Charges for each district or discrete portions of the service area shall be levied in accordance with formulas and requirements specified in documentation (i.e., map and plan) on which legal formation of said district or portion of service area was based. A schedule of such charges and other fees applicable under this code shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Town Board, which schedule shall be made available to the public.
A. 
There shall be appointed by the Town Board both a Billing Clerk and a Collection Clerk who shall serve at the direction of the Board. The Billing Clerk shall render bills for sewer use or other service given. The Collection Clerk shall collect all accounts due and owing, file a monthly report of accounts with the Town Board and make such other reports as the Board may require.
B. 
All money received by the Collection Clerk on behalf of the various districts shall forthwith be deposited in such banks or trust companies as the Town Board may from time to time direct.
C. 
Claims and charges against the district shall be audited and paid in the same manner as Town charges.
D. 
The Collection Clerk shall give bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties and for rendering a just and true account of all moneys received by him or her on behalf of the various districts in said sum as the Town Board may, from time to time direct. The premium of such bond shall be a district charge.
User fees shall be assessed to each property within the service area for the purposes of retiring debt. User fees and formulas for determining user fees shall be established in accordance with New York State Town Law and may be modified from time to time by resolution of the Town Board. User fees will be included on the tax bills for each property within the service area and payment for same shall be made at the same time and at the same place as specified for other Town charges.
[Amended 5-4-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998]
All persons discharging wastes to the POTW shall pay a sewer service charge based on the liquid volume of wastes so discharged, which charge shall be collected as a sewer rent. Sewer rents shall be fixed from time to time by local law or ordinance of the Town Board. The current rent schedule is available for inspection in the Town offices. Sewer bills shall be rendered quarterly for residential customers and monthly for commercial, industrial, agricultural customers and other customers with usage significantly greater than that of a typical single-family home, at the discretion of the Superintendent. Bills shall be payable at such times and places as may be designated by the Town Board. The Town Board may provide appropriate penalties for nonpayment of bills, including a shutoff of the water supply.
All persons discharging or depositing wastes with concentrations in excess of the pollutant concentrations in normal sewage shall pay a surcharge. This surcharge shall be in addition to any surcharge assessed directly to the user by the owner of the POTW treatment plant in accordance with an intercommunity agreement. The surcharge rate shall be determined based upon the parameter for which the concentration is most in excess of the concentration of normal sewage as a percent above that of normal sewage. The surcharge rate shall be the percentage in excess of that of normal sewage. The surcharge shall be applied to the sewer rent as determined in § 196-151.
Should the Superintendent determine that the Town or district has been assessed, a surcharge for excessive flow and/or loading as stipulated in an intercommunity agreement and that such surcharge is wholly or in part the result of a user having discharged sewage other than normal sewage or in the case where a permit has been issued to a user that stipulates certain limitations, that such limitations have been exceeded, the surcharge or portion thereof, shall be passed on to said user. Any such surcharges so passed on will be included on the sewer bill and will be payable at the same time and place as other charges included on the sewer bill. Failure to remit payment for such surcharges shall be subject to the provisions of § 196-142, Delinquent payments.
The service area of the POTW may be segmented to assist in a fair distribution of user charges.
A. 
The volume of flow to be used in computing sewer service charges and abnormal sewage surcharges shall be based upon metered water consumption as shown on the records of meter readings maintained by the Town of Verona Water Department. In the event that a person discharging wastes into the POTW produces evidence to the Superintendent demonstrating that a substantial portion of the total amount of metered water does not reach the POTW, then the Superintendent shall either establish a percentage of the total metered water to be used as a basis for such computations or direct the installation of appropriate flow measuring (and totalizing) devices to measure and record the actual amount of flow into the POTW. In the event that a person discharging wastes into the POTW procures all or part of his water supply from unmetered sources, the Superintendent shall either direct the installation of water meters on the other sources of water supply or direct the installation of appropriate flow measuring devices to measure and record the actual amount of flow into the POTW. Any water meters and/or flow measuring devices installed pursuant to this section shall be of a type and design acceptable to the Superintendent and shall be installed, maintained and periodically tested as required by the Superintendent, at the owner's expense. All such meters and/or flow measuring devices shall be subject to periodic inspection, testing and reading by the Superintendent. Any person discharging wastes into the POTW may install a flow measuring device at his option, of the type, design, installation and maintenance standards of the Superintendent, at the owner's expense.
