[R.O. 2003 § 715.010; Ord. No.
12.409 Art. I, 6-18-1991; Ord. No. 08-11.5, 11-21-2008]
It is determined and declared 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 City's treatment works. The proceeds of such charges so derived
will be used for the purpose of operating, maintaining and replacing
and costs for such public wastewater treatment works.
[R.O. 2003 § 715.020; Ord. No.
12.409 Art. II, 6-18-1991; Ord. No. 08-11.5, 11-21-2008]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter 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 Centigrade (20° C.), expressed milligrams
per liter (mg/l).
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than
three hundred eighty-five (385) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration
of not more than five hundred five (505) mg/l and any other pollutant
concentration of not more than DNA 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 work 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 "operation 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 Marceline or furnished and/or installed by
a user and approved by the City of Marceline.
[R.O. 2003 § 715.030; Ord. No.
12.409 Art. III §§ 1 — 3, 6-18-1991; Ord. No. 08-11.5, 11-21-2008]
A.Â
The user charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues to
pay costs of annual operation and maintenance, including replacement
and costs, 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 Chapter.
B.Â
That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for operation and maintenance, including replacement purposes as established in Section 715.040, 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.Â
An account designated for the specific purpose of defraying
operation and maintenance costs (excluding replacement) of the treatment
works (Operation and Maintenance Account).
2.Â
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 at least annually
from the operation, maintenance and replacement revenue in the amount
of twenty-eight thousand five hundred fifty-four dollars ($28,554.00)
annually.
C.Â
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 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.
[R.O. 2003 § 715.040; Ord. No.
12.409 Art. IV §§ 1, 3 — 6, 6-18-1991; Ord. No. 12.411 § 1(B), 9-21-1993; Ord. No. 08-11.5, 11-21-2008; Ord. No. 16-11.50, 11-15-2016; Ord. No. 16-12.053, 12-19-2016]
A.Â
Each user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on
their use of the treatment works as determined by water meter(s) acceptable
to the City.
B.Â
For residential, industrial, and commercial contributors, user charges
shall be based on water used during the current month. If a 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.
C.Â
Effective January 1, 2018, the minimum charge per month shall be eighteen dollars and seventeen cents ($18.17) to cover the cost of treating municipal wastewater. In addition, each contributor shall pay a user charge rate for operation and maintenance, including replacement and costs of seven dollars and seventy-nine cents ($7.79) per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water as determined in the Subsection (B).
D.Â
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:
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$0.2083 per pound BOD
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$0.1589 per pound SS
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$._____ per pound other pollutant(s)
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E.Â
Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase
in the cost of managing the effluent of 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 City Council.
F.Â
The user charge rates established in this Article apply to all users
of the City's system, regardless of the user's location.
G.Â
The user charge rates will be reevaluated as part of the budgetary
processes each fiscal year beginning.
[R.O. 2003 § 715.050; Ord. No.
12.409 Art. V, 6-18-1991; Ord. No. 08-11.5, 11-21-2008]
All sewer service charges established hereunder shall be billed as provided in Chapter 720 and the provisions of said Chapter regarding delinquent bills, notice thereof and termination shall apply to charges established hereunder for sewer service. All provisions of Chapter 720 not in conflict with the provisions of this Chapter shall apply to sewer service charges.
[R.O. 2003 § 715.060; Ord. No.
12.409 Art. VI §§ 1 — 2, 6-18-1991; Ord. No. 08-11.5, 11-21-2008]
The City will review the user charge system at least every year
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 costs, and that the system continues to provide
for the proportional distribution of operation and maintenance, including
replacement costs among users and user classes.
[R.O. 2003 § 715.070; Ord. No.
23.406 Art. I, 3-23-2000]
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 use the City's
water system. The proceeds of such charges so derived will be used
for the purpose of operating, maintaining and retiring the debt for
such public water system.
[R.O. 2003 § 715.080; Ord. No.
23.406 Art. II, 3-23-2000]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
More than one (1) residential unit is supplied through a
singular meter. New common meters will not be allowed, and each new
residential unit shall be served through an individual unit.
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 system was designed and constructed.
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 such works
were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance"
includes replacement.
Any user of the City's water system whose lot, parcel
of real estate, or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes
only.
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
The estimated period during which the treatment works will
be operated.
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.
A water volume measuring and recording device, furnished
and/or installed by the City of Marceline or furnished and/or installed
by a user and approved by the City of Marceline.
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.
Average of winter quarter (December, January, February).
[R.O. 2003 § 715.090; Ord. No.
23.406 Art. III, 3-23-2000]
A.Â
The user charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues to
pay the costs of annual operation and maintenance, including replacement
and cost associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated
with financing the water system 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 water system, shall be established by this Article.
B.Â
That portion of the total user charge collected, which is designated for the operation and maintenance, including replacement purposes as established in Section 705.010, 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.Â
The Replacement Account shall be an account designated for the
purpose of ensuring replacement needs over the useful life of the
water system. Deposits in the Replacement Account shall be made at
least annually from the replacement revenue in the amount of forty-three
thousand eight hundred dollars ($43,800.00) annually. Adjustments
may be to the annual deposit allocation based upon an annual evaluation
of the budget with approval of the City Council.
C.Â
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, 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 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.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 715.100, Actual Rate Structure,
as amended, which immediately followed this Section, was repealed
11-15-2016 by Ord. No. 16-11.49 § 3.
[R.O. 2003 § 715.120; Ord. No.
23.406 Art. VI, 3-23-2000]
A.Â
The City shall review the user charge system annually 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. Following the review, the rates may
be adjusted accordingly.
B.Â
The City will notify each user at least annually, in conjunction
with a regular bill, of the rate being charged for operation and maintenance
including replacement of the treatment works.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 715.110, which immediately
followed former Section 715.100, was repealed 12-15-2015 by Ord. No.
15-12.36.
