[R.O. 2012 § 715.010; Ord. No.
911 Art. I, 7-2-1990]
It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive
to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience
of the City of Portageville 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.
[R.O. 2012 § 715.020; Ord. No.
911 Art. II §§ 1 — 9, 7-2-1990]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter 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
three hundred (300) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration of not
more than three hundred fifty (350) 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 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, improvement, 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 (including land
for composting sludge, temporary storage of such compost and land
used for the storage of treated wastewater in land treatment systems
before land application); 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 storm water
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 Portageville or furnished and/or installed
by a user and approved by the City of Portageville.
[R.O. 2012 § 715.030; Ord. No.
911 Art. III §§ 1 — 3, 7-2-1990]
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 Chapter.
B.
That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for operation and maintenance, including replacement purposes as established in Section 715.040, 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 ensuring replacement
needs over the useful life of the treatment works (Replacement Account).
Deposits in the replacement account shall be made annually from the
operation, maintenance and replacement revenue in the amount of thirteen
thousand three hundred dollars ($13,300.00) 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 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 shortages in the operation, maintenance
and replacement funds shall be returned to their respective accounts
upon appropriate adjustment of the user charge rates for operation,
maintenance and replacement. The user charge rates 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.
[R.O. 2012 § 715.040; Ord. No.
911 Art. IV §§ 1 — 6, 7-2-1990; Ord. No. 920 Art. IV §§ 3-A,
4-A, 7-1-1991]
A.
Each user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on
his/her use of the treatment works as determined by water meters acceptable
to the City.
B.
Basis Of User Charges.
1.
For residential contributors, monthly user charges will be based
on average monthly potable water usage during the months of January,
February and March. If a residential contributor has not established
a January, February and March average, his/her monthly user charge
shall be the median charge of all other residential contributors.
2.
For industrial and commercial contributors, user charges shall be
based on water used during the current month. If a commercial or industrial
contributor has a consumptive use of water or in some other manner
uses water which is not returned to the wastewater collection system,
the user charge for that contributor may be based on a wastewater
meter or separate meters installed and maintained at the contributor's
expense and in a manner acceptable to the City.
C.
Minimum Charges And Rates.
1.
Minimum Charge. From and after July 1, 1991, the minimum charge
per month for the use of the City of Portageville wastewater treatment
works shall be and is two dollars and ninety-one cents ($2.91).
D.
Surcharge. 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. From and
after July 1, 1991, the surcharge for operation and maintenance, including
replacement shall be:
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 such
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 this Section apply to all users,
regardless of their location, of the City's treatment works.
[R.O. 2012 § 715.050; Ord. No.
911 Art. V §§ 1 — 2, 7-2-1990]
A.
All users shall be billed monthly. Billings for any particular month
shall be made within three (3) days after the end of that month. Payments
are due by the 10th day of the month. Any payment not received by
the 18th day of the month shall be delinquent.
B.
A late payment penalty of ten percent (10%) of the user charge bill
will be added to each delinquent bill. An additional ten percent (10%)
will be added for each thirty (30) days of delinquency. When any bill
is thirty (30) days in default, rendition of water and/or sewer service
to such premises shall be discontinued until such bill is paid following
due notice and opportunity for hearing.
[R.O. 2012 § 715.060; Ord. No.
911 Art. VI §§ 1 — 2, 7-2-1990]
A.
The City will review the user charge system every year 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 the retiring of debt, 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, in conjunction
with a regular bill, of the rate being charged for operation, maintenance,
including replacement and the retiring of debt of the treatment works.
