Any customer who desires service from the city water and/or
wastewater system shall make application therefor to the city, and
must pay the required deposit at the time of application. All deposits
shall be held by the city, without payment of interest thereon, until
such service is terminated. Any unpaid balance owed to the city shall
be deducted from the deposit and the remainder shall be refunded to
the customer.
(Ordinance adopted 9/2/2008, sec.
III)
(a) Purpose.
The city is responsible for protecting the
drinking water supply from contamination or pollution which could
result from improper private water distribution system construction
or configuration. The purpose of this service agreement is to notify
each customer of the restrictions which are in place to provide this
protection. The city enforces these restrictions to ensure the public
health and welfare. Each customer must sign this agreement before
the city will begin service. In addition, when service to an existing
connection has been suspended or terminated, the water system will
not reestablish service unless it has a signed copy of this agreement.
(b) Restrictions.
The following unacceptable practices are
prohibited by state regulations.
(1) No direct connection between the public drinking water supply and
a potential source of contamination is permitted. Potential sources
of contamination shall be isolated from the public water system by
an air-gap or an appropriate backflow prevention device.
(2) No cross-connection between the public drinking water supply and
a private water system is permitted. These potential threats to the
public drinking water supply shall be eliminated at the service connection
by the installation of an air-gap or a reduced pressure-zone backflow
prevention device.
(3) No connection which allows water to be returned to the public drinking
water supply is permitted.
(4) No pipe or pipefitting which contains more than 8.0% lead may be
used for the installation or repair of plumbing at any connection
which provides water for human use.
(5) No solder or flux which contains more than 0.2 percent lead can be
used for the installation or repair of plumbing at any connection
which provides water for human use.
(c) Service agreement.
The following are the terms of the
service agreement between the city and the customer.
(1) The water system will maintain a copy of this agreement as long as
the customer and/or the premises is connected to the water system.
(2) The customer shall allow his property to be inspected for possible
cross-connections and other potential contamination hazards. These
inspections shall be conducted by the water system or its designated
agent prior to initiating new water service; when there is reason
to believe that cross-connections or other potential contamination
hazards exist; or after any major changes to the private water distribution
facilities. The inspections shall be conducted during the water system’s
normal business hours.
(3) The water system shall notify the customer in writing of any cross-connection
or other potential contamination hazard which has been identified
during the initial inspection or the periodic reinspection.
(4) The customer shall immediately remove or adequately isolate any potential
cross-connections or other potential contamination hazards on his
premises.
(5) The customer shall, at his expense, properly install, test, and maintain
any backflow prevention device required by the water system. Copies
of all testing and maintenance records shall be provided to the water
system.
(d) Enforcement.
If the customer fails to comply with the
terms of the service agreement, the water system shall, at its option,
terminate service or properly install, test, and maintain an appropriate
reduced pressure zone device (RPZD, RPZ or RPZ valve) at the service
connection. Any expenses associated with the enforcement of this agreement
shall be billed to the customer.
(Ordinance adopted 9/2/2008, sec.
VIII (B); Ordinance 13 adopted 1/6/2015)
(a) The amount of water used shall be determined by the water superintendent
or his assistant from water meters installed at each connection. The
water superintendent or his assistant shall read such water meters
once each month and shall record to the nearest 200 the number of
gallons used by each consumer since the preceding reading.
(b) The water superintendent or his assistant shall deliver his record
of such readings to the city clerk, who shall on the first day of
each month mail to each consumer a statement showing to the nearest
200 the number of gallons of water consumed and showing also the amount
due from such consumer, including any charges accrued for sewer connection.
(c)
(1) If any consumer feels that a meter is registering water consumption
inaccurately, the consumer may request in writing that the meter be
tested. A deposit in an amount established by the city council in
the annual budget or by minute entry shall be filed with the request.
The meter shall be tested as quickly as possible. If the test shows
an error of two percent or more in the registering of a meter one
inch or less or an error of three per cent or more in a meter larger
than one inch, there shall be no charge for testing. If there is not
such an error, the consumer shall pay for the test which shall be
the amount deposited before the test. If the meter failed to register
correctly the amount of water used by any consumer since the previous
reading, the city may charge for water upon the basis of the previous
three-month average.
(2) The initial deposit shall be established at $50.00. That amount may
be changed by city council at any time without the necessity of amending
this section.
(Ordinance adopted 3/18/1941,
secs. 6, 7; Ordinance adopted 9/22/2015)
The following water and sewer rates were adopted by the city
council to be effective on 1/20/15 and shall be billed and collected
by the city:
(1) Water rates.
