[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.005, 6-11-2012]
All potable treated water purchased and/or used in bulk within
the City of Hallsville, Missouri, shall be purchased from the City
of Hallsville, Missouri, through its regulated water system. It shall
be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, governmental unit or
other entity whatsoever to purchase or use in bulk potable treated
water within the City of Hallsville, Missouri, from any source other
than the City of Hallsville, Missouri. "Bulk," for purposes of this
Section, shall mean water in excess of one thousand (1,000) gallons
per month. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the purchase, sale
and/or use of bottled water within the City. "Bottled water" shall
mean, for the purposes of this Section, potable treated water sealed
within a container holding not more than fifty (50) gallons of water
and which water has been produced, bottled and sealed in accordance
with all regulations and provisions of the State of Missouri Department
of Health.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.007, 6-11-2012]
No potable treated water shall be sold in bulk within the City
limits of the City of Hallsville, Missouri, by any person, firm or
other entity other than the City of Hallsville, Missouri, through
its regulated water system. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,
corporation, governmental unit or other entity whatsoever to sell
in bulk potable treated water within the City of Hallsville, Missouri,
except with Board of Aldermen approval. "Bulk," for purposes of this
Section, shall mean water in excess of one thousand (1,000) gallons
per month. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the sale of bottled
water within the City. "Bottled water" shall mean, for purposes of
this Section, potable treated water sealed within a container holding
not more than fifty (50) gallons of water and which water has been
produced, bottled and sealed in accordance with all regulations and
provisions of the State of Missouri Department of Health. All violations
of the provisions of this Section shall be subject to a penalty of
five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each day water shall be sold in
violation thereof.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.008, 6-11-2012]
The owner of all houses, buildings or other properties used
for human employment, recreation, residence or other purpose which
requires water, situated within the City and abutting on any street,
alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the
future be located access to a public water system within one hundred
(100) feet of the property line, is hereby required to connect to
such facilities in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.010, 6-11-2012]
Any person or corporation desiring to make connection with the
water system of said City or use water therefrom shall first make
application to the City Water Superintendent of said City for that
purpose upon a blank form or forms to be furnished by said City. Every
such applicant shall state specifically and in detail the place, location
and kind of connection and appendages sought, the purpose for which
the water is to be used and all the plumbing and plumbing work in
any manner or way connected therewith. It shall be the duty of the
plumber or person installing said work, immediately upon completion
thereof, to report to said City Water Superintendent in detail everything
done in connection therewith, showing all the kinds of plumbing and
plumbing work done and other features thereof and if any departure
has been made from such permit, to specifically indicate the same.
Every such person or corporation so making the connection with said
system or plant or using water therefrom shall make connection and
use such water and maintain the same subject at all times to the provisions
and conditions of the ordinances of said City in force or to become
in force at any time during the period such connections are maintained
or such water is used and shall in all respects conform to the provisions
and conditions of this Article. The City, under the supervision of
the Water Superintendent of said City, will make all taps for service
connections, furnish and install corporation stops, meter box complete
with cover, meter yokes with stops and the necessary amount of water
service pipe to extend from the water main to the meter box or curb
stop. All such material for connections, pipe, meters, meter yokes
and stops or their appliances shall be in conformity to the written
regulations of the Public Works Department, which said Board may from
time to time promulgate, a copy of which shall be placed in the files
of the City Clerk to be available for inspection. All persons requesting
a water tap shall, prior to any work being performed thereon, pay
a fee to the City of Hallsville, Missouri, the City of Hallsville,
Missouri's cost for same as declared by the Superintendent of Public
Works at least quarterly and more frequently if necessary, posted
in City Hall, plus ten percent (10%), for the three-quarter-inch,
one-inch and two-inch water meters. After payment of the aforestated
fee, the person desiring the water tap shall cause the water main
to be exposed at the location of the desired tap and ditch therefrom
to the location of the proposed water meter upon the property of the
applicant to be made, all of which excavation shall be braced and
shored to ensure the safety of all persons working within such excavation
to the satisfaction of the City. The City will supply a maximum of
forty (40) feet of (K) copper water line or an approved material for
line, one (1) tapping saddle, one (1) tap, one (1) curb stop, one
(1) meter setter, one (1) meter, one (1) pit, ring and lid. Any materials
required in addition to the foregoing shall be supplied by the City,
paid for by the applicant. Only City employees are authorized to install
the water tap. The foregoing fee for a water tap does not include
any excavation or dirt work. The applicant will comply with all requests
of the City that may be necessary to safely and promptly complete
the water tap project.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.020, 6-11-2012; Ord. No. 12-5A §1, 4-8-2013]
All requests for water taps which would result in water being
used outside the geographic boundaries of the City limits of Hallsville,
Missouri, shall not be approved by the City Water Superintendent until
they have received written approval from the Board of Aldermen of
the City of Hallsville, Missouri, in addition to their own approval.
