[R.O. 2004 § 715.010; Ord. No. 13.57 § 1, 12-8-1992; Ord. No. 13.72 Art. I, 8-23-2005; Ord. No. 13.76 § 2, 7-11-2006; Ord. No. 13.79 § 2, 7-26-2007; Ord. No. 13.80 Art. I §§ 1 —
2, 9-23-2008]
A.
The rates set forth herein shall become
effective upon the first day of the month next following any order
or judgment of a court, or any binding ruling or decision of the Department
of Revenue, or any other event or occurrence that results in the City
of Mount Vernon not being able to collect or being denied the proceeds
of any sales tax currently paid to the City of Mount Vernon that is
currently budgeted to or used for the City's combined waterworks and
sewerage system.
B.
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 Mount Vernon to collect charges from
all users who contribute wastewater to the City of Mount Vernon's
treatment works. The proceeds of such charges so derived will be used
for the purpose of operating, maintaining, and retiring the debt for
the City's combined waterworks and sewerage system.
[R.O. 2004 § 715.020; Ord. No. 13.57 § 2, 12-8-1992; Ord. No. 13.72 Art. II, 8-23-2005; Ord. No. 13.76 § 3, 7-11-2006; Ord. No. 13.79 § 3, 7-26-2007; Ord. No. 13.80 Art. II §§ 1 —
11, 9-23-2008]
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 Celsius (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 two hundred fifty (250) mg/l.
All expenditures during the useful life of the treatment
works for materials, labor, utilities, and other items which are necessary
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 Mount Vernon'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 storm water 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 installed by the City of Mount Vernon, the cost of which is billed
back to the user.
[R.O. 2004 § 715.030; Ord. No. 13.57 § 3, 12-8-1992; Ord. No. 13.72 Art. III, 8-23-2005; Ord. No. 13.76 § 4, 7-11-2006; Ord. No. 13.79 § 4, 7-26-2007; Ord. No. 13.80 Art. III §§ 1 —
3, 9-23-2008]
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 of Mount Vernon 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 and 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 cost (excluding replacement) of the treatment
works. Deposits in the Operation and Maintenance Account shall be
made monthly from the operation and maintenance revenue in the amount
of four hundred ninety-two thousand five hundred seventy-three dollars
($492,573.00) annually.
2.
The Replacement Account shall be
an account designed 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 the replacement revenue in the
amount of forty-seven thousand three hundred twenty-five dollars ($47,325.00)
annually of which part comes from the bond coverage and part from
the user rates.
C.
Fiscal year-end balances in the Operation
and Maintenance Account and the Replacement Account shall be carried
over to 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.
[R.O. 2004 § 715.040; Ord. No. 13.57 § 4, 12-8-1992; Ord. No. 13.72 Art. IV, 8-23-2005; Ord. No. 13.76 § 5, 7-11-2006; Ord. No. 13.79 § 5, 7-26-2007; Ord. No. 13.80 Art. IV §§ 1 —
3, 9-23-2008]
A.
The City shall base residential rates based
on the average the three (3) months of water use determined to be
the most appropriate. All other users will be billed monthly based
on the minimum bill plus the appropriate volumetric charge. [Ord. No. 13.96 § 2, 9-10-2013; Ord. No. 13.99 § 2, 11-11-2014]
For those users with water meters:
Each user will be charged a monthly
minimum as shown below plus a unit charge per one thousand (1,000)
gallons of four dollars and fifty-nine cents ($4.59) per thousand
gallons.
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User
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Minimum Charge
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All users
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$7.28
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Class V — Extra Strength Users.
The additional charge to users which contribute greater than normal
domestic strength wastewater will be:
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$0.15/pound BOD
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$0.12/pound SS
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This charge will be in addition to
the monthly minimum plus volumetric charge.
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B.
Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants
which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the
sludge from the City of Mount Vernon'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 users shall be as determined
by the responsible plant operating personnel and approved by the Board
of Aldermen.
C.
The user charge rates established in this
Section apply to all users of the City of Mount Vernon's treatment
works, regardless of the user's location.
[R.O. 2004 § 715.050; Ord. No. 13.57 § 5, 12-8-1992; Ord. No. 13.72 Art. V, 8-23-2005; Ord. No. 13.76 § 6, 7-11-2006; Ord. No. 13.79 § 6, 7-26-2007; Ord. No. 13.80 Art. V §§ 1 —
2, 9-23-2008]
A.
All users shall be billed monthly. Meters
shall be read on the first and bills sent out on the first of the
following month. Payments are due when billings are made. Any payment
not received within fifteen (15) 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. When
any bill is not paid by the 20th of the month rendition of water and/or
sewer service to such premises shall be discontinued until such bill
is paid following due notice. All costs to reconnect shall be the
responsibility of the user.
[R.O. 2004 § 715.060; Ord. No. 13.57 § 6, 12-8-1992; Ord. No. 13.72 Art. VI, 8-23-2005; Ord. No. 13.76 § 7, 7-11-2006; Ord. No. 13.79 § 7, 7-26-2007; Ord. No. 13.80 Art. VI §§ 1 —
3, 9-23-2008]
A.
The City of Mount Vernon 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 of Mount Vernon 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.
C.
Connection charges shall be paid to the
City of Mount Vernon by any person or entity desiring to connect,
tap, or gain access to the sanitary sewer system. Said tap fee shall
be paid to the City Clerk in the amount set forth on the Schedule
of Fees most recently adopted by the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 13.92 § 1, 5-28-2013]
1.
For each lot or parcel improved with
a single-family residence, whether constructed before or after the
sanitary sewer system, the property owner will have the option of:
a.
Connection to a gravity sewer: The
City will make the tap or the installation of a wye, and the owner
will be responsible for the construction and cost to extend a lateral
line as required to complete the connection in accordance with the
most recently approved standards of material and construction.
b.
In the event the lot or parcel cannot
be served by a gravity sewer, the property owner may purchase, install,
and maintain a grinder pump as specified and approved by the Building
Code Enforcement Officer or his/her representative.
2.
Costs of the owner associated with
connecting to a pressure sewer shall include acquisition and installation
of an approved grinder pump and installation of a pressure line from
the grinder pump to the sanitary sewer system in a size approved by
the Building Code Enforcement Officer or his/her representative according
to the most recently approved standards of material and construction.
