[HISTORY: Adopted by the Municipal Council of the City of
Clifton 5-15-2012 by Ord. No. 7019-12. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers — See Ch. 375.
There is created and established, upon the effective date of
this chapter, a municipally owned public utility to be known as the
City of Clifton Sewer Utility, hereinafter referred to as the "Sewer
Utility." The authorized operations of the Sewer Utility shall consist
of the operation, management, control and maintenance of the sewer
system and all extensions and improvements hereafter made thereto,
together with all services relating to such purposes, including the
billing and collection of sewer user fees and connection fees.
All moneys derived from the operations of the Sewer Utility
and other moneys applicable to its support shall be segregated and
kept in a separate fund, known as the "Sewer Utility Fund," and treated
as moneys held in trust for the purposes for which the Sewer Utility
was created. Moneys in the Sewer Utility Fund shall be applied only
to costs of the Sewer Utility or as otherwise permitted by law and
shall be accounted for in accordance with the Local Budget Law and
the Local Bond Law.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40A:4-1 et seq. and 40A:2-1
et seq., respectively.
The budget of the Sewer Utility and the appropriations and disbursements
from the Sewer Utility Fund shall be in compliance with the Local
Budget Law and other applicable law.
The City Manager shall be responsible for the day-to-day administrative
operations of the Sewer Utility, including proposing the annual budget
for the Sewer Utility and making recommendations to the Municipal
Council regarding sanitary sewer service rates and charges, the classification
of users, general policy oversight of Sewer Utility administration
and operations. All personnel of the Sewer Utility shall be municipal
employees.
