[R.O. 1991 § 705.410; Ord. No. 558 § 2, 9-8-1987]
It is determined and declared to
be necessary and conducive to the protection of the public health,
safety, welfare and convenience of the City to collect charges from
all users who contribute wastewater to the City's treatment works.
The proceeds of such charges so derived will be used for the purpose
of operating, maintaining and retiring the debt for such public wastewater
treatment works.
[R.O. 1991 § 705.420; Ord. No. 558 § 2, 9-8-1987]
Unless the context specifically indicates
otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than
two hundred (200) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration of not
more than two hundred fifty (250) mg/l or containing substance which
may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two
degrees Fahrenheit (32° F.) and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit
(150° F.) [ zero degrees Celsius (0 °C. to 65° C.)].
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 sewage works to achieve the capacity
and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
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 contributor to the City's treatment works whose lot,
parcel of real estate, or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes
only.
Any devices and systems for 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 clear
well 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
(including land for composting sludge, temporary storage of such compost,
and land used for the storage of treated wastewater inland treatment
systems before land application); 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 sewer systems.
The estimated period during which a treatment works will
be operated.
That portion of the total wastewater service charge which
is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation,
maintenance, and replacement of the wastewater treatment works.
A water volume measuring and recording device, furnished
and/or installed by the City of Vandalia or furnished and/or installed
by a user and approved by the City of Vandalia.
[R.O. 1991 § 705.430; Ord. No. 558 § 2, 9-8-1987]
The user charge system shall generate
adequate annual revenues to pay costs of annual operation and maintenance
including replacement and costs associated with debt requirement of
bonded capital associated with financing the treatment works which
the City 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 08-1079 § I,
adopted 9-16-2008, repealed R.O. 1991 Sections 705.440, Accounts Established,
and 705.450, Transfer Of Funds, in their entirety. Sections 704.440
– 705.450 derived from Ord. No. 558 § 2, 9-8-1987.
[R.O. 1991 § 705.460; Ord. No. 558 § 2, 9-8-1987]
Each user shall pay for the services
provided by the City based on this use of the treatment works as determined
by water meter(s) acceptable to the City.
[R.O. 1991 § 705.470; Ord. No. 558 § 2, 9-8-1987]
A.
For residential contributors, monthly user
charges will be based on each current month's water usage.
B.
For industrial and commercial contributors,
user charges shall be based on each current month's water usage. If
a commercial or industrial contributor has a consumptive use of water,
or in some other manner uses water which is not returned to the wastewater
collection system, the user charge for that contributor may be based
on a wastewater meter(s) or separate water meter(s) installed and
maintained at the contributor's expense, and in a manner acceptable
to the City.
[R.O. 1991 § 705.480; Ord. No. 558 § 2, 9-8-1987; Ord. No. 700 §§ I –
II, 5-11-1993; Ord. No.
817 § I, 2-13-1996; Ord. No. 08-1079 §§ I – II, 9-16-2008; Ord. No. 09-1084 §§ I – II, 2-10-2009]
A.
The sewer rates are as follows:
B.
The sewer charge rate shall be adjusted annually on August billing of each year in an amount equal to the annual Consumer Price Index. Said CPI figure shall be taken from Pro Forma State Auditor's Review of Data Submitted "Computation of Reassessment Growth and Rate for Compliance with Article X, Section 22 and Section 137.073, RSMo.," Form A. However, said adjustment shall not exceed four percent (4%) for any year.
C.
A capital replacement charge may be established
by resolution[1] of the Board of Aldermen to pay for specific capital projects,
for example, main replacement and lagoon dredging.
[1]
Editor's Note: Resolution No. 16-04, enacted
on 12-13-2016, set out a capital sewer surcharge fee of $1.40 per
1,000 gallons of water usage which shall be applied to all sewer users
beginning with the January, 2017, billing cycle. The Board may remove,
reduce or otherwise amend this surcharge at their pleasure per the
resolution. Same is on file in the City offices.
[R.O. 1991 § 705.485; Ord. No. 966 §§ I – II, 6-12-2001]
A.
Fees Established. The City shall charge
each residential customer the sum of seventy cents ($0.70) per year
for a service connection fee, and shall charge any commercial or industrial
customer, presently not served by any public water system, but served
by the City of Vandalia's sewer system the sum of three dollars ($3.00)
per year beginning immediately at the passage of this Section.
B.
City To Retain Five Percent (5%). The City
shall retain five percent (5%) of all funds collected and shall pay
the other ninety-five percent (95%) to the State of Missouri pursuant
to the Statutes of the State of Missouri.
[R.O. 1991 § 705.490; Ord. No. 558 § 2, 9-8-1987]
For those contributors who contribute
wastewater, the strength of which is greater than normal domestic
sewage, a surcharge in addition to the normal user charge will be
collected. However, the City is not initiating this part of the ordinance
at present.
[1]
Cross Reference: Also see Appendix A of Ord.
No. 558, which is on file in the City Clerk's office.
[R.O. 1991 § 705.500; Ord. No. 597 §§ I – II, 3-13-1990]
A.
There shall be a rate established for non-residents
of the City of Vandalia receiving sewer service from the City of Vandalia
to be at a rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) times the sewer rate and
one and one-half (1 1/2) times all additional charges for sewer services
over and above the rate charged to the residents of the City of Vandalia.
B.
Requirement To Follow All Other Ordinances.
All other requirements relative to the use of the sewer by non-residents
of the City of Vandalia shall be the same as residents of the City
of Vandalia are required to follow relative to use of the sewer.
[R.O. 1991 § 705.510; Ord. No. 558 § 2, 9-8-1987]
Any user which discharges any toxic
pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent
or the sludge from the City's treatment works, or any user which discharges
any substance which singly or by interaction with other substances
causes identifiable increases in the cost of operation, maintenance,
or replacement of the treatment works, shall pay for such increased
costs. The charge to each such user shall be as determined by the
responsible plant operating personnel and approved by the Board of
Aldermen.
[R.O. 1991 § 705.520; Ord. No. 558 § 2, 9-8-1987]
The user charge rates established
in this Article apply to all users, regardless of their location,
of the City's treatment works.
[R.O. 1991 § 705.530; Ord. No. 558 § 2, 9-8-1987]
All users shall be billed monthly.
Billings for any particular month shall be made within thirty (30)
days after the end of that month. Payments are due when the billings
are made. Any payment not received by the tenth of the following month
the billing is made, shall be delinquent.
[R.O. 1991 § 705.540; Ord. No. 558 § 2, 9-8-1987]
A late payment as set forth in Section 720.010 will be added to each delinquent bill.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 08-1079 § I,
adopted 9-16-2008, repealed R.O. 1991 Sections 705.550, Review Of
Charges, and 705.560, Notification Of Users, in their entirety. Former
Sections 705.550 – 705.560 derived from Ord. No. 558 § 2,
9-8-1987.
