[R.O. 2006 §710.420; CC 1985 §25-151; Ord. No. 88.01 Art. 1, 2-4-1988; Ord. No. 01.04 Art. I, 3-8-2001; Ord. No. 04.30 §1, 10-26-2004]
It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive
to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience
of the City of Osage Beach to collect charges from all users who contribute
wastewater to the City of Osage Beach treatment works. The proceeds
of such charges so derived will be devoted to the following purposes:
First, the payment of the expenses of operating and maintaining
such system;
Second, the payment of any and all bonds or other obligations
payable from such revenues;
Third, the establishment of a proper depreciation reserve for
the benefit of such system;
Fourth, the fulfillment of any covenants or agreements contained
in any ordinance which may have authorized outstanding revenue bonds
issued for the benefit of such system; and
Fifth, the payment of the cost of improvements and extensions
to such system.
[R.O. 2006 §710.430; CC 1985 §25-152; Ord. No. 88.01 Art. II §§1 — 45, 2-4-1988; Ord. No. 92.32 §1, 10-22-1992; Ord. No. 92.34 §1, 12-17-1992; Ord. No. 01.04 Art. II, 3-8-2001; Ord. No. 07.34 §1, 6-7-2007]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Centigrade (20°C), expressed in milligrams
per liter (mg/l).
A legal arrangement in which a dwelling unit in an apartment
building is individually owned but to which the common areas are owned,
controlled and maintained through an organization controlled by the
individual owners.
An individual or two (2) or more persons occupying a premises
and living as a single housekeeping unit, whether or not related to
each other by birth or marriage, as distinguished from a group occupying
a boarding house, lodging house or hotel as herein defined.
A building in which lodging or boarding and lodging are provided
and offered to the public for compensation and in which ingress and
egress to and from all rooms is made through an inside lobby or office
supervised by a person in charge at all hours. As such, it is open
to the public as opposed to a boarding house, a lodging house, or
an apartment.
A building or group of buildings used primarily for the temporary
residence of motorists or travelers, for compensation, as such it
is open to the public and which does not contain kitchen facilities
or a cook stove.
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by two (2)
or more commercial entities (i.e., office, retail, professional),
not individually metered or designed to be individually metered.
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by two (2)
or more families, not individually metered or designed to be individually
metered.
Any contributor to the City's treatment works which is not
a residential contributor as defined by this Section.
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than
four hundred (400) mg/l, a suspended solids concentration of not more
than two hundred sixty (260) mg/l, and an oil and grease concentration
of not more than one hundred (100) mg/l.
A building composed of offices sharing common walls and corridors.
An office building, a medical clinic, or a professional building
or any other facility where office space is provided or service, retail
or wholesale activities occur and where goods are not consumed or
used on the premises and which is not classified otherwise.
All expenditures during the useful life of the treatment
works for materials, labor, utilities, and other items which are necessary
for managing and maintaining the treatment works to achieve the capacity
and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
An office building generally housing doctors, lawyers or
other licensed professional practitioners.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and
maintenance" includes replacement.
Any single-family dwelling, two-family dwelling or condominium
dwelling which contributes wastewater to the City's treatment works
and which is not part of a mobile home park, regardless of billing
method.
Any building or group of buildings used primarily for the
temporary residence of motorists or travelers, for compensation, and
as such is open to the public and which contains kitchen facilities
and/or a cook stove.
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
Any land, devices and systems for the transporting, storage,
treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic
sewage, or liquid industrial wastes. These include intercepting sewers,
outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, individual systems, pumping,
power, and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions improvement,
remodeling, additions and alterations thereof; elements essential
to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units
and clearwell facilities; and any works, including site acquisition
of the land, that will be an integral part of the treatment process
or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment;
or any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing,
treating, separating or disposing of municipal waste or industrial
waste, including waste in combined stormwater and sanitary sewerage
systems.
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by two (2)
families.
The estimated period during which a treatment works will
be operated.
The wastewater service charge which is levied in a proportional
and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance, replacement
and debt service for the wastewater treatment works.