The cost of said water taps shall be double that for water taps inside
the City limits.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.025, 6-11-2012]
A. The size, alignment, material used in the construction of new or
the replacement of the existing public water system and the methods
to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and
backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the
most recent edition of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources
(MDNR), Public Drinking Water Program, Design Guide for Community
Public Water Supplies. A permit to construct, issued by MDNR, will
be received prior to construction, alteration or extension of the
water system.
B. The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions
of this Chapter.
C. All water line replacements under the owner-supervised program for
the Missouri Department of Natural Resources shall be a minimum diameter
of six (6) inches and shall maintain a minimum pressure in accordance
with the design guides of the MDNR.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.030, 6-11-2012]
When the applicant hereunder has complied with all the provisions of the ordinances of said City and upon compliance with Section
705.040 hereof as to the payment of such tapping and installing fee, a permit shall then be issued by said City Water Superintendent authorizing the connection to be made, and all plumbing and plumbing work in any manner or way connected therewith to be done. Whenever it is desired to extend or change the work or plumbing authorized by such permit, it shall first be necessary to obtain a permit in the same manner as the permit hereinabove is obtained. All such plumbing and plumbing work shall be done by a plumber authorized by the Board of Aldermen of said City to do such plumbing. The permit shall authorize any such plumber who may be selected to do the plumbing and plumbing work in the permit described. Nothing in the permit shall be construed to permit or authorize any such connection to be made or water to be used or the same had or maintained contrary to the provisions of this Article, nor shall it authorize anything not explicitly and truthfully stated in the application. A special permit must be obtained for each connection serving a single building, residence, premises, room or place. No branches shall be used or installed unless it can be done without impairing the convenience or the main connection and if not detrimental in extinguishing fires, and for this purpose, no permit for a branch shall be issued unless first authorized and approved by the Water Superintendent.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.040, 6-11-2012]
All service lines in the street or that part between the water
main and the curb stop, or the meter box when installed, shall be
of materials as required by regulation of the Public Works Department,
a copy of which such regulations shall be placed on file with the
City Clerk. When a meter box with a meter yoke and curb stop combined
are not installed at the curb, a curb or City stop shall be installed
in each service line at a convenient place in the street or place
through which such connection passes wherever there are curb lines
established, the City stop shall be placed at least one (1) foot inside
of such curb line. In all cases, it shall be located under the direction
and supervision of the Water Superintendent of said City. Whenever
there are a number of service lines combined in one (1) main service
pipe and house services branch from this main service pipe, a sufficient
number of service taps shall be made in the water main to serve the
requirements of all branch service. The taps shall be made in conformance
with the regulations as promulgated by the Public Works Department
and placed on file with the City Clerk. Further, all lines shall be
connected to the main service line by means of connections approved
by the regulations of the Board of Aldermen. In all branch lines where
a meter box with a combination yoke and stop is not installed where
the branch line crosses the property line of the property to be served,
a City stop with cutoff box shall be installed at said property line.
The corporation, curb or City stops shall be made of materials conforming
to the regulations promulgated by the Public Works Department and
placed on file with the City Clerk.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.050, 6-11-2012]
Whenever any permit for a connection is issued hereunder, the
City Water Superintendent or some person authorized by said Water
Superintendent shall tap the main or said system or plant where such
connection is to be made and attached and shall make and lay the connection
from said main to point of junction with meter box, install meter
box or insert a City stop with cast-iron cutoff box in case the meter
is not located at the curb.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.060, 6-11-2012]
It shall be the duty of said Water Superintendent at the time
each application as herein required is made to enter in a book for
that purpose a record of such permit, and the statements and representations
of the applicant and the place, location, kind and extent of the connection
to be made, the purpose for which the water is to be used, and all
the plumbing and plumbing work in any manner or way connected therewith,
as herein required to be given by said applicant upon making application.