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Monthly Billing
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Inside City
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Outside Billing
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Residential rate:
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0–3,000
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$47.00 Base
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$52.80 Base
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3,001–10,000
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$3.20/1,000
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$3.90/1,000
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10,001–20,000
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$3.70/1,000
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$4.40/1,000
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20,001–40,000
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$4.00/1,000
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$4.70/1,000
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40,000 & up
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$6.00/1,000
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$7.00/1,000
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Commercial rate:
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0–3,000
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$54.00 Base
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$60.00 Base
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3,001–10,000
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$3.90/1,000
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$4.90/1,000
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10,001–20,000
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$4.50/1,000
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$5.50/1,000
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20,001–40,000
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$5.00/1,000
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$6.00/1,000
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40,000 & up
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$7.00/1,000
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$8.50/1,000
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(2) Sewer rates.
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Monthly Billing
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Inside City
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Outside Billing
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Residential rate (flat rate):
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$20.40 Base
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$30.00 Base
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Commercial
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0–2,500
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$30.00 Base
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Not Applicable
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2,501 & up
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$2.59/1,000
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Not Applicable
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(3) Tap rates.
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Installation Cost
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Inside City
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Outside Billing
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Sewer
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4" pipe
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$1,500.00
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$2,000.00
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6" pipe
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$2,000.00
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$2,500.00
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8" pipe
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$2,500.00
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$3,000.00
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Water
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1" pipe
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$1,800.00
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$3,600.00
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2" pipe
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$2,100.00
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$4,200.00
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2+" pipe
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Per install
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Per install
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Note: K.C.’s (Tap $375.00)
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Base rate to be $30.60 per month based on water usage.
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(4) Reconnect fee if disconnected for nonpayment of charges: $50.00.
(5) Delinquent payment charge: $25.00 fee.
(6) Deposit prior to water/sewer services: $100.00. The city reserves
the right to increase the deposit amount if necessary when total billing
exceeds the deposit amount.
(7) Unauthorized turn-on by customer: $50.00.
(8) Persons desiring water service during periods of unoccupancy (example,
restoration or cleanup of property). Minimum charge per month or portion
of month: Residential rates.
(9) Bullhead.
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Installation Cost
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Inside City
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Outside Billing
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Water
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Existing 1"
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$425.00
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$475.00
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Existing 2"
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$535.00
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$585.00
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Existing 2+"
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$550.00
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$600.00
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(Ordinance adopting Code; Ordinance 9 adopted –/–/2014; Ordinance adopted 9/2/2014; Ordinance 1 adopted 1/20/2015)
Such rates and charges hereby fixed and prescribed shall be
paid by the customers of the water and wastewater system to the city
in advance of the sixteenth (16th) day of each month, which shall
be the date such rates or charges shall become due and payable, and
such rates or charges shall become delinquent after such date. A late
charge shall be charged on all delinquent payments, which is to say,
all payments made after the fifteenth (15th) day of each month. In
the event that any customer of the systems furnished by the city does
not pay the rates and charges within ten (10) days after the same
are due, the water superintendent shall have the authority to disconnect
or terminate or cause to be disconnected or terminated all services
furnished such customer and shall not be again reconnected for the
same user until all costs incurred in the actual physical disconnect
and reconnect have been paid and all delinquent service charges have
been paid to the city.
(Ordinance adopted 9/2/2008, sec.
IV)
The water superintendent has the authority to disconnect service
to any customer that has a problem with the water or sewer plumbing
if he determines it to be a health hazard or could cause a health
hazard. Service will be continued when the hazard has been eliminated.
(Ordinance adopted 9/2/2008, sec.
VI)
The city shall not be liable for any damage to the property
of any consumer of any utility service furnished by the city due to
backflow of the sewer system or any other cause outside the direct
control of the city.
(Ordinance adopted 9/2/2008, sec.
VIII (A))
All meters shall be the property of the city and shall be maintained
by the city. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a duly
authorized employee of the city, to tamper with any meter, or in any
manner to injure any meter, or to manipulate or attempt to manipulate
any meter in any manner so as to affect its registration or measurement
of the metered utility service.
(Ordinance adopted 9/2/2008, sec.
VIII (C))
Classes of water and sewer customers:
(1) Residential: Single-family homes, duplexes, etc., where each unit
has its own water meter.
(2) Commercial: All units or businesses not otherwise classified.
(3) Apartments: Two (2) or more living units served by a single water
meter.
(4) Multi-unit commercial: Two (2) or more businesses in a complex served
by only one (1) meter.
(Ordinance adopted 9/2/2008, sec.
VIII (D))
It is illegal to connect more than one (1) resident or one (1)
place of business to one (1) meter.
(Ordinance adopted 9/2/2008, sec.
VIII (F))
The city reserves the right to cut off the water and sewer service
without notice in case of emergency. When any interruption in service
is necessary for the maintenance and improvement of the system affected,
customers will be notified as circumstances permit. The city further
reserves the right to at any time restrict or prevent the use of any
service furnished by the city during periods of emergency or circumstances
demanding such restriction or prevention of the use.
(Ordinance adopted 9/2/2008, sec.
VIII (F))