[Ord. No. 2002-11 §1, 11-11-2002; Ord. No. 2007-03 §1, 3-12-2007; Ord. No. 2009-10 §§1 — 2, 3-9-2009; Ord. No. 2010-05 §§1
— 2, 2-8-2010; Ord.
No. 2011-04 §§1 — 2, 2-9-2011; Ord. No. 2012-19 §§1
— 2, 12-12-2012]
A.
From
and after the first (1st) day of the month following the delivery
of said sewerage system revenue bonds of the City of Laurie, Missouri,
the initial monthly rates required and which shall be charged and
collected by the City of Laurie, Missouri, for sewerage service furnished
by the City of Laurie, Missouri, shall be as follows, it being understood
that each customer will be responsible for any electrical charges
associated with grinder pumps utilized solely for the customer's property.
B.
The
charge for sewerage service shall be based upon the water usage of
the individual customer according to the following rates:
1.
For commercial sewer customers on the City water system. The rate for commercial customers is nine dollars six cents ($9.06)
for each one thousand (1,000) gallons per month water usage. Usage
will be read and billed to the nearest ten (10) gallons.
[Ord. No. 2013-17 §§1, 3, 12-11-2013; Ord. No. 2016-11 §1, 8-9-2016; Ord. No. 2019-07, 6-11-2019[1]]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Section 3 of this ordinance provided
an effective date of 6-1-2019.
2.
For residential sewer customers on the City water system. The rate for residential customers is nine dollars six cents ($9.06)for
each one thousand (1,000) gallons per month water usage. Usage will
be read and billed to the nearest ten (10) gallons. The monthly water
consumption for this calculation will be based on the average for
the six-month period of October 1 — March 31 provided that no
month(s) will be included if the monthly consumption was less than
one thousand (1,000) gallons. (For example, if a customer used less
than one thousand (1,000) gallons of water in December and used three
thousand (3,000) gallons in October; two thousand five hundred (2,500)
in November, January, and February; and three thousand (3,000) in
March, the average would be two thousand seven hundred (2,700) gallons/month.
The monthly rate would be twenty dollars seventeen cents ($20.17)
per month for the year beginning with the April bill.) New customers
with no water consumption history may elect to be billed either based
on actual monthly water consumption until completing an October –
March cycle or based on family size water consumption averages. (For
example, the average monthly water consumption for a family of four
(4) is five thousand (5,000) gallons.)
[Ord. No. 2013-17 §§2 — 3, 12-11-2013; Ord. No. 2015-06, 4-14-2015; Ord. No. 2016-11 §2, 8-9-2016; Ord. No. 2019-07, 6-11-2019[2]]
[2]
Editor’s Note: Section 3 of this ordinance provided
an effective date of 6-1-2019.
3.
For sewer customers not on the City water system. Sewer use of customers, both business and residential, who have
an existing structure that will be connected to the sewer system at
the time of adoption of this Article who are not connected to the
City water system shall be averaged based on other businesses or residences
of similar occupancy and use and bills for sewerage services shall
be rendered monthly as such services accrue. The Mayor or other officer
or representative of the City designated to prepare and render bills
for sewerage services, shall calculate monthly the amount of each
bill and shall render monthly to each customer a bill for such sewerage
services. Customers objecting to estimated usage may select the option
of requiring the City to install a meter of a type approved by the
City and, if practical, a remote reading device in the customer's
private line to establish the actual monthly usage. All customers
who construct or modify a structure that will require a sewer system
connection after the date of this Article and who are not customers
of the City water system are required to install a meter on their
private water line. The meter must be able to be directly read without
entering the building or a remote reading device must be installed.
The meter will be owned by and maintained by the City. The installation
charge, including the cost of the meter and all other appurtenances,
not to exceed the actual cost, will be paid by the customer to the
City.
4.
Primacy fee. The City shall collect and pay to the
State of Missouri a primacy fee in the amount established by the State
per customer per month.
5.
Security deposit.
a.
