[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
In the case of all persons or families residing in a building
under one roof, be it an apartment or homes converted into more than
one dwelling place, each family or individual resident residing therein
shall be deemed an individual customer or such homes or apartments
or dwellings shall be billed for at least one minimum water and/or
sewer account according to the number of families or individual residents
residing therein.
All revenues and moneys derived from the operation of the water and sewer systems shall be deposited in the Combined Water and Sewage Fund. All such revenues and moneys shall be held by the Treasurer separate and apart from his private funds and separate and apart from all other funds of the Village and all of said sum, without any deductions whatever, shall be delivered to the Treasurer not more than 10 days after receipt of the same, or at such more frequent intervals as may, from time to time, be directed by the Village Board. The Treasurer shall receive all such revenues from the water and sewer systems and all other funds and moneys incident to the operation of such systems as the same may be delivered to him and deposit the same in the account of the fund designated as the "Water and Sewage Fund of the Village." The Treasurer shall administer such fund in every respect in the manner provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes, Chapter 65 (See Chapter I; Art.
II).
The Treasurer shall establish a proper system of accounts and
shall keep proper books, records and accounts in which complete and
correct entries shall be made of all transactions relative to the
water and sewer systems and at regular annual intervals, he shall
cause to be made an audit by an independent auditing concern of the
books to show the receipts and disbursements of the water and sewer
systems. In addition to the customary operating statements, the annual
audit report shall also reflect the revenues and operating expenses
of the wastewater facilities, including a replacement cost, to indicate
that sewer service charges under the waste cost recovery system and
capital amounts required to be recovered under the industrial cost
recovery system do, in fact, meet these regulations. In this regard,
the financial information to be shown in the audit report shall include
the following:
(A) Flow data showing total gallons received at the wastewater plant
for the current fiscal year.
(B) Billing data to show total number of gallons billed.
(C) Debt service for the next succeeding fiscal year.
(D) Number of users connected to the system.
(E) Number of nonmetered users.
(F) A list of users discharging nondomestic wastes (industrial users)
and volume of waste discharged.
A copy of this article, properly certified by the Village Clerk,
shall be filed in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds and shall
be deemed notice to all owners of real estate of the charges of the
water and sewer systems of the Village on their properties. Each user
shall be notified at least annually, in conjunction with a regular
bill, of the rate and that portion of the user charges which are attributable
to wastewater treatment services.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, United States
Environmental Protection Agency, or its authorized representative
shall have access to any books, documents, papers and records of the
Village which are applicable to the Village 's system of user charges
or industrial cost recovery for the purpose of making audit, examination,
excerpts and transcriptions thereof to insure compliance with the
terms of the special and general conditions to any state grant.
The method for computation of rates and service charges established for user charges in Article
IV shall be made available to a user within 15 days of receipt of a written request for such. Any disagreement over the method used, or in the computation thereof, shall be remedied by a third party selected by both parties within 90 days after notification of a formal written appeal outlining the discrepancies.