[Ord. No. 566 Art. I, 10-10-1989]
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 rates, fees and charges for the use of and services provided by the system. The proceeds of such charges so derived will be used for the purpose of operating and maintaining the system; paying the principal of and interest on all revenue bonds or other obligations of the City now outstanding or hereinafter issued or incurred ("revenue bonds," as hereinafter defined) that are payable solely from the revenues of the system (the "system revenues," as hereinafter defined); and providing funds sufficient to meet the requirements of the ordinances of the City authorizing the issuance of the revenue bonds (the "bond ordinances," as hereinafter defined), including replacement of the system. The establishment of and any change to the rates, fees and charges for services provided by the system shall be approved by the State Director of the Farmers Home Administration, United Stated Department of Agriculture, or his/her successor, so long as the municipality has unpaid obligations which are held by or insured by the United States of America.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. II §§1 — 16, 10-10-1989]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
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/1).
BOND ORDINANCES
The ordinances duly adopted by the Governing Body of the City which authorize the issuance of revenue bonds.
NON-RESIDENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR
Any contributor to or user of the system whose lot, parcel of real estate or building is served by a water meter larger than thee-fourths (¾) inch.
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than two hundred forty (240) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration of not more than two hundred forty (240) mg/l.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
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; provided however, that the terms "operation and maintenance" shall also have the meaning given to them by the bond ordinances, and in the event of any conflict in the meaning hereinabove prescribed and the terms of the bond ordinances, the bond ordinances shall govern.
REPLACEMENT
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 the system was designed and constructed; provided however, that the term "replacement" shall also have the meaning given to it by the bond ordinances, and in the event of any conflict in the meaning hereinabove prescribed and the terms of the bond ordinances, the bond ordinances shall govern.
RESIDENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR
Any contributor to or user of the system whose lot, parcel of real estate or building is served by a three-fourths (¾) inch water meter or less.
REVENUE BONDS
All bonds or other obligations of the City now outstanding or hereinafter issued which are payable solely from system revenues.
SHALL
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
SS (DENOTING SUSPENDED SOLIDS)
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.
SYSTEM
The sewerage system of the City consisting of all properties and assets, real and personal and tangible and intangible, of the City, now or hereafter existing, which are held or used for the purpose of collecting and treating sewerage including, but not limited to, the City's treatment facilities and all collection lines and equipment connected therewith.
SYSTEM REVENUES
All income and revenues derived by the City from the operation of the system.
TREATMENT FACILITIES
That part of the system consisting of 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.
USEFUL LIFE
The estimated period during which the treatment facilities will be operated.
USER CHARGE
That portion of the total system revenues which is levied and collected in a proportional and adequate manner to pay the cost of operation and maintenance, to pay the principal of and interest on the revenue bonds, and to meet all requirements of the bond ordinances, including the cost of replacement.
WATER METER
A water volume measuring and recording device furnished and/or installed by the City of Granby or furnished and/or installed by a user and approved by the City of Granby.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. III §§1 — 4, 10-10-1989]
A. 
Unless otherwise provided by the bond ordinances, the user charges shall be collected and disbursed as provided by this Section.
B. 
The user charge system shall generate adequate annual system revenues to pay costs of operation and maintenance, to pay principal of and interest on the revenue bonds, and to provide funds to meet the requirements of the bond ordinances, including replacement, which the City may by ordinance designate or have designated to be paid by the user charge system.
C. 
That portion of the total user charge collected which is to be for operation and maintenance and, after meeting the requirements of the bond ordinances, for replacement shall be deposited in two (2) separate non-lapsing funds and accounts as follows:
1. 
An account designated for the specific purpose of defraying operation and maintenance costs (excluding replacement) of the system (Operation and Maintenance Account).
2. 
After making the deposits required by the bond ordinances in an account designated for the specific purpose of ensuring replacement needs over the useful life of the system (Replacement Account), deposits in the Replacement Account shall be made monthly in the amount of one thousand three hundred thirty-two dollars ninety-two cents ($1,332.92) each month.
D. 
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 purpose than those designated for these accounts. Monies which have been transferred from other sources to meet temporary shortages in the Operation and Maintenance Account and the Replacement Account shall be returned to their respective accounts upon appropriate adjustment of the user charge rates for operation and maintenance and for 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.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. IV §§1 — 6, 10-10-1989; Ord. No. 689 §1, 7-12-2005; Ord. No. 725 §1, 9-23-2008; Ord. No. 759 §1, 8-28-2012; Ord. No. 810 § 1, 9-27-2016; Ord. No. 826, 2-13-2018; Ord. No. 848, 12-23-2019; Ord. No. 861, 12-8-2020; Ord. No. 871, 12-14-2021; Ord. No. 921, 1-2024; Ord. No. 945, 4-10-2025]
A. 
This Section will set the rates to be charged to users for the collection and treatment of sewerage. Each user shall pay for the sewerage collection and treatment services provided by the City based on his/her use of the system as determined by water meters acceptable to the City.