[R.O. 2006 §710.440; CC 1985 §25-153; Ord. No. 88.01 Art. III §1, 2-4-1988; Ord. No. 01.04 Art. II, 3-8-2001]
The user charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues
to pay costs of annual operation and maintenance, including replacement
and costs associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated
with financing the treatment works which the City of Osage Beach may
by ordinance designate to be paid by the user charge system. That
portion of the total user charge which is designated for operation
and maintenance including replacement of the treatment works shall
be established by this Article.
[R.O. 2006 §710.450; CC 1985 §25-154; Ord. No. 88.01 Art. III §2, 2-4-1988; Ord. No. 01.04 Art. II, 3-8-2001]
A.
That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for the operation and maintenance including replacement purposes as established in Section 710.440 shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund known as the Operation and Maintenance, and Replacement Fund and will be kept in two (2) primary accounts as follows:
1.
The Operation and Maintenance Account shall be an account designated
for the specific purpose of defraying operation and maintenance cost
(excluding replacement) of the treatment works. Deposits in the Operation
and Maintenance Account shall be made (monthly) from the operation
and maintenance revenue collected at the rates and annual amounts
established by the annual computation as indicated in Appendix A,
which is on file in the City offices.
2.
The Replacement Account shall be an account designed for the purpose
of ensuring replacement needs over the useful life of the treatment
works. Deposits in the Replacement Account shall be made monthly from
the replacement revenue collected at the rates and annual amounts
established by the annual computation as indicated in Appendix A,
which is on file in the City offices.
[R.O. 2006 §710.460; CC 1985 §25-155; Ord. No. 88.01 Art. III §3, 2-4-1988; Ord. No. 01.04 Art. II, 3-8-2001]
Fiscal year-end balances in the operation and maintenance account
and the replacement account shall be carried over to the same accounts
in the subsequent fiscal year and shall be used for no other purposes
than those designated for these accounts. Monies which have been transferred
from other sources to meet temporary shortages in the operation, maintenance
and replacement fund shall be returned to their respective accounts
upon appropriate adjustment of the user charge rates for operation,
maintenance and replacement. The user charge rate(s) shall be adjusted
such that the transferred monies will be returned to their respective
accounts within the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which
the monies were borrowed.
[R.O. 2006 §710.470; CC 1985 §25-156; Ord. No. 88.01 Art. IV §§1 — 3, 2-4-1988; Ord. No. 92.32 §3, 10-22-1992; Ord. No. 92.34 §2, 12-17-1992; Ord. No. 94.61 §1, 12-15-1994; Ord. No. 95.59 §1, 12-21-1995; Ord. No. 98.52 §1, 12-17-1998; Ord. No. 00.53 §1, 1-18-2001; Ord. No. 01.04 Art. II, 3-8-2001; Ord. No. 02.10 §1, 3-21-2002; Ord. No. 07.35 §1, 6-7-2007; Ord.
No. 10.26 §4, 6-21-2010; Ord. No. 15.95 §1, 12-17-2015; Ord. No. 23.08, 3-16-2023
A.
It is determined to be necessary and conducive of the public health,
safety, welfare and convenience of the City to collect charges from
all customers who use the public sewer system. The proceeds of such
charges so derived will be used for the purpose of operating, maintaining,
retiring the debt, improvements and extensions for such public sewer
system.
For metered customers, the sewer user charge shall be the monthly
minimum sewer rate defined in Subsection (1) below plus the volumetric
sewer rate defined in Subsection (2) below.
For non-metered customers, the monthly sewer user charge shall
be the flat rate charge defined in Subsection (3) below.
1.
Monthly minimum rate. The sewer monthly minimum
rates for both in-City and out-of-City customers are scheduled as
follows:
|
Effective May 1, 2023
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
Meter Size
|
In-City
|
Out-Of-City
|
|
5/8 inch
|
$18.20
|
$39.58
|
|
1 inch
|
$24.45
|
$54.41
|
|
1 1/2 inch
|
$30.74
|
$69.25
|
|
2 inch
|
$47.98
|
$110.02
|
|
3 inch
|
$174.98
|
$410.28
|
|
4 inch
|
$222.02
|
$521.48
|
|
6 inch
|
$269.06
|
$632.71
|
2.