B. 
The Superintendent shall have the right to establish a modification factor, consistent with the typical relationship between water use and sewage discharge, which shall be applied to the volume measured by a sewage flow meter.
Sewer bills shall be rendered quarterly for residential customers and monthly from commercial, industrial, agricultural and other persons with usage significantly greater than that of a typical single-family home, at the discretion of the Superintendent. Bills shall be payable at such times and places as may be designated by the Town Board.
The additional charges and fees associated with the operation of the pretreatment program shall be assessed the user and include:
A. 
Reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the pretreatment program.
B. 
Issuing permits.
C. 
Monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures.
D. 
Costs of equipment and supplies.
E. 
Reviewing accidental discharge procedures.
F. 
Construction inspections.
G. 
Filing appeals.
H. 
Application for consistent removal status as outlined in 40 CFR 403.
I. 
Legal, engineering and/or other consultant costs where required or deemed necessary by the Town.
J. 
Other reasonable expenses to carry out the program to satisfy the requirements of this Part 1, the NYSDEC and the federal government.
The charge for treatment and disposal of trucked or hauled waste which has been introduced into the POTW shall be as established by the Town Board. The manner of determining the volume dumped shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent.
The Town may institute an equitable procedure for recovering the costs of any capital improvements of those parts of the POTW which collect, pump, treat and dispose of industrial wastewaters from those persons discharging such wastewaters into the POTW.
Provisions of Article XI of this Part 1 relating to the collection of penalties shall apply to the collection of sewer service charges and abnormal sewage service surcharges, unless where otherwise provided by application of Article 14-F (Sewer Rent Law) of General Municipal Law by the Town.
The POTW shall be operated on the basis of a fiscal year commencing on the first day of January and ending on the 31st day of December.
The Town Board shall have the authority to impose fees on new development, which development may:
A. 
Cause enlargement of the service area of the POTW.
B. 
Cause increased hydraulic and/or treatment demands on the POTW.
Revenues derived from capital charges, user fees, application or connection fees, user charges and associated penalties and other fees, shall be credited to a special fund. Moneys in this fund shall be used exclusively for the following functions:
A. 
For the payment of the operation and maintenance, including, but not limited to, repair and replacement costs of the Town POTW;
B. 
For the discovery and correction of inflow and infiltration;
C. 
For the payment of interest on and the amortization of or payment of indebtedness which has been or shall be incurred for the construction or extension of the Town POTW; and
D. 
For the extension, enlargement, replacement of, and/or additions to the Town POTW, including any necessary appurtenances.
A. 
The Town shall maintain and keep proper books of records and accounts for the POTW, separate from all other records and accounts, in which shall be made full and correct entries of all transactions relating to the POTW. Such records and accounts shall be kept separately for each district. As necessary, the Town will cause an audit of such books of record and account for the preceding fiscal year to be made by, a recognized independent certified public accountant and will supply such audit report to authorized officials and the public, on request.
B. 
There shall be an annual review of the sewer charge system to determine if it is adequate to meet expenditures for all programs for the coming year.
C. 
Classification of old and new industrial users should also be reviewed annually.
D. 
The district shall maintain and carry insurance on all physical properties of the POTW, of the kinds and in the amounts normally carried by public utility companies and municipalities engaged in the operation of sewage disposal systems. All moneys received for losses under any such insurance policies shall be applied solely to the replacement and restoration of the property damaged or destroyed.