[R.O. 2013 § 725.150; Ord. No.
83-15, Article I, 11-15-1983; Ord. No. 00-99 §§ 1 — 3, 11-13-2000]
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 wastewater treatment works. The proceeds of such
charges so derived will be used for the purpose of operating and maintaining
the public wastewater treatment works.
[R.O. 2013 § 725.160; Ord. No.
83-15, Article II, 11-15-1983; Ord. No. 00-99 §§ 1 —
3, 11-13-2000]
A.
BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
REPLACEMENT
RESIDENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR
SHALL
SS (DENOTING SUSPENDED SOLIDS)
TREATMENT WORKS
USEFUL LIFE
WATER METER
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
or organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Celsius (20° C.), expressed in milligrams
per liter (mg/l).
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than
two hundred four (204) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration of
not more than two hundred forty (240) mg/l.
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 intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage
collection systems, individual systems, pumping, power, and other
equipment and their appurtenances; extensions improvement, 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 the
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
stormwater and sanitary sewer systems.
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 Fredericktown or furnished and/or
installed by a user and approved by the City of Fredericktown.[1]
[R.O. 2013 § 725.180; Ord. No.
83-15. Art. IV, 11-15-1983; Ord. No. 00-99 §§ 1 — 3, 11-13-2000; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006; Ord. No. 06-46 § 1, 10-2-2006; Ord. No. 07-42 § 1, 9-24-2007; Ord. No. 11-69 § 1, 12-12-2011; Ord. No. 13-31 § 1, 9-23-2013; Ord. No. 14-38 § 1, 9-22-2014; Ord. No. 15-29 § 1, 9-28-2015]
A.
Each user shall pay for the services provided by the City based on
his/her use of the treatment works as determined by water meters acceptable
to the City.
B.
For residential contributors, monthly user charges will be based
on monthly water usage. For industrial and commercial contributors,
user charges shall be based on water used during the current month.
If a commercial or industrial contributor has a consumptive use of
water, or in some other manner uses water which is not returned to
the wastewater collection system, the user charge for that contributor
may be based on a wastewater meter or separate water meter installed
and maintained at the contributor's expense and in a manner acceptable
to the City.
C.
The rate schedule for sewer contribution shall be fixed from time
to time by the City and shall be subject to change by action of the
City. Sewer contributors shall be charged for sewer contribution at
the following rates:
[Ord. No. 16-34 § 1, 9-26-2016; Ord. No. 17-41, 10-10-2017]
1.
A monthly charge of twelve dollars seventy-one cents ($12.71)
shall be the minimum charge per month. Six dollars ($6.00) of said
usage fee shall be used by the City for capital improvements of the
sewer system and sewer treatment facilities or debt service for same.
2.
In addition, each contributor shall pay a minimum of $0.5018
per one hundred (100) gallons of water (or wastewater) as defined
in the previous Subsection as part of the user charge rate.
3.
Residential contributors who are located outside of the City
limits of the City of Fredericktown shall pay the same rates as those
residential contributors located inside the City limits.
D.
For those contributors who contribute wastewater, the strength of
which is greater than normal domestic sewage, a surcharge in addition
to the normal user charge will be collected. The surcharge for operation
and maintenance including replacement shall be as set by the City
from time to time.
E.
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 substances which
singly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable
increases in the cost of operation, maintenance or replacement of
the treatment works shall pay for such increased costs. The charge
to each user shall be as determined by the responsible plant operation
personnel and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
F.
The user charge rates established in this Section apply to all users,
regardless of their location, of the City's treatment works.
[R.O. 2013 § 725.190; Ord. No.
83-15, Article V, 11-15-1983; Ord. No. 00-99 §§ 1 — 3, 11-13-2000; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006]
A.
General Billing Provisions. Sewer bills shall be rendered as provided in Section 705.010 et seq.of this Title. Failure of the City to submit a service bill shall not excuse the customer from its obligation to pay for the service when the bill is submitted. Any damage resulting to the customer or any property of the customer or the landowner of the property occupied by the customer shall not be the responsibility of the City, its agents or employees. The City, its agents and employees shall not be liable to the customer or the landowner of any property used, held, occupied, rented or leased by the customer for any such damage when disconnection is made according to this Chapter and it shall be immaterial that no notice of such disconnection was given to the customer or to said property owner.
B.
Estimated Billings. In the event that meters cannot be read at the
close of the period for which billing is made because of inclement
weather or the condition of the earth around the meters, which in
the opinion of the City makes reading unusually difficult, costly
or impossible, then the bills may be estimated by using, at the discretion
of the City, either the amount of water used by the water user in
the previous billing period or in the same billing period in the previous
year and the bill for such period shall be based upon such amount
of water used. The meter reading and the bill rendered for any period
subsequent to a period for which the bill of any water user shall
be based upon such estimates shall take into account such estimates
and such estimates shall be considered the actual amount of water
consumed for the period or periods estimated. Estimates may be made
in the case of one (1) or more water users or for all water users
of the City at the discretion of the City and it shall not be required
that all bills be estimated in the event any one (1) or more water
users' bills are estimated as herein set forth.
C.
Billing Frequency. Bills may be submitted on a monthly, bimonthly
or quarterly basis as the City may provide and direct in its actions
establishing a rate schedule.
[R.O. 2013 § 725.200; Ord. No.
83-15, Article VI, 11-15-1983; Ord. No. 87-7 § 2, 6-8-1987; Ord. No. 00-99 §§ 1 — 3, 11-13-2000; Ord. No. 06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006]
Previous Sections have addressed estimated system costs, rate
calculation methodology and calculated rate parameters. From such
data, the following final rate structure is proposed: Appendix A is
on file with the office of the City Clerk and shall be used for rate
calculation methodology.
[R.O. 2013 § 725.210; Ord. No.
83-15, Article VII, 11-15-1983; Ord. No. 00-99 §§ 1 —
3, 11-13-2000; Ord. No.
06-19 § 2, 4-24-2006; Ord. No. 07-44 § 1, 10-8-2007]
A.
The City will review the user charge system 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.
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.
C.
Automatic Cost Of Living Adjustment Of Sewer Rates. The rates as provided in Section 725.190 can be adjusted each year in accordance with the Consumer Price Index based on the increase or decrease in the period from April to April of each twelve-month period. The Consumer Price Index adjustment is published by the Missouri State Tax Commission in the spring or summer of each year. Following the publication of the Consumer Price Index adjustment for the previous year by the Missouri State Tax Commission, the City can, on or before September 30 of each year, modify the rate schedule set forth in Section 725.190. Thereafter, beginning with the October meter readings and the November billing, the City can adjust the rates as set in Section 725.190 by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index as published by the Missouri State Tax Commission for the previous year. The modified sewer rates shall not be made a part of this Code of Ordinances, but shall be part of the City budget approved by the Board of Aldermen each year and said modified sewer rates shall be maintained in the office of the City Clerk for inspection by the public.