Volumetric rate. For sewer customers on metered
water service, the sewer volumetric rate is charged per one thousand
(1,000) gallons of metered water consumption in excess of the first
one thousand (1,000) gallons included in the monthly minimum rate.
The volumetric rates are scheduled as follows:
|
Effective May 1, 2023
| |
|---|---|
|
Per 1,000 gallons
|
$2.52
|
3.
Flat rate. For sewer customers without metered
City water service, the monthly sewer charge shall be a flat rate
charge based on the user's defined class(es).
a.
The defined classes are as follows:
|
Class
|
Name
|
Description
|
|---|---|---|
|
A
|
Residential light commercial
|
Single-family residences with <2.5 baths,
Small commercial offices/retail,
Multi-residential and multi-residential structures, per unit
charge
(MF/MU)
No laundries or laundromats, no restaurants,
Maximum continuous demand < 10 gpm.
|
|
B
|
Small-medium commercial
|
Large residences, swimming pools, lawn irrigation for lawns
< 6,000 square feet,
Hotel/motel with < 15 units, small restaurants -
< 75 seats, FF w/drive thru,
Other small-medium commercial,
Maximum continuous demand < 25 gpm.
|
|
C
|
Medium commercial
|
Hotel/motel with < 35 units,
Medium restaurants - > 75 seats, no outdoor seating,
Other medium commercial,
Maximum continuous demand < 50 gpm.
|
|
D
|
Medium-large commercial
|
Hotel/motel with < 70 units,
Large restaurants - > 175 seats, outdoor seating,
Other medium-large commercial,
Maximum continuous demand < 80 gpm.
|
|
E
|
Large commercial 1
|
Hotel/motel with < 150 units,
Other large commercial,
Maximum continuous demand < 160 gpm.
|
|
F
|
Large commercial 2
|
Hotel/motel with < 300 units,
Maximum continuous demand < 250 gpm.
|
|
G
|
Maximum demand commercial
|
Hotel/motel with < 301 units,
Maximum continuous demand > 1,000 gpm.
|
b.
Flat rate charges. The monthly flat rate charges
for both in-City and out-of-City customers are scheduled as follows:
|
Effective May 1, 2023
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
Class
|
In-City
|
Out-Of-City
|
|
A
|
$33.34
|
$52.58
|
|
B
|
$211.05
|
$332.85
|
|
C
|
$343.40
|
$541.53
|
|
D
|
$738.84
|
$1,165.14
|
|
E
|
$1,433.15
|
$2,260.09
|
|
F
|
$4,001.51
|
$6,310.47
|
|
G
|
$5,939.55
|
$9,366.76
|
4.
Multi-commercial and multi-residential.
a.
For multi-commercial (office/retail complexes, etc.) and multi-residential
(apartment complexes, condominium buildings, etc.) sewer customers
on metered water service but not individually metered by unit, the
monthly minimum rate per month per unit is equal to the equivalent
meter size based on the defined class of each unit's use as determined
by the City Administrator or his/her designee plus the volumetric
rate at the per one thousand (1,000) gallon rate based on water consumption
in excess of the first one thousand (1,000) gallons per unit.
[R.O. 2006 §710.480; CC 1985 §25-157; Ord. No. 88.01 Art. V §§1 — 4, 2-4-1988; Ord. No. 95.45 §1, 11-16-1995; Ord. No. 00.43 §2, 10-19-2000; Ord. No. 01.04 Art. II, 3-8-2001; Ord. No. 07.74 §1, 12-20-2007; Ord. No. 11.37 §1, 7-8-2011]
A.
Generally. All users will be billed monthly. Payments are
due when the billings are made. Any payment not received within fifteen
(15) days after the billing is made shall be delinquent.
B.