He/she shall also enter in a book to be kept for that purpose, and
kept as a permanent record in said office of the City Water Superintendent,
the report of the plumber or person installing said plumbing, showing
in detail all the work done. The report and return of the plumber
herein required shall be made in writing and entered of record before
any water is turned on in any such connection for use, and it shall
be unlawful for the plumber or any other person to turn the water
on until such return is made. Any plumber failing or refusing to make
any such return within five (5) days after completion of such work,
or making misrepresentation therein, shall not thereafter for a period
of three (3) years be permitted to act as a plumber or do plumbing
work in said City.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.070, 6-11-2012]
Whenever branches are used with any such connection, the applicant
for the main connection or the person or corporation in his/her succession
using the same shall be responsible for all such branches and the
payments of the water rents or rates herein required and for the violation
of any of the provisions of this Chapter in the placing, use and maintenance
of such branches.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.080, 6-11-2012]
All plumbing work and plumbing connected in any way with said
water system or shall be done, furnished and maintained subject to
the approval of said Water Superintendent, and no underground or covered
work shall be covered until inspected by said Water Superintendent
and approved as herein provided.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.090, 6-11-2012]
The City Water Superintendent and such person or persons authorized
by said Water Superintendent shall be permitted to enter and have
free access at all reasonable hours to public buildings and businesses
containing any such connection, branches, plumbing or plumbing work,
meters in any manner or way connected with said system or plant to
ascertain the location and condition thereof and all fixtures connected
therewith. If upon such inspection or otherwise it is found that on
account of negligence or for want of repairs there is a waste of water
in such connection, branches, meters, plumbing or plumbing work, and
the owner or person in possession or charge thereof fails to have
such defects immediately remedied and such waste stopped, it shall
be the duty of said Water Superintendent or some person directed by
him/her to leave a notice of such waste of water at the premises with
some person in possession thereof, or if no one is found in possession,
by posting the same upon the premises. If, after giving or posting
such notice, such defects are not remedied and such waste stopped
within twenty-four (24) hours, the water shall be shut off and shall
not be again turned on until such defects are remedied and all bills
due have been paid to said City as other payments herein made.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.100, 6-11-2012]
Persons or corporations desiring to use City water for building
purposes shall make application therefor to the City Water Superintendent
on a form provided by the City for that purpose. Upon a permit being
granted, the main shall be tapped and the service pipes shall be carried
to the meter box inside of the curb line where a meter box with a
meter, City stop with a pipe leading to the surface, and a faucet
placed at the end thereof above said surface shall be installed. The
faucet shall be kept covered, when not in use locked. All installation
shall be at the expense of the applicant. When the building is completed,
the faucet and pipe shall be taken up as far as said meter box and
the water shut off at that point unless permanent connection hereunder
is made.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.110, 6-11-2012]
All connections and branches and plumbing and plumbing work
and plumbing fixtures in any way or manner joined or attached thereto
shall at all times be kept in good repair and protected from damage
and injury at the expense of the applicant or person or corporation
as herein provided and using same. This shall not be construed to
prevent the person being responsible hereunder for the branches and
all plumbing and plumbing work and fixtures connected therewith as
herein provided.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.120, 6-11-2012]
All plumbers are strictly prohibited from turning the water
on into such connection unless first authorized to do so by said City
Water Superintendent. This shall not be construed to prevent any such
plumber admitting water temporarily to test the pipes and plumbing
work for which purpose only said water may be turned on.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.130, 6-11-2012]
All connections and water applied for hereunder, and all water
used hereunder, shall be upon the express condition that the said
City shall not be liable, nor will any claim be made against it for
damages or injury caused by reason of the breaking of any main, branches,
service pipe, apparatus or appurtenances connected with said system
or plant, or any part or portion of said plant, or for any interruption
of the supply, or by reason of the breakage of machinery, or by reason
of stoppage, alterations, extensions or renewals.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.140, 6-11-2012]
Every separate premises or dwelling shall have a service pipe
installation and shall be separately metered. In no case shall a consumer
extend his/her service pipes or plumbing across a street or alley
or to an adjacent property in order to furnish service to such property
even though such adjacent property is owned by the same party. Unless
the City provides meters, each customer of water shall, at their own
expense, before using any water supply through the City mains, have
installed a meter of a type approved by the City's Water Department.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.141, 6-11-2012]
A. The location of the water service line, in relation to the water
main and the property to be served, shall be determined by the department.
B. A permanent meter box shall be installed at the customer's property
line in a location determined by the department. The meter box shall
be installed to match the existing land surface, unless the customer
submits a written description or plan of proposed relandscaping to
the department.
