As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
JOINT MEETING
The municipalities of the City of East Orange, the Township
of Hillside, the Town of Irvington, the Township of Maplewood, the
Township of Millburn, the City of Newark, the Borough of Roselle Park,
the Village of South Orange, the City of Summit, the Township of Union
and the Town of West Orange, organized in Joint Meeting pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 40:63-68 et seq., under the terms of a contract dated June
1, 1926, as amended and supplemented, in the matter of a joint truck
and outlet sewer and treatment plant for the sewage wastewater emanating
from said municipalities.
USER CHARGE
The charge levied upon all users of the treatment works for
the annual cost of operation and maintenance, including replacements,
of such lines and such works, all as defined in the federal rules
and regulations.
The purpose of this article is to impose an annual user charge, as defined in §
226-71, on all domestic, commercial, industrial, institutional and governmental users of the sewer system of the City of East Orange, which sewage contributed to such system and flowing therein is collected and treated by said Joint Meeting.
For the purpose of determining said user charges,
the number and classification of all users of said sewage system shall
be made by the City of East Orange. Said determination shall be subject
to audit, review and redetermination by the Joint Meeting.
The user charge referred to herein shall be
due and payable from and after the first day of January following
the completion of the secondary treatment facilities by the Joint
Meeting.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this article
and the Federal Water Pollution Act of 1972 requiring the imposition
of user charges as defined herein, as set forth in said Act and as
provided for in the rules and regulations of EPA, and without intending
to interfere with or contravene the provisions and requirements of
the imposition of said user charges as herein and therein defined,
it is the express intention of the City of East Orange to adhere to
and comply with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:63-116, providing for
"annual expenses: estimated and apportioned; additional expenses if
necessary," in order that the Joint Meeting may thereby be enabled
to continue and perform its normal functions.