[Ord. No. 1049 Art. I, 11-4-2004]
It is determined and declared to be necessary and conductive
to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience
of the City to collect charges from all users who use the City's water
system. The proceeds of such charges so derived will be used for the
purpose of operating, maintaining and retiring the debt for such public
water system.
[Ord. No. 1049 Art. II, 11-4-2004]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
All expenditures during the useful life of the system for
materials, labor, utilities and other items which are necessary for
managing and maintaining the system to achieve the capacity and performance
for which the system was designed and constructed.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
system to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works
were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance" includes replacement.
Any user of the City's water system whose lot, parcel of
real estate or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes only.
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
The estimated period during which the treatment works will
be operated.
Any person who obtains water from the municipal water plant
of Mound City metered through its mains or any extensions thereof.
Water service shall be deemed to be furnished to both the occupant
and the owner of any site served regardless of whether the occupant
or owner made application for service.
That portion of the total water service charge which is levied
in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance
and replacement of the water system.
A water volume measuring and recording device furnished and/or
installed by the City of Mound City or furnished and/or installed
by a user and approved by the City of Mound City.
Any devices and systems for the treatment, storage, transmission
and distribution of water. These include treatment plant, storage
tanks and towers, transmission lines, pumping, power and other equipment
and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions
and alterations thereof; and any works, including site acquisition
of land that will be part of the treatment process.
[Ord. No. 1049 Art. III §§1 — 3, 11-4-2004; Ord. No. 1102 §1, 12-6-2007; Ord.
No. 1129 §1, 10-7-2008; Ord. No. 1148 §1, 11-5-2009; Ord.
No. 1167 §1, 11-9-2010; Ord. No. 1207 §1, 11-8-2012; Ord.
No. 1230 §1, 11-5-2013; Ord. No. 1246 §1, 11-6-2014; Ord. No. 1263 §1, 11-10-2015; Ord. No. 1279 § 1, 11-8-2016; Ord. No. 1296, 11-9-2017; Ord. No. 1304, 11-8-2018; Ord. No. 1315, 11-7-2019; Ord. No. 1333, 11-9-2021; Ord. No. 1346, 11-8-2022; Ord.
No. 1363, 11-16-2023[1]]
A.
The
user charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues to pay
the costs of annual operation and maintenance, including replacement,
and cost associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated
with financing the water system 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 water system shall be established by this Chapter.
B.
That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for the operation and maintenance including replacement purposes as established in Section 715.040, shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund know as the Operation, 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 designed
for the specific purpose of defraying operation and maintenance costs
(excluding replacement) of the water system.
2.
The Replacement Account shall be an account designed for the purpose
of ensuring replacement needs over the useful life of the water system.
Deposits in the Replacement Account shall be made monthly from the
replacement revenue and shall be kept in two (2) separate sub-accounts
known as Replacement Account-Plant and Replacement Account-Distribution.
Deposits in the sub-account Replacement Account-Plant shall be made
monthly in the amount of fifty-four thousand dollars ($54,000.00)
annually. Deposits in the sub-account Replacement Account-Distribution
shall be made monthly in the amount of fifty-two thousand dollars
($52,000.00) annually.
C.
Fiscal
year-end balances in the Operation and Maintenance Account and the
Replacement Account shall be carried over to the same accounts in
each subsequent fiscal year and shall be used for no other purpose
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 rates(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.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 5 of this ordinance provided an effective
date of 1-1-2024.
[Ord. No. 1049 Art. IV §§1 — 2, 11-4-2004; Ord. No. 1102 §§2
— 3, 12-6-2007; Ord. No. 1129 §§2 —
3, 10-7-2008; Ord. No. 1148 §2 — 3, 11-5-2009; Ord. No. 1167 §§2 — 3, 11-9-2010; Ord. No. 1186 §§1 —
2, 11-10-2011; Ord. No. 1230 §§2 — 3, 11-5-2013; Ord.
