[Ord. No. 974 §§1 — 2, 2-21-2012]
The general operating and fiscal policy of the Municipal Utilities shall be operated as a self-sustained enterprise with revenue sufficient to cover operating costs, interest and depreciation, amortization of debt, and all extensions and improvements. All revenue derived from the operation of said Municipal Utilities shall be separately accounted for.
[Ord. No. 974 §§1 — 2, 2-21-2012]
All bills of said Municipal Utility, and all claims as well as all salaries of its employees, shall be paid in the same manner as other bills and salaries of other officers of the City are paid. All contracts and official acts of the Municipal Utilities shall be executed in the same manner as other contracts and official acts of the City are executed.
[Ord. No. 974 §§1 — 2, 2-21-2012]
A. 
It is hereby found, determined and declared to be necessary for the public health, safety, welfare and benefit of the City of Concordia and its inhabitants that the waterworks and sewerage system of the City, including all future improvements and extensions thereto, be combined and that they shall thenceforth be operated and maintained as a combined waterworks and sewerage system.
B. 
The waterworks and sanitary sewerage system of the City and all future improvements and extensions thereto, whether to the waterworks or to sanitary sewerage system or to both, shall be and the same are combined and it is hereby declared that said waterworks and said sewerage system, and all future improvements and extension thereto as aforesaid, thenceforth be operated and maintained as a combined waterworks and sewerage system.
C. 
The combined waterworks and sewerage system are controlled by the City Council through a City Administrator. For the purpose of exercising the powers conferred upon the City Administrator by the City Council relative to the work of the combined waterworks and sewerage system, the policies in this Article have been formulated.
[Ord. No. 974 §§1 — 2, 2-21-2012]
A. 
Water Personnel.
1. 
Chief Operator/Water Superintendent.
a. 
The Mayor, with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, and upon the recommendation of the City Administrator, shall designate a Chief Operator and Water Superintendent for the waterworks of the City. The Superintendent/Chief Operator shall be a certified operator in the State of Missouri, possessing a certificate at the level of or higher than the classification of our facility and distribution system, as classified on our operational permit by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
b. 
The Superintendent/Chief Operator of the water system shall have overall responsibility for the day-to-day process control/system integrity decisions regarding supervisory and operational activities that will directly impact the quality and quantity of drinking water (day-to-day decisions that maintain or cause changes in chemical, biological, physical or radiological quality of the drinking water).
c. 
The Superintendent/Chief Operator shall supervise or perform all work and perform all services to properly maintain those City properties in the waterworks system by and under the direction of the City Administrator.
d. 
Any person appointed under the provision of this Section shall be subject to discharge in accordance with City policy for failure to perform the services required by this Section.
e. 
As compensation for said services, such person or persons so appointed shall receive a salary as may be provided by ordinance.
f. 
The City shall notify the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in writing within ten (10) working days after the Chief Operator is replaced.
2. 
Operators.
a. 
All operating personnel making independent process control/system integrity decisions about water quality or quantity that affect public health must be certified pursuant to 10 CSR 60-14. This will not typically include, for example, maintenance personnel implementing process control/system integrity decisions made by a certified operator.
b. 
All process control/system integrity decisions about water quality or quantity that affect public health must be made by a certified operator based on procedures approved by the Chief Operator.
c. 
The City Administrator, and Chief Operator/Water Superintendent for the waterworks of the City shall hire all operators, and shall be responsible for providing for the proper certifications as required by 10 CSR 60-14 for each operator in a timely manner.
B. 
Wastewater Personnel.
1. 
Supervisor.
a. 
The Mayor, with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, and upon the recommendation of the City Administrator, shall designate a Wastewater Superintendent for the sewerage operations of the City. The Superintendent shall be a certified operator in the State of Missouri, possessing a certificate at the level of or higher than the classification of our facility and distribution system, as classified on our operational permit by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
b. 