The Residential sewer user shall tender a security deposit of fifty
dollars ($50.00) if the user is the actual owner in fee simple of
the premises or one hundred dollars ($100.00) if the user is not the
actual owner in fee simple of the premises.
b.
The commercial user shall tender a security deposit equal to the
estimated charge for one (1) month's sewer usage as determined by
the Director of Public Works or fifty dollars ($50.00) if the user
is the actual owner in fee simple of the premises or one hundred dollars
($100.00) if the user is not the actual owner in fee simple of the
premises, whichever amount is greater.
6.
All customers. There is no sewer charge for separately
metered water consumption used for irrigation only and which does
not enter the City's sewer system.
7.
Surcharge. For those contributors which contribute
wastewater, the strength of which has a BOD concentration greater
than two hundred fifty (250) mg/l or a suspended solids concentration
greater than three hundred (300) mg/l, a surcharge in addition to
the normal user charge will be collected. This surcharge is:
[Ord. No. 2016-13 §§ 1
— 2, 9-13-2016]
[Ord. No. 2002-11 §2, 11-11-2002]
A.
The
City shall review the rates charged for sewerage service at least
annually and revise user charge rates as necessary to ensure that
the system generates adequate revenues to pay the costs of operation
and maintenance, including replacement, and that the system continues
to provide for the proportional distribution of operation and maintenance,
including replacement costs, among users and user classes.
B.
If
the revenues derived from the sewer system, including any capital
improvement sales tax revenues appropriated by the Governing Body
of the City, are insufficient to pay the costs of operation and maintenance,
depreciation and principal and interest on any revenue bonds outstanding
which are payable from a pledge of revenues of the sewer system and
to fulfill all covenants and obligations contained in any ordinance
authorizing the issuance of such revenue bonds, the City shall immediately
increase the rates and charges for use of the sewer system in an amount
that will provide sufficient revenues to meet all such costs and obligations.
Such increase shall be effective upon approval by U.S.D.A. Rural Development.
[Ord. No. 2002-11 §3, 11-11-2002]
The Governing Body of the City of Laurie, Missouri, hereby binds
and determines that the rates, fees and charges for the use and services
of the sewerage system of the City of Laurie, Missouri, necessary
and adequate at this time to meet the requirements of Sections 250.010
to 250.250, inclusive, RSMo., 1959, are as hereinbefore specified.
[Ord. No. 2002-11 §4, 11-11-2002]
All water meter readings shall be obtained from the City.
[Ord. No. 2002-11 §5, 11-11-2002]
Bills will be rendered for service on or about the first (1st) day following the close of the period for reading water meters. Service bills not paid by the fifteenth (15th) day of the month shall be subject to a ten percent (10%) late charge. Failure of the City to submit a service bill shall not excuse the customer from the obligation to pay for the sewerage service when the bill is submitted. Any payment by check resulting in the return of the check due to insufficient funds in the customer's bank shall be subject to a service charge of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per check, per occurrence and shall be paid by the customer or may be deducted from the customer's deposit by the City if not paid by the customer. Any account for which the bill is paid with a check that is returned due to insufficient funds will be treated the same as an account for which payment hasn't been made and handled in the manner described in Section 700.150.
[Ord. No. 2002-11 §6, 11-11-2002]
A.
Application
for sewerage services shall be made to the sewerage system manager,
or other person designated by the Board of Aldermen of the City, by
the owner or occupant of the property to be served. Upon the approval
of each application, such applicant shall have the right to connect
with the City of Laurie sewerage system, all costs of such construction
to connect to applicant's facilities constructed after October 1,
2000, to be borne by such applicant. For customers using a pressure
line, the City may prescribe specific equipment to be installed by
the applicant, which then becomes the property of the City and for
which the City assumes responsibility for maintenance and replacement
after a one (1) year warranty. The City shall inspect all service
lines for which the City will have responsibility and grinder stations
prior to connection to the main collection system. The City shall
make the actual physical connection to the main collection system.
The applicant shall pay to the City the cost the City incurs to make
this connection.
B.
