[R.O. 2007 § 710.010; Ord. No.
94-6 § A, 4-12-1994]
All costs and expenses, including labor and materials incident
to the installation and connection of the building sewer both to the
property leading up to and through the property owned by owner shall
be borne by owner. The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss
or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation
of the building sewer.
[R.O. 2007 § 710.020; Ord. No.
56-A Art. I, 8-14-1979]
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 process of such charges so derived
will be used for the purpose of operating and maintaining and retiring
the debt for the public wastewater treatment works.
[R.O. 2007 § 710.030; Ord. No.
56-A Art. II §§ 1 — 11, 8-14-1979]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
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 Celsius (20° C.) expressed in milligrams
per liter (mg/l).
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than
two hundred four (204) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration of
not more than two hundred forty (240) 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 "operating 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 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 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 stormwater
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 Pineville or furnished and/or installed by
a user and approved by the City of Pineville.
[R.O. 2007 § 710.040; Ord. No.
56-A Art III §§ 1 — 3, 8-14-1979]
A.
The user charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues to
pay costs of annual operation and maintenance, including replacement,
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 operation and maintenance, including replacement purposes as established in Section 710.050, 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 one
thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00) 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 fund 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. 2007 § 710.050; Ord. No.
56-A Art. IV §§ 1 — 6, 8-14-1979; Ord. No. 83-5 § 1, 11-21-1983; Ord. No. 93-8 § A(7 — 8), 9-14-1993; Ord. No. 04-11 § A(7), 12-16-2004; Ord. No. 07-18 § A, 7-24-2007; Ord. No. 10-31 § 3, 11-22-2010; Ord. No. 17-02 § 1, 2-28-2017; Ord. No. 17-02 § 2, 2-28-2017; Ord. No. 14-04 § 1, 12-9-2014; Ord. No. 17-02 § 3, 2-28-2017]
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, monthly user charges will be based
on average monthly 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. Said average
monthly water usage shall determine the cost of sewerage for the billing
months of July, August, and September.
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 a wastewater
meter(s) or separate 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 on file in the office of the City
Clerk.) A monthly charge of fifteen dollars thirty-five cents ($15.35),
which covers costs of billing and collection, administrative, labor,
miscellaneous office and laboratory supplies, shall be included in
the minimum charge per month as set by the City of Pineville. In addition,
each contributor shall pay six dollars five cents ($6.05) per one
thousand (1,000) gallons of water (or wastewater) as defined in the
previous Subsection as a part of the user charge rate. Six dollars
five cents ($6.05) per one thousand (1,000) gallons will cover all
costs for operation and maintenance, and includes the replacement
cost of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00) annually.
[Ord. No. 531, 4-13-2021; Ord.
No. 542, 3-8-2022]
E.
(Reference is made to Appendix A 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,
regardless of their location, of the City's treatment works.
H.
A minimum monthly user charge (base rate) of fifteen dollars thirty-five
cents ($15.35) shall be assessed for all users whose meter and property
is accessible to the sewer system of the City of Pineville, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 531, 4-13-2021; Ord.
No. 542, 3-8-2022]
I.
If an individual makes a written request for sewer services without
having City water, a fee shall be determined by the Board of Aldermen
as the Board sees fit. Any request made by an individual not in the
City shall be allowed only by approval of the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 2007 § 710.060; Ord. No.
56-A Art. V §§ 1 — 2, 8-14-1979]
A.
All users shall be billed monthly. Billings for any particular month
shall be made within thirty (30) days after the end of that month.
Payments are due when the 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 discontinued
until such bill is paid following due notice and opportunity for hearing.
[R.O. 2007 § 710.070; Ord. No.
56-A Art. VI §§ 1 — 2, 8-14-1979]
A.
The City will review the user charge system at least every two (2)
years 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, maintenance,
including replacement, of the treatment works.