The supervisor shall have overall responsibility for the day-to-day process control/system integrity decisions regarding supervisory and operational activities that will directly impact the quality and quantity of wastewater for the operation of the wastewater treatment system (day-to-day decisions that maintain or cause changes in the quality and quantity of discharged water from the system).
c. 
The supervisor shall supervise or perform all work and perform all services to properly maintain those City properties in the sewer system by and under the direction of the City Administrator.
d. 
Any person appointed under the provision of this Section shall be subject to discharge in accordance with City policy for failure to perform the services required by this Section.
e. 
As compensation for said services, such person or persons so appointed shall receive a salary as may be provided by ordinance.
f. 
The City shall notify the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in writing within ten (10) working days after the Chief Operator is replaced.
[Ord. No. 974 §§1 — 2, 2-21-2012]
A. 
All buildings hereafter constructed in the City for human habitation or occupancy or which are used in any manner by the general public shall be connected to the water system of the City. Said connection shall be made at or near the property line. The property owner shall pay a connection fee under the provisions outlined in the Section 705.010 "Payment for Services" of this Code, and set out in Chapter 150, Table A of Title I of this Code for each tract or parcel or lot connected with the City water main; it being the intent that each connection shall serve but one (1) dwelling house, establishment or separate building. This charge shall be made to persons, firms or corporations who are the owners of real estate located within the corporate limits of the City.
B. 
All buildings hereafter constructed in the City for human habitation or occupancy or which are used in any manner by the general public shall be connected to the sewer system of the City. The property owner shall pay a connection fee as set out in Chapter 150, Table A of Title I (Sewer Connection Fee) of this Code for each tract or parcel or lot connected with the City sewer main; it being the intent that each connection shall serve but one (1) dwelling house, establishment or separate building. This charge shall be made to persons, firms or corporations who are the owners of real estate located within the corporate limits of the City.
C. 
No connection shall be made from any private property with the City sewerage system unless prior to or contemporaneously with such connection a connection is also made with the City's water system.
D. 
For said charge as set out in Section 705.010 "Payment for Services" of this Code, the City shall lay the necessary lateral water line, including, in some instances, the placing of a water meter from said City's water main to the property line of the applicant.
E. 
For said charge as set out in Chapter 150, Table A of Title I (Sewer Connection Fee) of this Code, it shall be the responsibility of the property owner, through an agent, as approved at time of application, to provide all materials and services as required to make connection with the City sewer mains in a manner consistent with specifications as adopted by the City. The City reserves the right to inspect and approve all connections prior to initiation of water service to the applicant. If sewer connection is deemed to have not met proper inspection and approval and water service exists, the City reserves the right to interrupt such services until proper inspection and approval is obtained.
F. 
The connection charges established by the provisions of this Section shall be paid to the City Clerk at the time application is made for water service, and no connections to the water system or sewer systems of the City shall be made until the charge shall be paid in full.
G. 
Any violation of this Section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
[Ord. No. 974 §§1 — 2, 2-21-2012]
A. 
No person, firm or corporation shall:
1. 
Extend, add to, or lengthen any pipes, mains, tiles or other facilities designed or used for the transmission of water or sewage produced, processed or sold by the City beyond the limits of the City; provided however, that this provision shall not prohibit the replacement of existing facilities for the transmission of utilities.
2. 
Provide or sell any water processed by the City to any person or firm for use or delivery outside the limits of the City; provided however, that this provision shall not prohibit the continuation of sales of utilities to those persons, corporations or associations who now purchase such City utilities, either at wholesale or retail, for use outside the City.
3. 
Transmit any sewage from outside the limits of the City through pipes, mains or tiles owned by the City for discharge or treatment in the City sewage treatment facility; provided however, that this provision shall not prohibit such transmission of sewage by current users of the sanitary sewer system of the City.
B. 
Penalty. Any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity violating the provisions of Subsection (A) shall be assessed a fine from one dollar ($1.00) to five hundred dollars ($500.00).