B. 
For residential contributors, monthly user charges for the collection and treatment of sewage 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 until he or she has an established three (3) month residency.
For industrial and commercial contributors, user charges for the collection and treatment of sewerage shall be based on water used during the current month. If a commercial or industrial contributor has a consumptive user 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 or separate water meters installed and maintained at the contributor's expense and in a manner acceptable to the City.
C. 
The minimum charge per month for the collection and treatment of sewage shall be thirty-five dollars eleven cents ($35.11) for the first (1st) one thousand (1,000) gallons for residential contributors and thirty-five dollars eleven cents ($35.11) for the first (1st) one thousand (1,000) gallons for non-residential contributors. In addition, each contributor shall pay a user charge rate of three dollars seventy-three cents ($3.73) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water (or wastewater) above the minimum as determined in the preceding Section. This sewer charge will be in effect beginning with the May 2025 billing cycle.
D. 
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 is:
$0.03 per pound BOD; and
$0.02 per pound SS.
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's system, or any water user which discharges any substances which singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable increases in the cost of operation, maintenance or replacement of the system shall pay for such increased costs. The charge to each such user shall be as determined by the treatment plant operator and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
F. 
The user charge rates established in this Section apply to all users, regardless of their location, of the City's system.
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Editor's Note — Reference is made to Appendix A and Appendix B which are on file in the office of the city clerk.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. V, 10-10-1989]
A. 
All users will be billed monthly with their water bill, and delinquency will be in accordance with the policy established for non-payment of water bills. In accordance with established City policy, non-payment may result in the termination of water and sewer service until such bill is paid.
B. 
It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to notify the Board of Aldermen of all such delinquent accounts, and said Board of Aldermen shall proceed immediately to cause sewer and water service to each customer to be discontinued.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. VI, 10-10-1989]
Application for sewerage services shall be made to the City Clerk by the owner or occupant of the property to be served. Upon approval of such application, the applicant shall have the right to connect with sewerage collection facilities. The Board of Aldermen may prescribe a connection fee to be paid by such applicant at the time of application. The City shall have the right to inspect all such connections and to reject such connections due to poor workmanship or inadequate materials.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. VII §§1 — 2, 10-10-1989]
A. 
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to tamper or destroy any portion of the system or to make any connection without written permission from the City Clerk or to reconnect service when service has been disconnected for non-payment of bill. Upon conviction, there shall be imposed a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
B. 
The user of each premises receiving sewer service shall be held responsible for the proper use of the system. Plumbing facilities that are to be connected to the sewerage system shall be installed in accordance with the National Plumbing Code and shall be inspected for compliance by a designated representative of the City before any connection is made. No grease, petroleum products, milk, whey, paints, acids, chemicals, metals, animal wastes, food products, or other materials detrimental to the treatment facilities and process shall be discharged into the system.
[Ord. No. 566 Art. VIII §§1 — 2, 10-10-1989]
A. 
The City will review the user charge system each year and revise user charge rates as necessary to ensure that the system generates adequate revenues to pay the costs of operation and maintenance, to pay principal of and interest on the revenue bonds, and to provide funds to meet the requirements of the bond ordinances, including replacement, and that the system continues to provide for the proportional distribution of operation and maintenance and replacement costs among users and user classes. All such changes must be approved by the State Director of the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, or his/her successor, so long as the municipality has unpaid obligations which are held by or insured by the United States of America.
B. 
The City will notify each user at least annually, in conjunction with a regular bill, of the rate(s) being charged for sewerage service.
[Ord. No. 966, 10-9-2025]
It is hereby 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 the City's Water System and to establish a user charge system as set forth herein. The proceeds of such charges so derived will be used for the purpose of operating, maintaining, and retiring the debt for such Water System.
[Ord. No. 966, 10-9-2025]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
shall mean all expenditures during the useful life of the Water System for materials, labor, utilities, and other items which are necessary for managing and maintaining the Water System to achieve the capacity and performance for which said Water System was designed and constructed. The term "Operation and Maintenance" includes Replacement.
REPLACEMENT
shall mean expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the Water System to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
RESIDENTIAL USER
shall mean any user of the City's Water System whose lot, parcel of real estate, or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes only.
SHALL
is mandatory; "MAY" is permissive.
WATER SYSTEM
shall mean 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.
WINTER AVERAGE USE
shall mean average use of the Winter quarter (Dec., Jan., Feb.).
USEFUL LIFE
shall mean the estimated period during which the treatment works will be operated.
USER CHARGE
shall mean that portion of the total water service charge which is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance, and replacement of the Water System.
WATER METER
shall mean a water volume measuring and recording device, furnished and/or installed by the City or furnished and/or installed by a user and approved by the City.
[Ord. No. 966, 10-9-2025]
A. 
