The following fees shall be paid for any taps made by or contracted under direction of the city:
(1) 
Water taps.
After an supplication for water service has been approved as to availability of water mains by the director of public works, a tapping fee as listed below shall be paid to the city prior to any taps being installed:
(A) 
3/4" inside city**:
(i) 
To 15': $800.00.
(ii) 
15' to 30': $1,000.00*.
(B) 
1" inside city**:
(i) 
To 15': $1,250.00.
(ii) 
15' to 30': $1,450.00*.
(C) 
2" inside city**:
(i) 
To 15': $2,200.00.
(ii) 
15' to 30': $3,000.00*.
(D) 
Over 2" inside city**: Cost of material and labor.
(E) 
Other fees:
(i) 
Street cut: $650.00.
(ii) 
Bore: $1,000.00.
*Over 30 feet from main to meter - additional cost of material and labor.
**Outside city limits add $300.00 for each tap fee.
(2) 
Sewer taps.
After an application for service has been approved as to availability of sanitary sewer mains by the director of public works, a tapping fee shall be paid to the city prior to any taps being installed, as follows:
(A) 
4" inside city**:
(i) 
Up to 15': $650.00.
(ii) 
Over 15': $1,000.00.
(B) 
6" and over, inside city**: Cost of material and labor.
(C) 
Other fees:
(i) 
Up to 4' deep. Over 4' deep: $100.00 per foot over 4.
(ii) 
Pavement cut: $650.00.
**Outside city limits add $300.00 for each tap fee.
(Ordinance O-2019-0813-D adopted 8/13/19)
(a) 
An initial connection fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) will be collected for new accounts with existing water and/or sewer service. This fee is to set the account up in a new name.
(b) 
Customers moving from one service location to another will not be required to pay the initial connection fee again. Such customers will be responsible for their final account balance at the original service location and can be disconnected from service at their new residence for nonpayment of the final balance of their original account.
(c) 
The name to which an account is billed cannot be changed except at the request of the person being billed.
(Ordinance O-2019-0813-D adopted 8/13/19)
The following monthly water rates shall apply to all residential and commercial customers of the city utilities, regardless of being inside or outside the city limits:
(1) 
Monthly minimum charge for the first 2,000 gallons of metered water consumption is: $35.49.
(2) 
Volume charge for all consumption exceeding 2,000 gallons (per gallon):
(A) 
2,001 to 5,000 gallons: $4.81 per thousand.
(B) 
5,001 to 9,000 gallons: $6.20 per thousand.
(C) 
9,001 to 20,000 gallons: $7.66 per thousand.
(D) 
Above 20,000 gallons: $9.19 per thousand.
(3) 
Bulk water sales: $50.00 connect fee and $10.00 per thousand.
(Ordinance O-2020-1208-C adopted 12/8/20; Ordinance O-2022-1115-B adopted 11/15/2022; Ordinance O-2023-1010-A adopted 10/10/2023; Ordinance O-2025-0812-A adopted 8/12/2025)
The following monthly wastewater rates shall apply to all residential and commercial customers of the city:
(1) 
Residential.
Monthly minimum charge: $36.87.
(2) 
Commercial.
(A) 
Monthly minimum charge (up to 2,000 gallons): $38.96.
(B) 
Above 2,000 gallons: $1.05 per 1,000 gallons of usage.
(Ordinance O-2020-1208-C adopted 12/8/20; Ordinance O-2022-1115-B adopted 11/15/2022; Ordinance O-2023-1010-A adopted 10/10/2023; Ordinance O-2025-0812-A adopted 8/12/2025)
If utility service is discontinued for failure to timely pay a bill or for violation of any other provision of this chapter, a fee of $25.00, along with all past due amounts, shall be required for each time a city employee reconnects service.
(Ordinance O-2019-0813-D adopted 8/13/19)
Service to any account where a broken lock is found will not be restored until all charges, including charges for water received, have been paid, together with a charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for damage to the lock and for service calls.
(Ordinance O-2019-0813-D adopted 8/13/19)
The following rate schedules shall apply:
(1) 
Residential: $22.05.
(2) 
Commercial: $28.78.
(3) 
Dumpster: The city will charge $15.00 over and above the invoice provided by the contractor for the services rendered.
(4) 
Current rates will become effective after required postings and advertisements are met.
(Ordinance O-2019-1008-B adopted 10/8/19; Ordinance O-2022-1115-A adopted 11/15/2022; Ordinance O-2023-1212-D adopted 12/12/2023)