In addition to any construction cost, an impact charge per connection to connect to the sewerage system shall be as specified in Section 700.230(C) of this Chapter. This impact charge for usage of the City system shall be in addition to any and all other charges and fees. This impact charge does not apply to those applicants whose facilities existed before October 1, 2000. The imposition of this sewer impact charge will help ensure that each additional sewer connection to the City system is assuming financial responsibility for the increased demand on the public system instead of the general public. This impact charge is a one time developmental charge intended as payment for the costs of the sewer facilities needed to accommodate the increase in demand generated by the new connection.
[Ord. No. 2002-11 §7, 11-11-2002]
If any bill for sewerage service shall be and remain past due
and unpaid for as long as thirty (30) days, service to each customer
shall be discontinued (the billing will notify the customer of the
same) and neither water nor sewer shall be reconnected until all past
due bills are paid in full, together with a reconnection charge of
thirty-five dollars ($35.00), however, where a customer has a bona
fide good faith dispute over the amount owed or whether the customer
has paid the same, disconnection will be delayed to permit the customer
to present his/her dispute to the Director of Public Works who will
determine the issue. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk's office
to notify the sewerage system manager of any such delinquency and
said sewerage system manager shall proceed immediately to cause sewer
service to such customer to be discontinued. In addition to the reconnect
fee, an additional security deposit of one hundred dollars ($100.00)
shall be required prior to service being restored.
[Ord. No. 2002-11 §8, 11-11-2002]
A.
Extensions
of the City's sewer mains to provide service to new customers requesting
service shall comply in all respects with the following procedures.
1.
The applicant or applicants shall submit a written application for
service to the City along with a deposit of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
The application for service shall be on an approved form supplied
by the City. The one thousand dollar ($1,000.00) deposit is required
to cover any administrative, engineering or other costs incurred by
the City as a result of this application for service. If the prospective
applicant or applicants do not proceed with the sewer line extension
or if the City's engineer deems the proposed extension will have an
adverse effect on the sewerage system, then all costs incurred by
the City will be paid from the deposit and the balance refunded to
the applicant or applicants.
2.
Upon determining the City's sewerage system has excess capacity to
serve the prospective applicant or applicants, the City will enter
into a written agreement with the applicant or applicants. This written
agreement will require the applicant or applicants to bear all administrative,
engineering, legal, construction inspection and construction costs
associated with the proposed extension. Unless the applicant will
construct the extension as described below, the total estimated project
cost associated with this extension less the one thousand dollar ($1,000.00)
deposit must be deposited by the applicant or applicants with the
City, which will place it in a special escrow account prior to construction.
3.
The applicant or applicants will be required to have a professional
engineer registered in the State of Missouri prepare plans for submittal
to the Department of Natural Resources for a construction permit.
A set of standard specifications for sewer line installation has been
adopted by the City and is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
These specifications will be submitted with plans as the specifications
for the main extension. These plans may be prepared by the applicant
or applicant's own engineer; however, the City will require its engineer
to review and approve all plans for compliance with the City standards
prior to being submitted to DNR. The cost associated with plans and
specifications review will be borne by the applicant or applicants.
4.
Construction of the proposed extension will be performed by a contractor
approved by the City or the City will procure the contractor in accordance
with all applicable laws and administer the contract between the contractor
and the City.
5.
If the applicant contracts to construct the extension, the applicant
shall bear all risk and expense of defect in materials used and maintenance
and repair of said extension for one (1) year from the date of completion,
inspection and testing of construction of the extension at which time
City, at its option, may reinspect and accept dedication of such extension,
free and clear of all encumbrances.
6.
If the City contracts to construct the extension and after construction
of the extension is complete and the final cost of the entire project
is determined, the applicant or applicants will be refunded the balance
of the deposit if the final project cost is less than the estimated
project cost initially deposited with the City. However, if the final
project cost is greater than the estimated project cost initially
deposited, then the applicant or applicants will be required to pay
the balance within thirty (30) days of notification by the City. If
this payment is not made, the sewerage main extension will be taken
out of service until the balance is paid.