The user charge system established by this Article shall generate adequate annual revenues to pay the costs of annual Operation and Maintenance including Replacement and cost associated with the City's revenue bonds issued to finance or refinance improvements to the Water System (including, but not limited to, the payment of principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, on said bonds) which the City may by ordinance designate to be paid by the user charge system. To the extent any term or provision set forth in the ordinance pursuant to which the City's revenue bonds have been issued conflicts with this Article, the ordinance pursuant to which the City's revenue bonds have been issued shall control.
B. 
There are hereby created or ratified and ordered to be established and maintained in the treasury of the City the following separate funds and accounts to be known respectively as the:
1. 
Water System Revenue Fund (the "Revenue Fund").
2. 
Water System Operation and Maintenance Account (the "Operation and Maintenance Account").
3. 
Water System Depreciation and Replacement Account (the "Replacement Account").
C. 
All of the total user charge imposed and collected pursuant to this Article shall as and when received be paid and deposited into the Revenue Fund unless otherwise specifically provided in this Article and/or any ordinance pursuant to which the City's revenue bonds have been issued. Said revenues shall be segregated and kept separate and apart from all other moneys, revenues, funds and accounts of the City and shall not be commingled with any other moneys, revenues, funds and accounts of the City. The Revenue Fund shall be administered and applied solely for the purposes and in the manner provided in this Article and any ordinance pursuant to which the City's revenue bonds have been issued.
D. 
On the first day of each month, beginning in the month following the month in which this Article goes into effect, administer and allocate the moneys then held in the Revenue Fund as follows:
1. 
Operation And Maintenance Account. There shall first be paid and credited to the Operation and Maintenance Account an amount sufficient to pay the estimated cost of Operation and Maintenance during the ensuing month; provided, however, that deposits into the Operation and Maintenance Account shall equal at least one hundred thirty thousand three hundred fifty-nine dollars ($130,359.00) annually. (This amount shall equal Total Annual Expense, less Debt Service, Less Replacement Costs set forth in Appendix A[1]). All amounts paid and credited to the Operation and Maintenance Account shall be expended and used by the City solely for the purpose of paying the Operation and Maintenance expenses of the Water System.
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Editor's Note: Appendix A is held on file in the City offices.
2. 
Replacement Account. After all payments and credits required at the time to be made under Subsection (D)(1) of this Section and subject to the provisions of any ordinance pursuant to which the City's revenue bonds have been issued relating to payments required to be made to debt service accounts, debt service reserve accounts or administrative fees for said bonds have been made, there shall next be paid and credited to the Replacement Account, the amount of five thousand six hundred sixty-three dollars eighty-nine cents ($5,663.89) each month ($67,966.70 annually). (This amount shall equal Replacement Costs set forth in Appendix A[2]). Moneys in the Replacement Account shall be expended and used by the City, if no other funds are available therefor, solely for the purpose of ensuring Replacement needs over the useful life of the Water System as may be necessary to keep the Water System in good repair and working order and to assure the continued effective and efficient operation thereof.
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Editor's Note: Appendix A is held on file in the City offices.
3. 
All remaining funds on deposit in the Revenue Fund shall be administered and applied pursuant to the provisions of the ordinance under which the City's revenue bonds have been issued.
E. 
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 and Maintenance Account and the Replacement Account shall be returned to their respective accounts upon appropriate adjustment of the user charge rates for Operation and 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. 966, 10-9-2025]
A. 
Each user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on their 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. 
The City hereby imposes the following charges for services:
1. 
OPTION ONE: The user charge rates set forth in Appendix A of Ordinance No. 966[1].
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Editor's Note: Appendix A is held on file in the City offices.
2. 
7-1-2026: The minimum charge per month shall be fifty-two dollars fifteen cents ($52.15). In addition, each user shall pay a user unit charge of $0.00480 per gallon of water as determined in the preceding Section.
3. 
7-1-2027: The minimum charge per month shall be fifty-four dollars thirty cents ($54.30). In addition, each user shall pay a user unit charge of $0.00680 per gallon of water as determined in the preceding Section.
4. 
7-1-2028: The minimum charge per month shall be fifty-six dollars five cents ($56.05). In addition, each user shall pay a user unit charge of $0.00689 per gallon of water as determined in the preceding Section.
5. 
7-1-2029: The minimum charge per month shall be fifty-seven dollars ($57.00). In addition, each user shall pay a user unit charge of $0.00715 per gallon of water as determined in the preceding Section.
D. 
The user charge rates established in this Section apply to all users of the City's Water System, regardless of the user's location.
[Ord. No. 966, 10-9-2025]
A. 
The City shall review the user charge system annually and revise user charge rates as necessary to ensure that the Water System generates adequate revenues to pay the costs of annual Operation and Maintenance including Replacement and cost associated with the City's revenue bonds issued to finance or refinance improvements to the Water System (including, but not limited to, the payment of principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, on said bonds) and that the Water System continues to provide for the proportional distribution of said 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 pursuant to the user charge system.