[Ord. No. 974 §§1 — 2, 2-21-2012]
A. 
The City of Concordia may provide City utility services outside the City limits under the following conditions:
1. 
In the case of land contiguous to the City limits, the property owner or owners request annexation by a verified petition of the landowners of record; or
2. 
In the case of land not contiguous to the City limits, the landowners sign a "petition for voluntary annexation" with the following language:
a. 
The undersigned, in consideration of the City of Concordia, Missouri, granting to the undersigned the right to water with or without sewer services upon compliance with the City development rules, regulations, guidelines and procedures and upon the payment of the customary fees, hereby petition and request the Board of Aldermen of the City of Concordia, Missouri to annex into the City limits of Concordia, Missouri, the following described tract of land, presently outside the City limits, when this land becomes contiguous to the City limits of Concordia, Missouri.
(INSERT LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY)
This petition shall be a continuing obligation, running with the land, and shall bind the present owners, their heirs, executors, administrators, assigns or legal representatives and subsequent owners, their heirs, executors, administrators, assigns or legal representatives. It is understood that this instrument shall be recorded in the Recorder of Deeds office of Lafayette County in Lexington, Missouri, and shall be of record; and
b. 
The owners agree by contract to be bound to all development rules, regulations, guidelines and procedures then in effect within the limits of the City, including, but not limited to, setback requirements, lot sizes, land use and building and construction codes, inspection requirements, occupancy permits, street widths, storm drainage, utility installation and site development plans; and
c. 
The persons or entities requesting annexation agree to install at their expense such water (and in some cases, sewer) line extensions as are necessary to serve the property requesting services from the nearest point of the then existing main lines for these utilities, except the City reserves the right to require the service lines be appropriately sized to accommodate future growth and orderly development. Any participation by the City in regard to payment of the cost of such lines shall be limited to the difference in cost between the oversized facilities and the facilities necessary to provide the line extension to the petitioner's land. All lines installed shall meet all City standards in effect at the time. Ownership of such lines, including easements for the lines, shall be transferred to the City after inspection to insure proper installation of the lines and acceptance by the City; and
d. 
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Concordia, Missouri shall make a determination that the extension of the water, sewer and/or electric service is in the best interest of the City.
B. 
In the event of a conflict between areas outside the City limits requesting services and the City's ability to provide services, the following priorities shall be followed:
1. 
Service shall first be provided to those areas requesting annexation by petition of all property owners of record within the area.
2. 
Service will next be provided to those areas not contiguous to the City limits upon compliance with the contractual requirement as set forth above in Subsection (A)(2)(b).
[Ord. No. 991 §§1 — 2, 8-6-2012]
A. 
The Administration and Municipal Utility Department shall make available, if possible, the following equipment to surrounding municipal sewerage works, at the rates as listed in Chapter 150, Table A, and with conditions as stipulated.
B. 
The City shall provide, at a minimum, two (2) City employees to operate the equipment. These employees, prior to installation of equipment into manholes or other points of system to be worked on, shall determine if additional safety equipment is required to safely perform all required duties. If such equipment is required, the employee shall immediately notify the responsible person for the entity we are serving, and shall not enter manholes or confined spaces, but rather shall return immediately to the City of Concordia.
[Ord. No. 992 §§1, 3 — 5, 8-6-2012]
A. 
The City of Concordia shall adopt the fee schedule set out in Chapter 150, Table A, for the filling of personal pools by the Concordia Utility Department.
B. 
There is hereby established a minimum fee equal to two (2) hours of billable labor, at the aforementioned rate, for filling private swimming pools.
C. 
All pools shall be filled through use of a metering device. This device shall be furnished when City forces are contracted for the filling of a private pool. No charges shall be applied for sewer when City forces are contracted to fill a private pool.
D. 
All pools not contracted to be filled by City personnel shall be subject to regular sewer flow charges, as outlined in Chapter 150, Table A of the Concordia City Code.