Current Address. Users are responsible for furnishing the
City with their current mailing address. Failure to make such notification
in writing will not be considered an excuse for non-payment nor permit
an extension of the date when the account will be considered delinquent.
C.
Condominiums. Sewer charges for condominiums will be billed
to the condominium management company or association or otherwise
agreed-upon billing authority which shall be responsible for full
payment of the bill.
D.
Facilities Under Common Ownership. Facilities under common
ownership will be billed to the owner of the facilities as a combined
bill based on the type of users in the facilities.
E.
Late Payment/Discontinuance Of Service.
1.
Late fee. Interest shall be added in the amount
of one and one-half percent (1.5%) to any unpaid balance per month.
2.
Discontinuance of service. When any sewer bill
remains unpaid for forty-five (45) days from the date of billing,
service shall be disconnected until such bill is paid. A reconnection
fee shall be paid for reconnection to the City's system.
a.
Sewer customers on the City's water system. Water
service will be disconnected for those users of the sewer system who
are also on the City's water system whose sewer service has been identified
for discontinuance due to unpaid balances. Water service reconnection
fees are then applied.
b.
Reconnection fees.
(1)
Water service reconnection charge (for sewer customers
with water service). If water service is discontinued, for
reconnection to the system the customer shall pay the total balance
due for all utility services provided (water and sewer, if applicable)
prior to disconnection and a reconnection charge. The reconnection
charge includes a minimum reconnection charge of one hundred twenty-five
dollars ($125.00) plus the minimum monthly billing for all utility
services provided (water and sewer, if applicable) for each month
of disconnection, with a maximum of twelve (12) months, in addition
to the minimum reconnection charge, calculated on a pro rata basis
based on the monthly billing cycle.
(2)
Sewer service reconnection charge (for sewer only customers). If sewer service is discontinued, for reconnection to the system
the customer shall pay the total balance due prior to disconnection
and a reconnection charge. The reconnection charge includes a minimum
reconnection charge of four hundred dollars ($400.00) plus the minimum
monthly billing for each month of disconnection, with a maximum of
twelve (12) months, in addition to the minimum reconnection charge,
calculated on a pro rata basis based on the monthly billing cycle.
(3)
Unique infrastructure. In the event that actual
disconnection costs to the City exceed the minimum reconnection charge
due by the customer, due to the unique infrastructure associated with
the service disconnection, the customer may be charged the actual
costs of disconnection in excess of the minimum reconnection charge
for the service being disconnected.
c.
Reconnection of service.
(1)
During office hours. The Department of Public
Works shall reconnect service during normal office hours once satisfied
delinquent balances and reconnection fees have been verified by the
office of the City Treasurer. Delinquent balances and reconnection
fees satisfied before 12:00 P.M. on a regular business day will constitute
an afternoon reconnection on the same day, during normal office hours,
of the Department of Public Works. Delinquent balances and reconnection
fees satisfied after 12:00 P.M. on a regular business day will constitute
reconnection the next regular business day, during normal office hours,
of the Department of Public Works.
(2)
After hours/weekends. Reconnections of service
after hours and/or on weekends may be available for an additional
charge of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per reconnection of the service.
After hours/weekend reconnection charges are in addition to the applicable
reconnection charges applied.
3.
Payment plan. The City Administrator or his/her
designee may enter into periodic payment arrangements for the reconnection
fee not to exceed one (1) year in duration.
F.
Other. As of Monday, March 6, 1995, the City of Osage Beach
discontinued billing for properties not physically connected to the
City's sewerage system other than disconnection due to delinquency.
[R.O. 2006 §710.490; CC 1985 §25-158; Ord. No. 88.01 Art. VI §§1 — 2, 2-4-1988; Ord. No. 01.04 Art. II, 3-8-2001; Ord.
No. 10.26 §5, 6-18-2010]
The City Administrator or his/her designee shall submit recommended
rate changes to the Board of Aldermen for further action to ensure
that the system generates adequate revenues to pay the costs of operation
and maintenance including replacement and retirement of debt and that
the system continues to provide for the proportional distribution
of operation and maintenance including replacement costs among users
and user classes.