C. When it is impractical to install the meter box at the property line
as determined by the Supervisor, the water meter may be installed
indoors or elsewhere on the property to be served, provided it is
protected from damage or freezing and, when located indoors, is readily
accessible in any unlocked room or enclosure. If a meter becomes inaccessible,
in the opinion of the department, the customer must make provisions
for its relocation or for a remote reading device. Regardless of its
location, the customer shall be responsible for damage to the meter
or its appurtenances caused by the customer's negligence or failure
to properly safeguard and protect such meter and appurtenances from
hazards.
D. The department reserves the right to relocate the water service line
or any appurtenance thereof at its own expense. If the customer desires
relocation, or a change in elevation, of the water service line or
any appurtenances thereof, he/she shall make written request to the
department and deposit the estimated cost for labor, equipment and
material, plus overhead, to complete this relocation or change within
the department. In the event of an overestimate, the excess will be
refunded.
E. If the customer should relandscape his/her property making it difficult
to read the meter, the department may relocate or change the elevation
of the meter and meter box and charge the customer the actual cost
of labor, equipment and material plus overhead thereof.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.142, 6-11-2012]
A. Establishment Of Metering Units.
1.
Each of the following types of facilities shall comprise a metering unit and be metered individually; provided, however, that the owners of a multiple-family facility shall have the option of installing a single water meter for each facility, but the rate charged for water service on such single meter shall be set forth under Subsection
(C) herein:
b.
Boarding or lodging house.
c.
Club; accommodating or assembly type cooperative house.
f.
Dwelling unit in multifamily building.
i.
Industrial or manufacturing plant.
2.
The general rule for establishing metering units for any other
types of facilities not mentioned above shall be meter for each family
unit used for residential purposes and one (1) meter for each business
or industry.
3.
Exceptions.
a.
Exception A: Commercial business property may be considered
a single metering unit when, in the opinion of the Director, it is
not practical to separately meter each business.
b.
Exception B: Owners of manufactured home parks shall have the
option of installing a water meter on each individual mobile home,
provided they install a water main system within the park, which is
certified by the Director or his/her designee as meeting City design
standards and which is in accordance with the City's water main extension
policy and that such water mains along with necessary easements are
dedicated to the City.
B. When requesting water service, the customer may be required to furnish
information as to his/her expected water demand. The department shall
then determine the proper type and size of the meter to be installed.
The department reserves the right to change the meter size at any
time in order to improve registry of flow. All meters having openings
four (4) inches in diameter or larger shall be accompanied with a
properly valved meter bypass as a part of the meter box installation.
C. Whenever a manufactured home park, apartment house or other multiple-family
facility is served with water through a single meter, the rate for
such service shall be determined as follows:
1.
The minimum charge for service for each single meter serving multiple-family units shall be the appropriate minimum charge as set forth under Sections
705.320 and
705.330 for an individual unit multiplied by the number of residential units or lots in the case of manufactured home parks that are available for rent or purchase.
2.
The total usage of water, beyond the total minimum usage, shall be determined by subtracting the number of minimum of gallons allowed from the total amount used. The amount will be charged at the rate per thousand gallons as stated in Section
705.320.
3.
Total billing will then be the total of Subsection
(C)(1) and
(2) above.
D. Statement for service furnished to multifamily units through a single
meter shall be sent only to the person or party who requested such
service and established an account with the department for such service.
In no case will the department send individual statements to tenants
of such facilities for their proportionate share of the service furnished.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.143, 6-11-2012]
A. Each water meter shall, by comparison with accurate standards, be
tested and calibrated by the department. If a meter shall be found
inaccurate, it shall be restored to accurate condition or a new meter
shall be submitted.
B. The customer has the right to request a special meter test at any
time. If any test made at the customer's request discloses that the
meter is registering correctly or within two percent (2%) of normal,
the customer shall bear the expense of such test. The expense of all
other tests shall be borne by the department.
C. Results of calibrations and tests, when requested by the customer,
shall be furnished to the customer. If any meter is found to register
more than two percent (2%) above or below normal, then the readings
of that meter, previously taken for billing purposes, shall be corrected
according to the date of meter removal and the customer's bill shall
be adjusted, upward or downward as the case may be, for the corrected
period (month prior).
