[R.O. 2008 §705.400; Ord. No. 6671 §1, 2-18-2003; Ord. No. 16-2004, 5-10-2004; Ord. No. 12-2010 §3, 8-9-2010; Ord. No. 02-2025, 3-31-2025; Ord. No. 04-2026, 3-23-2026]
A.
The Council of the City of Louisiana, Missouri, hereby requires the City Water Department to establish wastewater rates as follows:
1.
Each user shall pay for the wastewater services provided by the City based on the amount of water used from the City's water system as determined by water meter(s) acceptable to the City.
2.
For wastewater users, monthly wastewater user charges shall be based on monthly, metered, water usage.
3.
Each user shall pay for the wastewater services provided by the City based on the amount of water used from the City's water system as determined by water meter(s) acceptable to the City.
4.
For wastewater users, monthly wastewater user charges shall be based on monthly, metered, water usage.
5.
The City shall review the user charge system annually and revise user charge rates as necessary to ensure that the system generates adequate revenues to pay the costs of operation and maintenance including replacement and that the system continues to provide for the proportional distribution of operation and maintenance including replacement costs among users and user classes. It shall be mandatory to review the rates, which fund operations and maintenance of the water, each February so that rates shall be revised every June to reflect the annual inflation rate as stated by the most current Consumer Price Index as published by the Federal Government. Any and all other rate revisions shall not have a bearing on the annual rate review for inflation.
6.
As of July 1st, 2026, the minimum wastewater charge per month shall be thirty-seven dollars eighty-nine cents ($37.89) per metered wastewater user. Actual usage is then figured at a rate of $0.047628152 per cubic foot.