Chapter 99 – Sewer User Charge System

99.03 USE OF FUNDS. The user charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues to pay costs of annual operation and maintenance including replacement and costs associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated with financing the treatment works which the City may by ordinance designate to be paid by the user charge system. The total user charge shall be divided into a portion designated for operation and maintenance including replacement of the treatment works and a portion adequate to pay the debt service for the treatment works. This chapter shall establish those portions of the total user charge and shall describe a system for allocating said charges between active and non-active users of the system. 99.04 ACCOUNTS DESIGNATED. That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for operation and maintenance including replacement purposes as established in Section 99.05 shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund known as the Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Fund and will be kept in two primary accounts as follows: 1. Operation and Maintenance Account. An account designated for the specific purpose of defraying operation and maintenance costs (excluding replacement) of the treatment works. 2. Replacement Account. An account designated for the specific purpose of ensuring replacement needs over the useful life of the treatment works. Deposits in the Replacement Account shall be made at least quarterly from revenue in the amount of $5,600.00 annually. 99.05 YEAR-END BALANCES. Fiscal year-end balances in the Operation and Maintenance Account and the Replacement Account shall be carried over to the same accounts in the subsequent fiscal year, and shall be used for no other purposes than those designated for these accounts. Moneys which have been transferred from other sources to meet temporary shortages in the Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Fund shall be returned to their respective accounts upon appropriate adjustment of the user charge rates for operation, maintenance and replacement. The user charge rate shall be adjusted such that the transferred moneys will be returned to their respective accounts within the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the moneys were borrowed. 99.06 CHARGES BASED ON USAGE. Each user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on said user’s use of the treatment works as determined by water meters acceptable to the City. 1. User Rates Within the City Limits. A. Base Rate - $19.50 per month. B. Flow Rate - $4.75 – equal to $0.00475 per gallon. 2. User Rates Outside the City Limits. A. Base Rate - $25.00 per month. B. Flow Rate - $4.75 – equal to $0.00475 per gallon. 3. Exception. If a homeowner is using a single-purpose meter as set forth in Section 91.10 of Chapter 91, and timely complies with the requirements of Section 91.10 of Chapter 91, that homeowner shall be exempt from sewer charges associated with that single-purpose meter. The water used shall be charged in accordance with Chapter 92. 99.07 MINIMUM CHARGE. The City shall charge the minimum monthly fee for each dwelling unit served. Where multiple dwelling units are served through a single water meter, the City shall credit the sewer meter account with a monthly use of 1,000 gallons multiplied by the number of dwelling units served by the meter. The incremental charge per 1,000-gallon unit used shall be applied for all water used in an amount greater than this credit. In the event a user does not have a meter, the rate shall be established by the Council. 99.08 RESPONSIBILITY FOR INCREASED COSTS. Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the City’s treatment works or any user which discharges any substance which singly or by interaction with other