[Ord. No. 5.522 Art. I, 10-10-1997]
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 California (hereinafter "City") to collect charges
from all users who contribute wastewater to the City 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. 5.522 Art. II §§1 —
11, 10-10-1997]
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 (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 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; equipment for the collection,
treatment, transportation and disposal of residue, including sludge;
aeration equipment, sand filters, laboratory systems 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 California or furnished and/or installed
by a user and approved by the City of California.
[Ord. No. 5.522 Art. III §§1 —
3, 10-10-1997; Ord. No.
5.541 §3, 1-14-2010]
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 Chapter.
B.
That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for the 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.
The Operation and Maintenance Account shall be an account designated
for the specific purpose of defraying operation and maintenance costs
of the treatment works. Deposits in the Operation and Maintenance
Account shall be made from the operation and maintenance revenue in
the amount of at least six hundred fifty thousand dollars ($650,000.00)
annually.
2.
The Replacement Account shall be an (non-lapsing) 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 from the replacement revenue in the amount of twenty-six thousand
dollars ($26.000.00) annually.
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That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated
for the service of the debt associated with the City's participation
in the State Revolving Loan Fund program shall be deposited in a separate
fund known as the Debt Service Account.
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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. 5.522 Art. IV §§1 —
6, 10-10-1997; Ord. No.
5.522A §1, 11-6-2000; Ord. No. 2002-009 §1, 3-13-2002; Ord. No. 5.529 §2, 2-4-2008; Ord. No. 5.539 §2, 4-6-2009; Ord.
No. 5.541 §2, 1-14-2010]
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 meter(s) acceptable
to the City.
B.
For
residential contributors, user charges will be based on average water
usage during the months of December, January and February. If a residential
contributor has not established a December, January and February average,
his/her monthly bill shall be the median charge of all other residential
contributors, until such time that an average charge can be established
for this residential contributor.
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 wastewater
meter(s) or separate water meter(s) installed and maintained at the
contributor's expense and in a manner acceptable to the City.
C.
(Reference
is made to Appendix A-2009, a copy of the same which is attached hereto
and incorporated herein as if fully set forth, and which is on file
in the office of the City Clerk.) Rates for all customers (including
customer service component, flow charge component, and debt service
component) shall be as set forth on said Appendix A-2009.
D.
(Reference
is made to Appendix A-2009, a copy of the same which is attached hereto
and incorporated herein as if fully set forth, and which is on file
in the office of the City Clerk.) For those contributors which 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:
$0.121 per pound BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)
$0.021 per pound SS (Suspended Solids)
These rates apply when the BOD or total SS exceed three hundred
(300) mg/L.
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 treatment
works, or any user which discharges any substance which singly or
by interaction with other substances cause identifiable increases
in the cost of operation, maintenance or replacement of the treatment
works720.050 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 City.
F.
The
user charge rates established in this Section apply to all users of
the City treatment works, regardless of the user's location.
[Ord. No. 5.522 Art. VI §§1 —
2, 10-10-1997]
A.
The
City shall review the user charge system on an annual basis 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.
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.
[Ord. No. 14.531 Art. I, 6-2-2014]
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 use and benefit
from the City's water system. The proceeds of such charges so
derived will be used for the purpose of improving, operating, maintaining,
and retiring the debt for such public water system.
[Ord. No. 14.531 Art. II, 6-2-2014]
A.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
REPLACEMENT
RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL USER
USEFUL LIFE
USER CHARGE
WATER METER
WATER SYSTEM
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
All expenditures during the useful life of the system for
materials, labor, utilities, and other items which are necessary for
managing and maintaining the system to achieve the capacity and performance
for which the system was designed and constructed.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
system to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works
were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance"
includes replacement.
Any user of the City's water system whose lot, parcel
of real estate, or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes
only or business commerce, except, however, the term "residential/commercial
user" shall not be understood to apply to customers residing outside
of the corporate limits, for which a separate rate schedule is adopted.
Further, the term shall not include certain defined large commercial
users, or customers for whom a separate contract is appropriate in
light of usage, for which separate billing charges are established.
Said large commercial users (or contract customers) will be addressed
separately in this Article and in subsequent rate adjustments as appropriate.
The estimated period during which the treatment works will
be operated.
That portion of the total water service charge which is levied
in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of improvement,
operation, maintenance, and replacement of the water system.
A water volume measuring and recording device, furnished
and/or installed by the City of California or furnished and/or installed
by a user and approved by the City of California.
Any devices and systems for the storage, treatment, recycling,
transmission, and distribution of water. These include transmission
and distribution lines, individual systems, pumping, power, and other
equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling,
additions, and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide
a reliable water supply such as standby treatment units and any works,
including site acquisition of land that will be part of the treatment
process.
B.
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
[Ord. No. 14.531 Art. III, 6-2-2014]
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 water system, that 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.
B.
That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for the operation and maintenance, including replacement purposes, as established in Section 715.090, shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund known as the "Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Fund" and will be kept in two primary accounts as follows:
1.
