[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.120, 6-11-2012]
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.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.130, 6-11-2012]
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).
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than
two hundred four (204) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration of
not more than two hundred forty (240) mg/l.
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.
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 devices and systems for the 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, improvements, 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; 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 Hallsville or furnished and/or installed
by a user and approved by the City of Hallsville.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.140, 6-11-2012; Ord. No. 12-5A §8, 4-8-2013]
A.
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 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.
B.
That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for operation and maintenance including replacement purposes as established in Section 710.140 shall be deposited in a separate, non-lapsing fund known as the "Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Fund," and will be kept in two (2) primary accounts as follows:
1.
An account designated for the specific purpose of defraying
operation and maintenance costs, excluding replacement of the treatment
works (Operation and Maintenance Account).
2.
An account designated for the specific purpose of insuring replacement
needs over the useful life of the treatment works (Replacement Account).
Deposits in the replacement account shall be made at least annually
from the operation, maintenance and replacement revenue in the amount
of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) 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 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 shortage 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.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.150, 6-11-2012; Ord. No. 12-5A §9, 4-8-2013; Ord.
No. 303 §1, 12-9-2013; Ord. No. 384, 4-12-2021]
A.
Each user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on
a flat-rate depending on which one (1) of three (3) categories a user
belongs: 1) residential; 2) low usage commercial, public authority,
and industrial, or 3) high usage commercial, public authority, and
industrial.
B.
Low usage commercial, public authority, and industrial customers
are customers that use less than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500)
gallons per month. High usage commercial, public authority, and industrial
customers are customers that use more than twelve thousand five hundred
(12,500) gallons per month based on average yearly water usage for
the year immediately preceding. If a customer has no months of usage
for the year immediately preceding, his/her monthly charge shall be
based on water used during the current month. If a customer 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 customer's
expense and in a manner acceptable to the City.
C.
The flat sewer charge per billing period for residential customers shall be thirty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents ($38.75). The flat sewer charge per billing period for low usage commercial, public authority, and industrial customers (less than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) gallons per month) shall be forty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents ($48.75). The flat sewer rate charge per billing period for high usage commercial, public authority, and industrial customers (more than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) gallons per month) shall be one hundred fifty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents ($159.75). The charges shall be revised from time to time in accordance with Section 710.180.
D.
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. The surcharge for operation and maintenance including replacement is seventeen cents ($0.17) per pound BOD; fifteen cents ($0.15) per pound SS. These charges shall be revised from time to time in accordance with Section 710.180.
E.
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 user shall be as determined by the responsible plant operating
personnel and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
F.
The user charge rates established in the Article apply to all users,
regardless of their location, of the City's treatment works.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.155, 6-11-2012; Ord. No. 303 §§2 —
3, 12-9-2013]
A.
The City, upon Board approval, may permit users located outside the
corporate boundaries of the City, to connect at their sole expense,
to an existing City sewer, at a location to be determined by the City,
so long as such usage is compatible with the City-wide system, the
sewer system of the City has existing capacity to handle such sewage
disposal and all materials and labor provided by such user meets or
exceeds the minimum specifications established by the City. Sewer
tap fees shall be the same for residents outside the corporate boundaries
of the City as the sewer tap fees for users inside the City of Hallsville,
Missouri.
B.
The flat sewer charge per billing period for residential customers outside the City limits of Hallsville shall be forty-three dollars and seventy-five cents ($43.75), low usage commercial, public authority, and industrial customers (less than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) gallons per month) shall be fifty-three dollars and seventy-five cents ($53.75), and high usage commercial, public authority, and industrial customers (more than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) gallons per month) shall be one hundred sixty-four dollars and seventy-five cents ($164.75). The charges shall be revised from time to time in accordance with Section 710.180. If the water used at such location is not furnished and metered by the City, the City may require the user to install a metering system acceptable to the City and provide monthly readings to the City for billing purposes. Agents of the City shall be permitted upon the user's premises to inspect, verify, and ensure compliance with this Section by the user at any reasonable time.
[Ord. No. 384, 4-12-2021]
[Ord. No. 304 §2, 7-14-2014]
Each consumer or the City's sanitary system, who is not a customer of the City's water distribution system, shall deposit the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) with the City as a security deposit for the payment of City utilities and services used and billed. Upon any consumer discontinuing the use of the City's sanitary sewer system and services, and any bill for use of any City billed service is paid in full, including the penalties provided for in Section 705.310; the deposit shall be refunded to said person, without interest. In addition, this deposit may be returned after two (2) years if the consumer is in good credit standing; having paid the monthly bill for services by the 10th of each month. For prior and current consumers that remained in good credit standing with the City of Hallsville as described above, the deposit shall be waived.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.160, 6-11-2012; Ord. No. 12-5A §10, 4-8-2013; Ord.
No. 305 §1, 10-13-2014; Ord. No. 337, 7-10-2017]
A.
All
fees presented to customers of the City water and/or sewer service
shall be due and payable at City Hall. All monthly billing shall be
due and payable by the 10th day of the month for each month of the
calendar year for the previous month's usage as billed. If any bill
for water and/or sewer service shall remain due and unpaid after the
due date an additional charge of five percent (5%) will be added to
the bill. All bills not paid before the 21st day of the billing month
shall be declared delinquent, a non-payment fee of thirty-five dollars
($35.00) shall be assessed to the account and the service to the delinquent
account shall be discontinued and shall not be resumed until all past
due fees, interest and non-payment fees are paid in full by occupant
and/or user of the premises. Any financial agreements on delinquent
accounts for extraordinary hardships shall be made for no longer than
three (3) months with the approval of the Mayor and/or City Administrator.
"Extraordinary hardships" shall mean a water leak, hospitalization,
medical reasons or death. Any arrangements for longer terms must be
approved by the Board of Aldermen.
B.
Notwithstanding
the above, not more than once in a calendar year, the non-payment
fee shall be waived on any bill for water and/or sewer service which
has become delinquent.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.170, 6-11-2012]
A.
The City will review the user charge system at least every one (1)
year and revise user charge rates as necessary to insure 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.
B.
The City will notify each user at least annually for the rate being
charged for operation, maintenance, including replacement of the treatment
works.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.180, 6-11-2012]
The actual use rate structure shall be calculated in accordance
with Appendix A, Appendix B and Appendix C, on file in the City offices.