D. Should the meter become defective or fail to register correctly,
the quantity of water used shall be determined by the amount used
during the same period of the preceding year or the average amount
for the three-month period immediately preceding the defective registration.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.144, 6-11-2012]
No person shall, without lawful authority, open any fireplug,
stop cock, valve or other fixture appertaining to the City water system
or shut off or let on water into or from any pipe, or injure, deface
or impair any part or appurtenance of the water system. Furthermore,
no person shall, without authority, set, change, remove, bypass or
make any connection to the water meter or to reconnect to the water
system when such service has been disconnected for non-payment of
a bill for water service, unless and until such bill for such service
has been paid in full.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.145, 6-11-2012]
The reading of water meters shall take place within the third
week of each month, to be billed to customers by the first of the
next month. The Superintendent of Public Works will cause all meters
to be read monthly.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.150, 6-11-2012]
Whenever any meter, by reason of its being out of repair or
for any cause, fails to properly register the water passing through
it, the consumer will be charged at the rate equal to the average
charge for the billings from the previous months of November through
March.
[Ord. No. 323, 7-11-2016]
A. Water customers of the City of Hallsville may, no more often than
once every twelve (12) months, request an adjustment to their water
bill in the event of a leak in the customer's interior water lines.
Said request for an adjustment shall be subject to the following:
1.
The request for any such adjustment must be presented to the
City, in writing, prior to the due date on the water bill; and
2.
The request for any such adjustment may only apply to the customer's
bill for one month; and
3.
No adjustment will be considered by the City until the customer
has provided proof of repair, by presenting a paid repair bill from
a licensed plumber, or after inspection of the repair by City personnel;
and
4.
Any adjustment made by the City shall be computed as follows:
a. The City shall average the customer's water usage during the three
(3) months immediately prior to the month in which the leak occurs;
and
b. The City shall subtract the customer's monthly water usage from the
number of gallons used during the month in which the leak occurs;
and
c. The City shall then charge the customer its normal customer rate for the monthly average water use determined in Subsection
(A)(4)(a) above plus the City's cost of water for the remainder of the water used during the month in which the leak occurs (example: customer's average water use is 3,000 gallons per month, and the amount used during the month in which the leak occurs is 10,000 gallons. The customer would pay the City's regular customer water rate for 3,000 gallons and the City's cost of water for 7,000 gallons); and
5.
In the event of such an adjustment, the City's customer may
pay the full amount due in a lump sum or in equal installments over
a period of time not to exceed three (3) months.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.160, 6-11-2012]
Said City Water Superintendent and every person authorized by
him/her or by the Board of Aldermen and all meter inspectors shall
have ready access to the premises, place or buildings where such meters
are located for the purpose of reading, examining, testing and repairing
the same and examining and testing the consumption, use and flow of
water, and it shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to interfere
with, prevent or obstruct said Water Superintendent or such other
authorized person or inspector in their work hereunder. Every consumer
of City water shall take the same upon the conditions prescribed by
this Article.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.170, 6-11-2012; Ord. No. 12-5A §2, 4-8-2013; Ord.
No. 304 §1, 7-14-2014]
Each consumer 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 said City's utilities 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. However, in the event the meter is damaged in any way, the cost of repair may, at the City's discretion, be deducted from such deposit. 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. 396, 5-9-2022]
Each new consumer of the City's water distribution system who signs up for automatic withdrawal through the City of Hallsville shall deposit the sum of ninety dollars ($90.00) with the City as a security deposit for the payment of City services used and billed. If the consumer ends their automatic withdrawal through the City, the remainder of the deposit, sixty dollars ($60.00), will be due on their next billing cycle. The deposit return provided for in Section
705.260 shall apply.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.180, 6-11-2012]
All fees presented to customers of the City water service shall
be due and payable at the office of the City Collector at City Hall.
All monthly billing shall be due and payable on or before the 10th
day of the month for each month of the calendar year for the previous
month's usage as billed. An invoice shall be mailed to each customer
no later than ten (10) days prior to the 10th day of the month.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.190, 6-11-2012; Ord. No. 337, 7-10-2017; Ord. No. 345, 1-8-2018]
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.
B. To restore service the City shall require all past due fees, interest,
non-payment fees paid in full by occupant and/or user of the premises.
In addition, a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for having such
service restored during regular business hours from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00
P.M. each working day, Monday through Friday. If occupant and/or user
request water service to be restored during non-business hours an
additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) will be added.
C. 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.
D. 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 §705.195, 6-11-2012]
A third and final invoice shall be mailed to each customer after
disconnection of a delinquent account no later than the end of the
following month for payment due. No service shall be applied for by
a customer at any other premises if a delinquent account remains due.