No. 1246 §§2 — 3, 11-6-2014; Ord. No. 1263 §2 — 3, 11-10-2015; Ord. No. 1279 §§ 2 — 3, 11-8-2016; Ord. No. 1296, 11-9-2017; Ord. No. 1304, 11-8-2018; Ord. No. 1315, 11-7-2019; Ord. No. 1333, 11-9-2021; Ord. No. 1346, 11-8-2022; Ord.
No. 1363, 11-16-2023[1]]
A.
All monthly user charges will be based on monthly water usage as
determined by water meters acceptable to the City.
B.
Water Service Charge. (Reference is made to Appendix A of this Chapter,
on file in the City Clerk's office).
1.
The water service charge for service within the corporate limits
of Mound City, Missouri, shall be as follows:
a.
Minimum charge per meter, the sum of eight dollars seventeen
cents ($8.17).
b.
In addition, each user shall pay a unit charge per one thousand
(1,000) gallons of water, up to a total of eight thousand (8,000)
gallons, of twelve dollars twenty-five cents ($12.25) billed at $0.01225
per gallon of water or fraction thereof as determined in the preceding
Section.
c.
For each additional gallon or fraction thereof over eight thousand
(8,000) gallons, each user shall pay a unit charge per one thousand
(1,000) gallons of water of seven dollars forty-eight cents ($7.48)
billed at $0.00748 per gallon of water or fraction thereof as determined
in the preceding Section.
2.
The water service charge for service outside the corporate limits
of Mound City, Missouri, shall be as follows:
a.
Minimum charge per meter, the sum of twelve dollars thirty-six
cents ($12.36).
b.
In addition, each user shall pay a unit charge per one thousand
(1,000) gallons of water, up to a total of eight thousand (8,000)
gallons, of fourteen dollars seventy-eight cents ($14.78) billed at
$0.01478 per gallon of water or fraction thereof as determined in
the preceding Section.
c.
For each additional gallon or fraction thereof over eight thousand
(8,000) gallons, each user shall pay a unit charge per one thousand
(1,000) gallons of water of nine dollars six cents ($9.06) billed
at $0.00906 per gallon of water or fraction thereof as determined
in the preceding Section.
3.
The water service charge for wholesale service to Holt County
Public Water Supply District #1 (PWSD) shall be as follows:
a.
Ten thousand three hundred fifty dollars ($10,350.00) for the
first one million two hundred thousand (1,200,000) gallons, which
amount shall also be the minimum charge per month.
b.
For the next six hundred thousand (600,000) gallons, the PWSD
shall pay a unit charge per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water
of eight dollars five cents ($8.05) billed at $0.00805 per gallon
of water or fraction thereof as determined in the preceding Section.
c.
For each additional gallon or fraction thereof over one million
eight hundred thousand (1,800,000) gallons, the PWSD shall pay a unit
charge per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water of seven dollars
forty-eight cents ($7.48) billed at $0.00748 per gallon of water or
fraction thereof as determined in the preceding Section.
[1]
Editor's Note: Section 5 of this ordinance provided an effective
date of 1-1-2024.
[Ord. No. 1049 Art. V §§1 — 3, 11-4-2004]
A.
All
users shall be billed monthly. Payments are due when billings are
made. Any payment not received by the tenth (10th) day of the month
following the close of the period for which service was rendered shall
be delinquent.
B.
When
any bill for service is not paid by the thirtieth (30th) day of the
month following the close of the period for which service was rendered,
then the City shall cause utility service to such user to be discontinued
following due notice and opportunity for hearing as described in the
Mound City ordinance for non-payment and delinquent payment of water
and sewerage services.
C.
Delinquency,
non-payment and delinquent payment of charges for water service to
Holt County Public Water Supply District #1 shall be governed by the
water purchase contract authorized by Ordinance No. 972 of the City
of Mound City, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 1049 Art. VI, 11-4-2004]
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 operations 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.
