[Ord. No. 176 §90.240 Art.
I, 2-28-1994; Ord. No.
391 Art. I, 1-31-2008]
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. 176 §90.240 Art.
II, 2-28-1994; Ord. No.
391 Art. II, 1-31-2008]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
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 fifty (250) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration
of not more than three hundred (300) 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.
The 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 interceptor 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 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 the 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 Stockton or furnished and/or installed
by a user and approved by the City of Stockton.
[Ord. No. 391 Art. III, 1-31-2008]
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 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 the operation and maintenance including replacement purposes as established in Section 710.200 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.
The Operation and Maintenance Account shall be an account designated
for the specific purpose of defraying operation and maintenance costs
(excluding replacement) of the treatment works. Deposits in the Operation
and Maintenance Account shall be made monthly from revenue in the
amount of four hundred twenty thousand dollars ($420,000.00) annually.
2.
The Replacement Account shall be an account designated for the purpose
of ensuring replacement needs over the useful life of the treatment
works. Deposits in the Replacement Account shall be made monthly from
revenue in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) 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 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.
[Ord. No. 176 §90.240 Art.
IV, 2-28-1994; Ord. No.
391 Art. IV, 1-31-2008]
A.
Each
user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on their
use of the treatment works as determined by water meter(s) acceptable
to the City.
B.
For
residential contributors, monthly user charges will be based on actual
water used during the current month.
C.
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 water meter(s)
installed and maintained at the contributor's expense and in a manner
acceptable to the City.
D.
Reference
is made to Appendix A which is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
The minimum charge per month shall be twenty-two dollars eight cents
($22.08) per contributor. In addition, each contributor shall pay
a user charge rate for operation and maintenance including replacement
of three dollars fifty-nine cents ($3.59) for each one thousand (1,000)
gallons of water used as determined in the preceding Subsection.
E.
Reference
is made to Appendix A which is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
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:
F.
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.
G.
The
user charge rates established in this Article apply to all users of
the City's treatment works, regardless of the user's location.
[Ord. No. 391 Art. V, 1-31-2008]
A.
All
users shall be billed monthly. Billings for each month shall be made
within thirty (30) days after the end of that month. Payments are
due when billings are made. Any payment not received within thirty
(30) days after the billing is made shall be delinquent.
B.
A late
payment penalty of ten percent (10%) of the user charge bill will
be added to each delinquent bill 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 enforced until such bill is
paid following due notice and opportunity for hearing.
[Ord. No. 176 §90.240 Art.
VI, 2-28-1994; Ord. No.
391 Art. VI, 1-31-2008]
A.
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.
B.
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.
