[R.O. 2006 §700.010; Ord. No. 98.41 §1(25-1), 10-15-1998]
A.
It
is hereby established for the public health, safety, welfare and benefit
of the City of Osage Beach and citizens that the waterworks and sewerage
departments of the City, and all future improvements and extensions
thereto, be combined and that they shall be operated and maintained
as a combined waterworks and sanitary sewerage system.
B.
Through
the years the City has operated and maintained a sewerage utility.
With the purchase of various public water systems in 1998 the City
started operating and maintaining a waterworks utility. It seemed
likely that the combination of these two (2) utilities would promote
efficiency, reliability and streamline future improvements.
C.
This
Section is published for the information and benefit of citizens,
developers, community leaders, business people and the general public
as a guide to the practices of the combined water and sewer utilities.
D.
The
combined waterworks and sewerage system are controlled by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen through the City Administrator or his/her designee.
E.
Any
reference to the "design and construction manual" in this Title shall mean the design and construction manual of the
City as adopted by the City of Osage Beach.
F.
It
is the policy of this combined department to meet all requirements
of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and all other
applicable State Statutes, Codes, ordinances, standards, rules and
regulations.
The occupant and user of the premises receiving services or
water and sewerage services combined and the owner of said premises
shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for such services rendered
on said premises. The City shall have power to sue the occupant or
the owner, or both, of such real estate in a civil action to recover
any sums due for such services, plus a reasonable attorney's fee to
be fixed by the court. Any notice of termination of service shall
be sent to both the occupant and owner of the premises receiving such
service, if such owner has requested in writing to receive any notice
of termination and has provided the entity rendering such service
with the owner's business addresses.
[R.O. 2006 §700.030; Ord. No. 05.40 §2, 9-1-2005]
When a tenant is delinquent in payment for forty-five (45) days,
the City shall make a good faith effort to notify the owner of the
premises receiving such service of the delinquency and the amount
thereof. Any notice of termination of service shall be sent to both
the occupant and owner of the premises receiving such service. When
an occupant is delinquent more than ninety (90) days, the owner shall
not be liable for sums due for more than ninety (90) days of service.
[Ord. No. 20.27, 5-7-2020]
B.
Individual residential or commercial water and sewer customers, individual residential or commercial water only customers, and individual residential or commercial sewer only customers may earn a rebate as set forth in Subsection (D) below, on their water and sewer, or water only or sewer only charges by presenting with their bill any receipt from a local business for goods purchased or services received from May 8, 2020, through July 31, 2020.
C.
To
be eligible for the rebate the local business must be located within
the City limits of Osage Beach and possess a current City business
license.
D.
For
every twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of spending or more the City will
extend a credit of fifteen dollars ($15.00) against the water/sewer
charges. Receipts must be received by August 31, 2020, to qualify.
E.
To
apply for this credit the customer must write their name as it appears
on the water and sewer bill, phone number and account number on the
receipt and submit it with the bill for which they want to receive
a credit by emailing a copy of each to the Utility Billing Clerk or
drop off the receipts and billing stub in a sealed envelope at the
drop box, located at Osage Beach City Hall, 1000 City Parkway, Osage
Beach, Missouri 65065 .
[Ord. No. 20.38, 6-18-2020]
F.
For
each twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of spending the customer shall receive
a credit of fifteen dollars ($15.00) towards the water and/or sewer
bill. Each account may receive no more than a sixty dollar ($60.00)
credit under this Section. Under no circumstances shall any credits
under this program result in any payments directly to a customer.
G.
The
credit in this Section does not apply to reconnection fees.
H.
Multiunit
structures, including but not limited to multitenant commercial structures, apartment
buildings, condominiums, duplexes where the water and sewer service
are billed jointly are eligible for rebates not to exceed sixty dollars
($60.00) per unit and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
per account. To qualify for the multi-family rebate, the owner or
manager must present receipts for spending by residents or tenants
of the building from local businesses as described in this Section.
[Ord. No. 20.38, 6-18-2020]
