[Amended 8-1-2005 by Res. No. 08012005; 9-15-2008]
Rates to be charged for service furnished by the system shall be as follows:
A. 
Sewer use charges. All sewer use charges shall be made against each user and premises based upon rates to be determined by resolution.
B. 
Connection charge.
(1) 
Connection charge. Connection charges that are determined under this section shall henceforth be determined by resolution of the Township Board.
(2) 
Direct and indirect connections. For each direct connection to the lines of the system there shall be charged a connection fee of the full amount set by resolution per single-family residence equivalent. For each indirect connection the charge shall be one-half of the resolution amount per single-family residence equivalent or user charge unit.
(3) 
Indirect connection. An indirect connection shall be defined as one made to lines added to the system after its original construction, the cost of which is paid from special assessments or private funds, to include public funds expended without special assessing to the property.
(4) 
Equivalent user factor; user charge units. Properties containing only a single-family residence equivalent shall pay connection charges as above defined multiplied by one unit for each single-family residential unit. All other uses shall pay the above connection charges multiplied by a factor representing the ratio of sewage use by such class of premises to normal single-family residential use as determined by the Township Board and adopted by resolution. The equivalent user factor or user charge units shall be calculated for any premises based on the use of the property at the time of the original application for sewer service of connection for sewer service. Whenever the use of the property is changed, modified or enlarged therefrom, an additional connection charge based on the amount of units resulting from the change shall be further paid. The equivalent user factor or number of user charge units shall not be revised below that applicable to the original application for connection or in effect at the time of connection.
(5) 
Payment of connection charge. Connection charges shall immediately constitute a lien on the premises served on the date of the publication of the notice of availability and shall be due and payable as follows:
(a) 
Connection of new structure to existing sewer. Where a new structure is connected to an existing sewer, the amount due for the single-family residence equivalent shall be payable prior to and as a condition of the issuance of a building permit.
(b) 
Connection of structure existing when a sewer is made available. In the case where a new sewer is first made available to an existing structure, where the structure is in place and able to be lawfully occupied on the date the notice of availability is published, if the connection charge is not then paid in full, the charge may be paid in installments with interest at the annual rate of 6% per annum on the unpaid balance over a period of 10 years. If paid in installments, the first installment shall be payable upon application for the connection, and all subsequent installments plus interest shall be payable annually on July 1 of each year, to be billed effective said, and payable by September 14 of any said year. All payments shall carry the interest above to the date of payment. Any payment not paid by September 14 shall be delinquent and shall be placed on the tax roll. In addition, the Township may collect same by personal action.
(c) 
Other cases. In all other cases, the connection charge shall be paid in full and shall be due and constitute a lien on the date the notice of availability is published.
C. 
Special rates. For miscellaneous or special services for which a special rate shall be established, such rates shall be fixed by the Township Board.
D. 
Billing.
(1) 
Bills for sewer use charges shall be rendered quarterly on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, payable without penalty within 30 days after the date thereon. Payments received after such period shall bear a penalty of 6% of the amount of the bill.
(2) 
Bills for connection charge installments and interest and penalties shall be rendered on July 1 of every year. Payments received after September 14 following said billing shall bear a penalty of 6% of the amount of the bill.
No free service shall be furnished by said system to any person, firm or corporation, public or private, or to any public agency or instrumentality.
It is hereby determined and declared that public sanitary sewers are essential to the health, safety and welfare of the people of the Township; that all premises on which structures in which sanitary sewage originates are situated shall connect to the system at the earliest reasonable date as a matter for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare of the people of the Township, and, therefore, all premises on which structures in which sanitary sewage originates are situated or become situated and to which sewer services of the system shall be available shall connect to said system within 90 days after the mailing or posting of notice to such premises by the appropriate Township official that such services are available. Said notification and enforcement of this section shall be in conformity with Part 127 of the Public Health Code (MCL 333.12701 et seq.)
The rates hereby fixed are estimated to be sufficient to provide for the payment of the expenses of administration and operation, such expenses for maintenance of the said system as are necessary to preserve the same in good repair and working order; to provide for the payment of the contractual obligations of the Township to the county pursuant to the aforesaid contract between said county and the Township as the same become due, and to provide for such other expenditures and funds for said system as this article may require. Such rates shall be fixed and revised from time to time as may be necessary to produce these amounts.
The system shall be operated on the basis of an operating year commencing on July 1 and ending on the last day of June next following.
The revenues of the system shall be set aside, as collected, and deposited in a separate depository account in a bank duly qualified to do business in the state, in an account to be designated sewer system receiving fund (hereinafter; for brevity; referred to as the "receiving fund"), and said revenues so deposited shall be transferred from the receiving fund periodically in the manner and at the time hereafter specified.
A. 
Operation and maintenance fund. Out of the revenues in the receiving fund, there shall be first set aside quarterly into a depository account, designated operation and maintenance fund, a sum sufficient to provide for the payment of the next quarter's current expenses of administration and operation of the system and such current expenses for the maintenance thereof as may be necessary to preserve the same in good repair and working order.
B. 
Contract payment fund. There shall next be established and maintained a depository account, to be designated contract payment fund, which shall be used solely for the payment of the Township's obligations to the county pursuant to the aforesaid contract. There shall be deposited in said fund quarterly, after requirements of the operation and maintenance fund have been met, such sums as shall be necessary to pay said contractual obligations when due. Should the revenues of the system prove insufficient for this purpose, such revenues may be supplemented by any other funds of the Township legally available for such purpose.
C. 
Replacement fund. There shall next be established and maintained a depository account, designated replacement fund, which shall be used solely for the purpose of making major repairs and replacements to the system if needed. There shall be set aside into said fund, after provision has been made for the operation and maintenance fund and the contract payment fund, such revenues as the Township Board shall deem necessary for this purpose.
D. 
Improvement fund. There shall next be established and maintained an improvement fund for the purpose of making improvements, extensions and enlargements to the system. There shall be deposited into said fund, after providing for the foregoing fund, such revenues as the Township Board shall determine.
E. 
Surplus moneys. Moneys remaining in the receiving fund at the end of any operating year, after full satisfaction of the requirements of the foregoing funds, may, at the option of the Township Board, be transferred to the improvement fund or used in connection with any other project of the Township reasonably related to purposes of the system.
F. 
Bank accounts. All moneys belonging to any of the foregoing funds or accounts may be kept in one bank account, in which event the moneys shall be allocated on the books and records of the Township within this single bank account, in the manner above set forth.
In the event the moneys in the receiving fund are insufficient to provide for the current requirements of the operation and maintenance fund, any moneys and/or securities in other funds of the system, except sums in the contract payment fund derived from tax levies, shall be transferred to the operation and maintenance fund, to the extent of any deficit therein.
Moneys in any fund or account established by the provisions of this article may be invested in obligations of the United States of America in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in Public Act No. 94 of 1933 (MCL 141.101 et seq.). In the event such investments are made, the securities representing the same shall be kept on deposit with the bank or trust company having on deposit the fund or funds from which such purchase was made. Income received from such investments shall be credited to the fund from which said investments were made.