This article is enacted to provide a source
of revenue for construction, improvement and maintenance of the public
sewer system in the Village, including the retirement of debt service,
capital expenditure and operation. This source of revenue is a sewer
service charge to owners or users of property within the Village served
by the sanitary sewer system of the Village.
[Amended 5-19-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992; 3-20-2000 by L.L. No. 1-2000; 3-8-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
A. Amount of sewer rates. The rate of the sewer rent
shall be increased from $250 to $270 per unit per year, effective
February 1, 2005.
B. The Board of Trustees may, as may be deemed necessary,
from time to time thereafter, by resolution duly adopted, establish
new sewer rental rates for sewer services benefiting both real property
located within and outside the geographic area of the Village.
C. Payment dates. The rate of the sewer rent shall be
payable semiannually on August 1 and February 1 of each year.
All revenue derived from sewer rents, together
with all penalties and interest, shall be kept by the Village Treasurer
in a separate fund to be known as the "sewer fund." Expenditures chargeable
against the sewer fund shall be incurred only for such purposes as
set forth in § 453 of the General Municipal Law and shall
be disbursed in accordance with the terms of that section. If, in
any year, there is a deficit in the sewer fund after incurring such
expenses, the Board of Trustees may make up such deficit out of general
revenues.
The establishment of the sewer rents is for
every part of the entire public sewer system of the Village of Minoa
as defined in § 452, Subdivision 2, of the General Municipal
Law.
Sewer rents shall be paid within 30 days of
the due date. After the expiration of the 30 days, a penalty of $5
per month or 2% per month, whichever is greater, is to be added to
the unpaid sewer rent.
Sewer rent shall constitute a lien as set forth
in § 452 of the General Municipal Law. In addition to this,
after the expiration of the thirty-day period, the Village may disconnect
water service to any owner in default, and the cost of discontinuing
and recommencing of service shall be borne by the owner.