[CC 1992 §705.010; Ord. No. 315 Art. I, 11-17-1980; Ord. No. 552 Art. I, 10-5-1998]
It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive
to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience
of the City to collect charges from all users who contribute wastewater
to the City's treatment works. The proceeds of such charges so derived
will be used for the purpose of operating, maintaining and retiring
the debt for such public wastewater treatment works.
[CC 1992 §705.020; Ord. No. 315 Art. II, 11-17-1980; Ord. No. 552 Art. II, 10-5-1998]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Centigrade (20° C), expressed in milligrams
per liter (mg/l).
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than
two hundred fifty (250) milligrams per liter and a suspended solids
concentration of not more than three hundred (300) milligrams per
liter.
All expenditures during the useful life of the treatment
works for materials, labor, utilities and other items which are necessary
for managing and maintaining the sewage works to achieve the capacity
and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation
and maintenance" includes replacement.
Any contributor to the City's treatment works whose lot,
parcel of real estate or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes
only.
Is mandatory; MAY — Is permissive.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
Any devices and systems for the storage, treatment, recycling
and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic sewage, or liquid industrial
wastes. These include interceptor sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection
systems, individual systems, pumping, power, and other equipment and
their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions
and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable
recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities;
and any works, including site acquisition of land, that will be an
integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal
of residues resulting from such treatment (including land for composting
sludge, temporary storage of such compost, and land used for the storage
of treated wastewater in land treatment systems before land application);
or any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing,
treating, separating or disposing of municipal waste or industrial
waste, including waste in combined storm water and sanitary sewer
systems.
The estimated period during which a treatment works will
be operated.
That portion of the total wastewater service charge which
is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation,
maintenance and replacement of the wastewater treatment works.
A water volume measuring and recording device furnished and/or
installed by the City of Concordia or furnished and/or installed by
a user and approved by the City of Concordia.
[CC 1992 §705.030; Ord. No. 315 Art. III, 11-17-1980; Ord. No. 552 Art. III, 10-5-1998]
A.
The user
charge system shall generate adequate annual revenues to pay costs
of annual operation and maintenance including replacement and cost
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. That portion of the total user
charge which is designated for operation and maintenance, including
replacement of the treatment works, shall be established by this Chapter.
B.
That portion of the total user charge collected which is designated for the operation and maintenance including replacement purposes as established in Section 700.110 shall be deposited in a separate non-lapsing fund known as the "Operation, Maintenance and Replacement Fund" and will be kept in two (2) primary accounts as follows:
1.
The
Operation and Maintenance Account shall be an account designated for
the specific purpose of defraying operation and maintenance costs
(excluding replacement) of the treatment works. Deposits in the Operation
and Maintenance Account shall be made monthly from the operation and
maintenance revenue in the amount of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00)
annually.
2.
The
Replacement Account shall be 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
monthly from the replacement revenue in the amount of six thousand
two hundred twenty-five dollars ($6,225.00) annually.
C.
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. Monies 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(s) shall be adjusted
such that the transferred monies will be returned to their respective
accounts within the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which
the monies were borrowed.
[CC 1992 §705.050; Ord. No. 315 Art. V, 11-17-1980; Ord. No. 552 Art. V, 10-5-1998]
A.
All users
shall be billed monthly on their water usage bills for sewer usage
furnished by the City. Amounts due to the City for usage shall be
paid for on the first (1st) day of the month following the month in
which the sewer service is provided to such consumers payable at the
City Hall at Concordia, Missouri. If such sewer/water accounts are
not paid on or before the tenth (10th) of the month in which the same
are due and payable, such consumers shall be liable for and pay, in
addition, a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the water/sewer
bill.
B.
Should
a consumer fail or refuse to pay his/her water/sewer bill when the
same is due and payable, such consumer shall be subject to having
the water/sewer service shut off. Before the City shall be required
to restore such service, such consumer shall pay his/her indebtedness
to the City for water/sewer furnished and not paid for and, in addition,
shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for having such service
restored.
[CC 1992 §705.060; Ord. No. 315 Art. VI, 11-17-1980; Ord. No. 552 Art. VI, 10-5-1998]
A.
The City
shall review the user charge system 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.
The City
will notify each user at least annually, in conjunction with a regular
bill, of the rate being charged for operation and maintenance including
replacement of the treatment works.
