A. 
It shall be the policy of the Village of Luck to obtain sufficient revenues to pay the cost of the annual debt retirement payment on any bonded indebtedness, any required cash reserve account payment, and operation and maintenance of the sewage works, including a replacement fund (i.e., a cash account to be used for future expenditures for obtaining or installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary to maintain the capacity and performance of the sewage works during the service life for which such works were designed and constructed), through a system of user charges as defined in this section. The system shall assure that each user of the sewage works pays a proportionate share of the cost of such works.
B. 
All sewer users shall be classified by the Utility as residential/commercial (domestic strength) or industrial customers.
C. 
User charges shall consist of a minimum quarterly billing, on the basis of user charge factors, and a unit price per volume of water utilized.
D. 
The minimum quarterly billing shall be sufficient to pay the annual debt retirement and Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) reserve account costs. A portion of the debt service and reserve account may be budgeted by levying an ad valorem tax in accordance with state statutes. The unit price per volume shall be sufficient to pay the annual cost of operation and maintenance, including any replacement fund, of the sewage works. Users will be notified annually of the portion of user charges or ad valorem taxes attributable to wastewater treatment services. Water meter readings shall be used to determine the actual water volume used. All other quarterly sewer bills will be based on actual water used. If a portion of the water furnished to any customer is not discharged into the sewer system, the quantity of such water will be deducted in computing the charge for sewer service, provided that a meter has been installed to measure such water. The customer must at his own expense make necessary changes in the water piping and install couplings so that a meter can be set.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
E. 
The methodology of determining the user charges is on file in the Clerk-Treasurer's office. The Utility shall provide the initial estimates of water volumes, number of meters, costs, etc., to calculate the first year's user charges. The user charges, and this chapter, shall be reviewed not less than biennially. Such review shall be performed by the Village Board and the Village Clerk-Treasurer. User charges shall be adjusted, as required, to reflect actual volumes of water used and actual costs.
F. 
Where it is not possible to obtain a water meter reading, or in cases where no water meter exists, the customer shall be assigned an average water volume by the Village, based on previous meter readings, and this shall be so stated on the bill. The difference shall be adjusted when the meter is again read.
A. 
There shall be charged to each user of the sewer system a sewer charge as set by the Village Board.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
B. 
All charges for sewerage service shall be made quarterly and shall be payable on the first day of January, April, July, and October in each year. A three-percent penalty will be added to those bills not paid on or before the 20th day after the due date of the bill with a minimum penalty charge of $0.30. A failure to receive a bill shall not excuse nonpayment. Sewerage service charges shall be a lien on the property served in accordance with § 66.0821(4), Wis. Stats.
C. 
Excess revenues collected from a user class will be applied to operation and maintenance costs attributable to that class for the next year.
D. 
For organic loadings greater than domestic strength, a surcharge will be added as calculated in the sample methodology for determining user charges on file in the Clerk-Treasurer's office.