[R.O. 1993 § 700.090; Ord. No.
1797 § 2, 12-15-1953; CC 1969 § 28-10]
A. Charges for combined water and sewerage service shall be made and
collected against each lot, parcel of land or premises to which water
is supplied by the City waterworks system which may have any active
sewer connection with the sewerage system of the City or which may
actively discharge sewage or industrial waste either directly or indirectly
into such system, or any part thereof.
B. Charges for sewerage service only shall be made and collected against
each lot, parcel of land or premises, which shall not in addition
receive water from the City. Charges for waterworks services only
shall be made and collected against each lot, parcel of land or premises
receiving water from the City which shall not be connected with the
sewerage system of the City.
[R.O. 1993 § 700.100; Ord. No.
1945 § 8, 5-18-1964; CC 1969 § 28-11]
No free water service or sewerage service shall be furnished
to any premises, or the owner of occupant thereof, except to the City
itself, and in the event that the revenues derived by the City from
its Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System shall at any time prove
insufficient to pay the cost of maintenance and operation thereof
and to pay the interest on and principal of the Combined Waterworks
and Sewerage System revenue bonds of the City issued to construct,
extend or improve such system or any part thereof, and to establish
and maintain reasonable reserves as provided in the ordinance authorizing
the issuance of such bonds, then the City will thereafter pay a fair
and reasonable charge for all water and sewerage services, or water
service, or sewerage service, furnished the City or any of its departments
by the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System, and such payments
will continue so long as may be necessary in order to prevent any
default in the payment of the interest on or principal of the Combined
Waterworks and Sewerage System revenue bonds of the City, or while
any such default shall exist.
[R.O. 1993 § 700.110; Ord. No.
2781 §§ 1 – 2, 11-13-2001; Ord. No. 2837, 7-21-2005; Ord. No. 3018, 7-19-2010]
A. Residential water, residential waste water, commercial water, and
commercial waste water rates shall be on file at City Hall.
B. Beginning January 1, 2012, and each January 1 thereafter, an annual
Operations Cost Adjustment shall be applied to the monthly Water and
Waste Water rates. The Operations Cost Adjustment shall be calculated
as follows: Each January 1, following the annual audit of the previous
year, the Board of Public Works shall compare the total cost of operations,
including all payments to the city, as stated in the annual audit,
to the audited cost of operations of the prior year. Said difference,
plus or minus, shall be divided by the total sales of the previous
year and shall be stated as a percentage rounded to the nearest thousandths
percent (0.000%). This percentage, plus or minus, shall be applied
to all Water and Waste Water rates and customer charges.
[R.O. 1993 § 700.120; Ord. No.
1945 § 1, 5-18-1964; CC 1969 § 28-13]
When authorized by the City Council, the Board of Public Works
may negotiate special contracts with large consumers of water; provided,
that under no circumstances shall free service be provided to any
water user other than the City itself.
[R.O. 1993 § 700.130]
Monthly rates shall be charged and collected by the City for
sewerage service furnished by the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage
System of the City, which shall be based upon the quantity of water
used and shall be measured by the water meters installed on the premises
served, and such monthly charges shall be equal to the charge made
for water and water service for such month to the premises served.
[R.O. 1993 § 700.150; Ord. No.
1797 §§ 1 — 3, 12-15-1953; Ord. No. 1945 § 4, 5-18-1964; CC 1969 § 28-16]
A. All water meters shall be read and bills for water and sewerage services
shall be rendered monthly as such services accrue. The Board of Public
Works, representing the City, shall prepare and render bills for water
and sewerage services by calculating monthly the water service bill
and adding thereto the amount chargeable for sewerage service and
rendering monthly the combined bill to each customer. All such bills
are due and payable on the first day of the month following reading
of the water meters, at the office of the Board of Public Works during
regular hours of business.
B. Whenever for any cause a water meter fails to operate or is not accessible
to a duly authorized reader, a reasonable estimate shall be made by
the Board of Public Works of the amount of water supplied during the
period such meter fails to operate and the user shall pay a rate based
in whole or in part on the estimated amount of water supplied.
[R.O. 1993 § 700.160; Ord. No.
1797 § 5, 12-15-1953; CC 1969 § 28-17]
As charges for water service and for sewerage service are required
to be united in the same bill, the payment of one (1) charge shall
not be accepted without the payment of the other charge.
[R.O. 1993 § 700.170; Ord. No.
1797 §§ 4 — 7, 12-15-1953; Ord. No. 1945 §§ 5
— 6, 5-18-1964; CC 1969 § 28-18]
A. If any bill for water and sewerage services, or for either water
service or sewerage service [if any customer shall receive one (1)
of such services but not both], shall remain due and unpaid after
the 10th of the following month, an additional charge of ten percent
(10%) shall be added thereto.
B. If any bill for water and sewerage services, or for either water
service or sewerage service [if any customer shall receive one (1)
of such services but not both], shall be and remain past due and unpaid
for as long as thirty (30) days, service to such customer shall be
discontinued and shall not be reconnected until all past due bills
are paid in full, together with a connection fee as set by the Board
of Public Works.
[R.O. 1993 § 700.180; Ord. No.
1797 § 8, 12-15-1953; CC 1969 § 28-19]
The owner of any lot, parcel of land or premises receiving any
of the services of the Combined Waterworks and Sewerage System of
the City, the occupant of such premises and the user of the services
shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of services
to such lot, parcel of land or premises, and all services are rendered
to the premises by the City only on the condition that such owner,
occupant and user shall be jointly and severally liable therefor to
the City.
[R.O. 1993 § 700.190; Ord. No.
2597 §§ 1 — 3, 12-11-1995]
A. The Board of Public Works shall transfer to the City of Malden, on
a monthly basis, an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the gross
sales of electric, water, and sewer to all customers.
B. The amount in Subsection
(A) shall not be less than one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000.00) per year.
C. The percentage amount in Subsection
(A) shall apply to all sales beginning with the start of the 1995/1996 fiscal year.
[Ord. No. 3128, 7-18-2016; Ord. No. 3145, 3-20-2017]
A. In addition to all other rates lawfully assessed and collected for
water and/or wastewater service by the Board of Public Works of the
City of Malden, the Board shall assess and collect a Water Distribution
Upgrade Charge from each customer receiving metered water and/or wastewater
service from the Board as set forth in this Section.
B. The monthly Water Distribution Upgrade Charge shall be set as follows:
1.
Two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per meter for the first
metered usage of one thousand (1,000) gallons of water or less.
2.
Twenty-five cents ($0.25) per meter for each one hundred (100)
gallons of metered usage in excess of one thousand gallons; provided,
however, that no meter classified by the Board as residential shall
be charged for any metered usage in excess of fourteen thousand (14,000)
gallons.
C. All funds collected pursuant to this Section shall be set aside and
segregated for the sole use of replacing, upgrading, and/or modernizing
the City of Malden Water Distribution System.
D. This Article shall expire and further collections of funds hereunder
shall cease upon finalization of all necessary improvements to replace,
upgrade, and/or modernize the City of Malden Water Distribution System.