The Operation and Maintenance Account shall be an account designated
for the specific purpose of defraying operation, maintenance costs
and principal and interest on bond debt excluding replacement of the
water system. Deposits in the Operation and Maintenance Account shall
be made at least monthly from the operation and maintenance revenue.
2.
The 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 Replacement Account shall be made at
least annually from the replacement revenue. The Replacement Account
shall be an account designated for the purpose of ensuring replacement
needs over the useful life of the system. Deposits in the Replacement
Account shall be made at least annually from the replacement revenue
in the amount of thirty-nine thousand nine hundred forty-five dollars
($39,945.00) annually. (See Appendix B for calculation.[1])
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix B is on file in the City offices.
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. Shortages in the Operation,
Maintenance, and Replacement Fund shall be corrected in the respective
account(s) upon appropriate adjustment of the user charge rates for
operation, maintenance, and replacement. User charge rates shall be
adjusted as necessary such that the integrity of the Operation, Maintenance,
and Replacement Fund(s) shall be maintained, within a reasonable period
of time following the fiscal year in which the monies were borrowed.
[Ord. No. 14.531 Art. IV, 6-2-2014; Ord. No. 14.538, 7-2-2018]
A.
Each residential/commercial user shall pay for the services provided
by the City based on its use of the water system as determined by
water meter(s) acceptable to the City.
B.
All monthly user charges will be based on monthly water usage.
C.
(Reference is made to Appendix A of this Article.[1]) The minimum charge per month shall be eleven dollars
and thirty-five cents ($11.35) for one thousand (1,000) gallons of
water usage. In addition each residential/commercial user shall pay
a user unit charge for operation and maintenance, including replacement,
of one dollar and seventy-eight cents ($1.78) per one thousand (1,000)
gallons of water as determined in the preceding section.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix A is on file in the City offices.
D.
Large commercial user(s). Cargill, Inc., its successors and assigns,
shall pay the following rate per month: eight hundred seventy-five
dollars ($875.00) minimum for one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons;
one dollar and seventy-eight cents ($1.78) per one thousand (1,000)
gallons over the minimum water usage.
E.
The user charge rates established in this Article apply to all users
of the City's system, regardless of the user's location,
except, however, customers of the City's water system who are
located outside of the City limits of California, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 14.531 Art. V, 6-2-2014; Ord. No. 14.538, 7-2-2018]
A.
All users shall be billed monthly. An account for water service furnished
by the City of California shall be due on the first day of the following
month after which service was furnished. The account will become delinquent
if not paid in full by the end of the 10th day of the month following
the month when services were provided. The water services shall be
disconnected if not paid in full (including penalty charge) by 10:00
A.M. on the 20th day of the month next following the month in which
the services were furnished. A reconnect fee of forty dollars ($40.00)
will be assessed for services disconnected due to non-payment which
are reconnected between the hours of 8:00 A.M. through 4:30 P.M.,
Monday through Friday. A reconnect fee of eighty dollars ($80.00)
will be assessed for services disconnected due to non-payment which
are reconnected between the hours of 4:30 P.M. and 8:00 A.M., Monday
through Friday, and for all reconnections which take place outside
of the City's regular business hours, including on holidays and
weekends. This charge shall be paid in advance of the resumption of
service to a customer. As to connection and reconnection fees, for
non-emergency situations outside of non-payment, there shall be a
disconnect or reconnect fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) assessed for
services connected or disconnected which are reconnected between the
hours of 8:00 A.M. through 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday. For such
non-emergency connections and disconnects, there shall be a reconnect
fee of eighty dollars ($80.00) assessed for services which are disconnected
or reconnected between the hours of 4:30 P.M. and 8:00 A.M., Monday
through Friday, and for all disconnects and reconnections which take
place outside of the City's regular business hours, including
on holidays and weekends. In the event of a non-emergency reconnect
or disconnect, if both a reconnect or disconnect occur within a week
of each other, only one (1) fee will be assessed.
B.
A penalty charge of ten percent (10%) of the unpaid bill shall be
added to those accounts that have not been paid in full as of the
10th day of the next month following the month in which services were
provided.
C.
Water service furnished to a customer by the City may be disconnected
if the customer is delinquent, as defined above, for water services
or for any other service provided by the City. In addition to any
penalty charge assessed under this Section, all accounts delinquent
(i.e., not paid in full the 10th day of the month following the month
when the services were provided) shall bear an assessment at the rate
of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month of the entire balance
due, said assessment to continue to accrue until the entire balance
of the account is paid in full. This assessment shall be considered
as interest payable to the Department of Utilities of the City of
California on a past due account. Interest shall be assessed upon
the entire balance due and owing, including the original amount of
the delinquent account balance, the penalty charge, as well as any
previous interest assessed against the account and remaining due and
owing.
D.
In the event of a payment by check which is returned for insufficient
funds or closed account, or not honored by the Bank for any reason,
in addition to penalty, reconnect, and interest charges, there shall
be assessed a fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) to be paid to the City.
This charge shall be paid in advance of the resumption of service
to a customer.
[Ord. No. 14.531 Art. VI, 6-2-2014]
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 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 system operation
and maintenance, including replacement of the treatment works.
