said Greater Springfield Regional Wastewater Facilities with each of the member municipalities, in accordance with Chapter 520 of the Acts of 1975 of the General Court of the Commonwealth.
The Director shall submit an annual budget request in detail to the Mayor, which shall be reviewed by the Mayor and Council in the same statutory manner as are other annual budget requests. The Director shall report to the Mayor and Council, in addition to the annual report, at intervals of not less than three years, relative to any surpluses available, projected expenditures, and when adjustment of charges and fees are, in his opinion, required to meet projected expenditures.