[Ord. No. 79 §1, 1-30-1975]
The proposed waterworks and the proposed sewerage system of
the City of Leadwood, Missouri, and all future improvements and extensions
thereto, whether to the waterworks or to the sewerage system or to
both, shall be and the same are hereby combined and thenceforth shall
be operated and maintained as a combined waterworks and sewerage system.
[Ord. No. 331-17, 11-27-2018]
All residents and property owners within the City limits of
Leadwood shall be hooked up to the water utility.
[Ord. No. 229-02 §1, 3-26-2002; Ord. No. 313-14 §1, 8-25-2014; Ord. No. 331-17, 11-27-2018; Ord. No. 356-22, 3-28-2022]
The sewer charge for water and wastewater shall be based on
the flat rate bill classification. The following water and wastewater
rates will be in effect as of January 1, 2022:
|
Type of Service
|
Flat Rate
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Regular customers
|
Water
|
$54.54
|
|
Fire plug
|
$1.25
| |
|
Gross receipts
|
$3.61
| |
|
State and City tax
|
$0.77
| |
|
Sewer
|
$36.54
| |
|
Total
|
$96.71
| |
|
Regular business bills
|
Water
|
$57.48
|
|
Fire plug
|
$1.25
| |
|
Gross receipts
|
$3.81
| |
|
State and City tax
|
$4.00
| |
|
Sewer
|
$39.00
| |
|
Total
|
$105.54
| |
|
School Office
|
Water
|
$112.90
|
|
Fire plug
|
$1.25
| |
|
Gross receipts
|
$7.69
| |
|
Sewer
|
$73.08
| |
|
Total
|
$194.92
| |
|
School bus shed
|
Water
|
$57.48
|
|
Fire plug
|
$1.25
| |
|
Gross receipts
|
$3.81
| |
|
Sewer
|
$39.00
| |
|
Total
|
$101.54
| |
|
Car wash or laundromat
|
Water
|
$112.90
|
|
Fire plug
|
$1.25
| |
|
Gross receipts
|
$7.69
| |
|
State and City tax
|
$8.08
| |
|
Sewer
|
$79.34
| |
|
Total
|
$209.18
| |
|
Tax-exempt churches and parsonages
|
Water
|
$54.54
|
|
Fire plug
|
$1.25
| |
|
Gross receipts
|
$3.61
| |
|
Sewer
|
$36.54
| |
|
Total
|
$95.94
|
[Ord. No. 83 §4, 3-24-1975; Amendment 2 to Ord. No. 83, 8-22-1989]
Application for water and sewerage services shall be made to
the City Clerk or other person designated by the Board of Aldermen
by the owner or occupant of the property to be served and upon the
approval of such application, such applicant shall have the right
to connect with the City's combined waterworks and sewerage system,
all costs of such connection to be borne by such applicant. The Board
of Aldermen hereby sets a meter deposit charge of seventy-five dollars
($75.00).
[Ord. No. 331-17, 11-27-2018]
A.
Service
Charge For New Connection. The minimum service charge for a new connection
is a fee of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) provided rock does
not exist in the area of connection. If the City determines there
is an unusual amount of rock present that requires removal, the property
owner shall pay the City fifty dollars ($50.00) per hour for all time
expended plus any other out of pocket expenses related to the new
connection work.
B.
Security
Deposit. If a new water customer, the property owner shall further
pay to the City a security deposit fee of one hundred fifty dollars
($150.00). A deposit fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) shall
also be paid by the property owner if the user in the past had water
service terminated for non-payment of the water utility bill. The
one hundred fifty dollar ($150.00) deposit shall be returned to the
property owner after experiencing two (2) years of payments without
a delinquency of more than ten (10) days from the date the water bill
was due. If water services are terminated for non-payment, the security
deposit of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) shall be applied to
the user's unpaid utility balance and, if a surplus, those funds will
be returned to the property owner.
[Ord. No. 83 §3, 3-24-1975]
The Governing Body of the City of Leadwood, Missouri, hereby
finds and determines that the rates, fees and charges for the use
and services of the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the
City necessary and adequate at this time to meet the requirements
of Sections 250.010 to 250.250, inclusive, RSMo., are as hereinbefore
specified.
