[Ord. No. 380-2023, 2-21-2023]
A. 
It is the purpose of this Article to provide for the recovery of costs from users of the City's wastewater disposal system for the implementation of the program established herein. The applicable charges or fees shall be as set forth by the City's schedule of charges and fees.
B. 
The City may adopt charges and fees, which may include:
1. 
Fees for reimbursement of costs of setting up and operating the City's pretreatment program.
2. 
Fees for monitoring, inspections and surveillance procedures including the cost of collection and analyzing a User's discharge, and reviewing monitoring reports and certification statements submitted by Users.
3. 
Fees for reviewing accidental discharge procedures and construction.
4. 
Fees for permit applications including the cost of processing such applications.
5. 
Fees for filing appeals.
6. 
Fees for consistent removal by the City of pollutants otherwise subject to Federal Pretreatment Standards.
7. 
Fees to recover administrative and legal costs (not included in Section 705.400(B)(2) associated with the enforcement activity taken by the Superintendent to address IU non-compliance; and
8. 
Other fees as the City may deem necessary to carry out the requirements contained herein. These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this Chapter and are separate from all other fees, fines, and penalties chargeable by the City.
C. 
These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this Article and are separate from all other fees chargeable by the City. Fees will be based on actual costs to the City.
[Ord. No. 380-2023, 2-21-2023]
The sewer service charge shall be applicable to all persons having a sewer connection directly or indirectly with the sewerage system of the City.
[Ord. No. 380-2023, 2-21-2023]
A. 
It shall be the duty of the City to prepare and mail to each customer a statement of the sewer service charge, and sewer surcharge.
B. 
Any sewer surcharge resulting from Section 705.460(B) shall be shown on the utility bill as a separate item, which shall show the amount of the sewer surcharge and shall be payable at the same time as the sewer service charge.
[Ord. No. 380-2023, 2-21-2023]
A. 
All bills for sewer service shall be due and payable on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of each month following billing and will be charged with the water bill. If payment is not made within seven (7) days following the date on which the bill becomes due and payable, service may be discontinued by the City.
B. 
In the event payment is not made on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the month on which a bill becomes due and payable, a penalty in the amount of twelve percent (12%) (minimum charge one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25)) of the sewer revenue overdue shall be charged to the consumer's account by the City.
C. 
The City may enforce collection of a delinquent account by the discontinuance of any other utility service furnished to the delinquent customer. A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be charged for such disconnection of service.
[Ord. No. 380-2023, 2-21-2023; Ord. No. 435-2023, 8-15-2023]
A. 
Except as otherwise provided in Section 705.450(B)(4) the gallons of sewage shall be determined as being identical to the gallons of water purchased. Should any contributor desire to meter actual sewage flow in lieu of using water meter flows, the contributor may, at his/her own expense, install, maintain and operate a totalizing sewage flow meter.
B. 
For consumers of sewer service with no water service, or no gallons of water purchased, or no totalizing sewage flow meter, the gallons of sewage shall be determined as being identical to the average City-wide monthly gallons of water purchased for the classes established in Section 705.450(B)(1) for the months of December, January, and February. This average shall be applied to the user rate structure provided in Section 705.450(B)(4)—(B)(6). This average shall be recalculated annually.
[Ord. No. 380-2023, 2-21-2023; Ord. No. 431-2023, 8-1-2023; Ord. No. 513-2024, 5-21-2024]
A. 
Generation Of Revenue.
1. 
The user charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues to pay the cost of annual operation and maintenance including replacement and cost associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated with financing the wastewater 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 wastewater system shall be established by ordinance.
2. 
All funds collected from user charges shall be deposited in the wastewater section of the Water Wastewater Enterprise Fund which is a non-lapsing fund. A separate fund will be established specifically for the replacement account.
a. 
The Replacement Fund shall be designated for the purpose of ensuring replacement needs over the life of the wastewater system. Deposits in the Replacement Fund shall be made annually for the replacement revenue in the amount of one million four hundred twenty-nine thousand one hundred ninety-seven dollars and eighty-three cents ($1,429,197.83) as set forth in the 2023 Rate Study's Appendix E — Sanitary Sewer Replacement Schedule and Replacement Fund Annual Annuity.
B. 
User Rate Structure.
1. 
All persons, firms or corporations having a connection directly or indirectly with the sewer system of the City are hereby classified as "residential users" and "other users."
2. 
"Residential users" are hereby defined as residential dwelling units serving not more than two (2) families on a single sewer connection.
3. 
"Other users" shall include all persons, firms or corporations having a sewer connection directly or indirectly with the sewerage system of the City.
4. 
The monthly sewer service charge to residential users shall be the sum of sixteen dollars and ninety cents ($16.90) per month and the sum of five dollars and thirty-three cents ($5.33) per one thousand (1,000) gallons.
5. 
The monthly service charge to "other users" shall be the sum of sixteen dollars and ninety cents ($16.90) per month and the sum of five dollars and thirty-three cents ($5.33) per one thousand (1,000) gallons thereafter.
6. 
Hotels, motels, hospitals, schools, rest homes, multi-residential units, apartments, mobile home parks, multi-business units and office buildings having only one (1) water account shall be charged the normal monthly sewer service charge as provided for in Subsection (B)(5) hereof.
7. 
Hotels, motels, hospitals, schools and rest homes shall not be included in the multi-residential or multi-business provisions but shall be charged the normal sewer service charge.
8. 
The user rate structure is based off of the 2023 Rate Study with CPI adjustments, including the appendices thereto. The user rate structure shall be reviewed annually to insure that revenues are adequate to meet requirements set forth in this Section.
[Ord. No. 380-2023, 2-21-2023]
A. 
When the suspended solids or BOD content of sewage exceed the normal sewage concentrations of these constitutes, a sewage surcharge shall be levied as follows:
1.
Suspended solids in excess of 250 mg/l, $0.05 per lb. beginning October 1, 2009.
1.
Suspended solids in excess of 250 mg/l, $0.10 per lb. beginning October 1, 2010.
1.
Suspended solids in excess of 250 mg/l, $0.16 per lb. beginning October 1, 2011.
2.
BOD content in excess of 250 mg/l, $0.05 per lb. beginning October 1, 2009.
2.
BOD content in excess of 250 mg/l, $0.10 per lb. beginning October 1, 2010.
2.
BOD content in excess of 250 mg/l, $0.20 per lb. beginning October 1, 2011.
This charge will be in addition to the monthly minimum plus volumetric charges.
B. 
Any contributor may, if so desired, treat so as to reduce either the excess suspended solids or BOD, or both, to normal levels before discharging such sewage into the public sewers. The surcharge fee is to be based on actual cost of treatment, adjusted biennially.
[Ord. No. 380-2023, 2-21-2023]
Hauled waste will be charged at a value of twenty dollars ($20.00) per one thousand (1,000) gallons.