[Ord. No. 2002-11 §9, 11-11-2002]
The City Clerk will deposit the amount of thirty-one thousand dollars ($31,000.00) annually from the Sewer Operation Fund into an account set up specifically for the use of replacing components of, or improving, the sewer system. (See Section 700.230(B) of this Chapter.)
[Ord. No. 2002-11 §10, 11-11-2002]
The applicant receiving sewerage service shall be liable to
pay for such services rendered on said premises. The City shall have
the power to sue the applicant in a civil action to receive any sums
due for such services plus a reasonable attorney's fees to be fixed
by the court.
[Ord. No. 2002-11 §11, 11-11-2002]
No free sewerage service shall be furnished to any premises
or the owner or occupant thereof.
[Ord. No. 2002-11 §12, 11-11-2002]
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to tamper with any
sewer line or make any connection to the sewerage system for the City
of Laurie, Missouri, without written permission from the City of Laurie
or to reconnect service when service has been disconnected for non-payment
of a bill for service until such bill, including the reconnection
charge, has been paid in full. Upon conviction, there shall be imposed
a fine within the authorization of Missouri law and any general penalty
provision of the Municipal Code of the City of Laurie, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 2002-11 §13, 11-11-2002]
The user of each premises receiving sewer service from the sewerage system shall be held responsible for the proper use thereof. Plumbing facilities that are to be connected to the sewerage system shall be installed in accordance with the National Plumbing Code and shall be inspected for compliance with said code by a designated representative of the Board of Aldermen before any such connection is made. No grease, petroleum products, milk, whey, paints, acids, chemicals, metals, animal wastes, food products or other materials detrimental to the sanitary sewer facilities or sewage treatment process shall be discharged into the sanitary sewer. Further detailed restrictions on the use of the public sewer system are defined in Section 710.050 of Chapter 710 of this Title.
[Ord. No. 2002-11 §14, 11-11-2002]
Subject to the covenants contained in the ordinance of the City
authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds, the City may make specific
sewerage service contracts with the United States of America and its
agencies, the State of Missouri and its agencies, school districts
and municipal corporations and all other political subdivisions of
the State of Missouri and of the United States of America differing
from stipulations set out in this Article.
[Ord. No 2002-11 Appendix A, B, C, 11-11-02]
A.
Rate Analysis. Rate analysis shall be as set out in the
table listed below.
|
RATE ANALYSIS
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Allocation of expenses — Based on a percentage of
total annual O&M.
| |||
|
Allocation of expenses total
|
Annual O&M expenses
| ||
|
Description of allocation
|
Percentage
| ||
|
Flow
|
40.00%
| ||
|
BOD
|
30.00%
| ||
|
TSS
|
30.00%
| ||
|
Total 100%
| |||
|
Allocation based on loadings
| |||
|
Description of allocation
|
Amount
|
Allocation
|
Unit
|
|
Initial hydraulic loading gal/year
|
43,800,000
|
$0.00180
|
$/Gal
|
|
Initial BOD Loading (LBS/Year)
|
74,460
|
$0.79
|
$/LBS
|
|
Initial TSS Loading (LBS/Year)
|
87,600
|
$0.68
|
$/LBS
|
B.
Replacement Schedule — User Charge Ordinance. Replacement
schedule — user charges shall be as set out in the table below.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note — Annual Replacement Cost — Annual
Dollar Amount table is included as an attachment to this chapter.
C.
Sewer Impact Charge Schedule. Sewer impact charges shall
be as set out in the table listed below.
[Ord. No. 2019-09, 10-8-2019]
|
SEWER IMPACT CHARGE SCHEDULE
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Water Meter Size*
|
Max Flow
|
Multiplier
|
Fee
|
|
1
|
50.00
|
1.67
|
$1,060.00
|
|
1.5
|
100.00
|
3.33
|
$2,492.00
|
|
2
|
160.00
|
5.33
|
$3,271.00
|
|
3
|
350.00
|
11.67
|
$7,003.00
|
|
4
|
650.00
|
21.67
|
$13,103.00
|
|
* For sewer customers not on the City water system, water line
size will be used.
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