The customer shall be responsible for the delinquent account before
service will be reinstated for any premises.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.200, 6-11-2012]
Nothing in this Article shall prevent the City from changing
or altering the provisions hereof, and said City shall have and retain
the authority from time to time to change, increase, decrease or improve
said system and plant or any part or portion thereof or to establish
new or different rates, rents, regulations or provisions concerning
the use of said water or said system or plant or to change the source
of supply or to alter, amend, change or repeal the provisions of this
Chapter.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.210, 6-11-2012; Ord. No. 12-5A §3, 4-8-2013]
A. For violations of this Article, unless otherwise specified or for refusal or neglect to observe the provisions thereof, the City Water Superintendent shall have the power and is hereby given the authority to shut off the supply of water, and the same shall not be turned on again until such person or corporation complies with all the conditions in Section
705.280; and when these conditions have been complied with, the Water Superintendent shall turn said water on again, and where such conditions are not complied with and water is not turned on again hereunder, all rents paid in advance shall be retained by said City and no claim or demand shall be made therefor.
B. The provisions of this Section shall be in addition to other penalties
and punishments provided, and the same may be enforced notwithstanding
a fine or penalty has been assessed, collected or is liable to or
can be assessed or collected hereunder. It shall be unlawful for any
person or corporation to turn or cause, suffer or permit to be turned
on the water so shut off hereunder or use any City water without having
complied with the provisions of this Article and obtained a permit
to do so from said City Water Department.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.220, 6-11-2012]
A. Rates. The minimum user charge per billing cycle
shall be seventeen dollars ($17.00) for the first thousand (1,000)
gallons. In addition, each customer shall pay a user rate charge of
seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) per one thousand (1,000) gallons
of water after the first one thousand (1,000) gallons.
[Ord. No. 311 §1, 6-29-2015; Ord. No. 347, 4-9-2018; Ord. No. 399, 6-13-2022]
B. Methods Of Calculating Said Rates.
1.
The user charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues
to pay the cost 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 Article.
2.
That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated
for the operation and maintenance, including replacement purposes
as established in this Section, 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:
a.
An account designated for the specific purpose of defraying
operation and maintenance costs, excluding replacement of the treatment
works (Operation and Maintenance Account).
b.
The Depreciation and Replacement Account shall be an account
designated for the purpose of ensuring replacement needs over the
useful life of the water system. Deposits in the Depreciation and
Replacement Account shall be made with a minimum annually in the amount
of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.00) with a maximum of sixty thousand
dollars ($60,000.00).
[Ord. No. 12-5A §4, 4-8-2013]
c.
Debt Service Fund. There shall be a debt service
fund that will be kept in two (2) separate accounts, to be known as
"Principal Debt Service" and "Interest Debt Service." Their amounts
will set per Schedule A, part of 2000 G.O. Bond, on file in the City
offices. This is also combined with the G.O. Bond of personal property
tax assessed per the State Revolving Funds Series 2000A terms of certificate.
Monies shall be applied on the dates, in the amounts and order as
follows in the Bond document, Article VI.
3.
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 purposes
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 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.
4.
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 in accordance with Schedule A of Part
1 of the 2000 G.O. Bond on file in the City offices.
5.
The City will notify each user at least annually, in conjunction
with a regular bill, of the rate being charged for operation and maintenance,
including replacement of the treatment works.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.250, 6-11-2012]
In addition to all other charges for the use of water, each
user of water shall pay to the City of Hallsville to reimburse said
City for its expense incurred in administering the State of Missouri
required public drinking water program the sums as set by the State,
regardless of the amount of water consumed. The water bills shall
show such expense separately upon the bill as a Missouri primacy fee.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.260, 6-11-2012]
The occupant and user of premises receiving water service shall
be severally liable to pay for such water service rendered on said
premises. The City shall have the power to sue the occupant of such
real estate in a civil action to recover any sums due for such services
plus a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the Court.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §705.270, 6-11-2012]
If the owner of the premises being served with water and/or
sewerage services does not also occupy the premises and the occupant
of the premises receives the monthly billings for such utility service,
any notice of termination of such utility services for failure to
pay for same shall be sent to the occupant of the premises receiving
such service. If such owner has requested, in writing, to receive
any notice of termination and has provided the City with the owner's
address to which such notice shall be sent, such owner shall also
be sent notification. If the owner has not requested notice in writing
prior the notice of termination or if it has not provided an address
for such notice, then notice to the owner is not required. Notice
to the owner at the address which the owner provides shall be sufficient
compliance with the provisions of this Article.