[Ord. No. 83 §5, 3-24-1975]
All water meters shall be read and bills for water and sewerage
services shall be rendered monthly as such services accrue. The Water
Clerk or other officer or representative of the City designated to
prepare and render bills for water and sewerage services shall calculate
monthly the amount of each bill for water service and shall add thereto
the amount of such customers bill for sewerage service and shall render
monthly to each customer a combined bill for such water and sewerage
services. All such bills shall be due and payable at the office of
the City Collector during the regular hours of business from and after
the date of the rendition thereof.
[Ord. No. 83 §6, 3-24-1975; Amendment 2 to Ord. No. 83, 8-22-1989; Ord. No. 331-17, 11-27-2018]
Water utility bills will be issued within five (5) days from
the close of the period for which the water service was provided for
that given period in accordance with the water rate schedule. Water
utility bills not paid to the City within ten (10) days of the date
of the bill shall be subject to a five percent (5%) late charge (i.e.,
5% times the amount of the unpaid water bill). Failure of the City
to submit a water bill to the property owner or user shall not excuse
the property owner or user from paying the water bill. If the property
owner or user does not pay the water bill in full by the thirtieth
(30th) day following the close of the period for which water service
was provided, this shall result in the termination and disconnect
of the water service without any form of notice to the property owner
or user.
[Ord. No. 83 §7, 3-24-1975; Amendment 3 to Ord. No. 83, 1-1-1999; Amendment 4 to Ord.
No. 83, 7-23-2001; Ord. No. 331-17, 11-27-2018]
A.
If
any bill for water and sewerage services or for either water service
or sewerage service (if any customer shall receive one (1) of such
services but not both) shall be and remain past due and unpaid for
as long as thirty (30) days, service to such customer shall be discontinued
and shall not be reconnected until all past due bills are paid in
full, together with a reconnection fee as set out below. It shall
be the duty of the City Collector to notify the Board of Aldermen
of any such delinquency and said Board shall proceed immediately to
cause water service to such customer to be discontinued.
B.
The
reconnection fee is fifty dollars ($50.00) if the property owner had
water service terminated and shut off for non-payment of the water
bill. In addition to the fifty dollar ($50.00) reconnection fee, in
order to have water service restored, the property owner shall pay
the unpaid water bill in full and an additional security deposit of
one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) if the City does not have an existing
deposit shown on the City records.
[Ord. No. 83 §8, 3-24-1975]
The occupant and user of the premises receiving water and sewerage
services or either of them and the owner of said premises shall be
jointly and severally liable to pay for such services rendered on
said premises. The City shall have power to sue the occupant or the
owner, or both, of such real estate in a civil action to receive any
sums due for such services, plus a reasonable attorney's fee to be
fixed by the court.
[Ord. No. 83 §9, 3-24-1975]
Water service shall be supplied only through water meters installed
and meeting the City's specifications and only one (1) connection
shall be permitted to each water meter. No free water service or sewerage
service shall be furnished to any premises or the owner or occupant
thereof, except to the City itself, and in the event that the revenues
derived by the City from its combined waterworks and sewerage system
shall at any time prove insufficient to pay the cost of maintenance
and operation thereof and to pay the interest on and principal of
the combined waterworks and sewerage system revenue bonds of the City
issued to construct, extend or improve such system or any part thereof,
and to establish and maintain reasonable reserves as provided in the
ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds, then the City will
thereafter pay a fair and reasonable charge for all water and sewerage
services or water service or sewerage service furnished the City or
any of its departments by the combined waterworks and sewerage system
and such payments will continue so long as the same may be necessary
in order to prevent any default in the payment of the interest on
or principal of the combined waterworks and sewerage system revenue
bonds of the City or while any such default shall exist.
[Ord. No. 83 §10, 3-24-1975]
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to tamper
with any water main, water meter or sewer line or to make any connection
to the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the City without
written permission from the City or to reconnect service when service
has been discontinued for non-payment of a bill for service until
such bill, including the reconnection charge, has been paid in full.
