[Ord. No. 128, 7-9-2019]
A. 
Meters will be read as close to the 25th day of the month as is practical.
B. 
That all bills shall be rendered on the first business day of each month and shall be due and payable upon receipt.
C. 
Bills which are not paid by the 16th of each month will be considered delinquent.
D. 
If a bill remains unpaid on the 25th of the month, the service shall be subject to disconnection and shall not be reconnected until all past due bills are paid in full, together with a reconnection charge of fifty dollars ($50.00). It shall be the duty of the Village Clerk to notify the Superintendent of said waterworks of such non-payment who shall proceed immediately to disconnect the water service of such customer.
[Ord. No. 133, 2-11-2020]
A. 
From and after the 25th day of March 2020, following enactment of this Section the monthly rates required and which shall be charged and collected by the Village of Kingdom City, Missouri, for water and water service furnished by the Village of Kingdom City, Missouri, shall be as follows:
1. 
A base fee of two dollars ($2.00) per month for every residential property served by the system and thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per month for commercial users, for up to the first thousand gallons (including no usage); and
2. 
For each one thousand (1,000) gallons of water, or fraction thereof, used the following usage rate shall apply:
Beginning March 25, 2020
$3.50
Beginning March 25, 2021
$3.70
Beginning March 25, 2022
$3.90
Beginning March 25, 2023
$4.10
Beginning March 25, 2024
$4.30
Beginning March 25, 2025
$4.50
Beginning March 25, 2026
$4.70
Beginning March 25, 2027
$4.90
Beginning March 25, 2028
$5.10
Beginning March 25, 2029
$5.30
Beginning March 25, 2030
$5.50
[Ord. No. 133, 2-11-2020]
A. 
Each user shall pay for the services provided by the Village based on their use of the treatment works as determined by water meter(s) acceptable to the Village.
B. 
Rates Based On Monthly Averages.
1. 
For residential contributors, monthly user charges will be based on average monthly water usage during the months of January, February, and March. If a residential contributor has not established a January, February, and March average, their monthly bill shall be the median charge of all other residential contributors.
2. 
The monthly rate charged shall be as follows:
a. 
For the first three thousand (3,000) gallons (including no usage), a fee of eleven dollars ($11.00) for residential users and thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for non-residential customers; plus
b. 
For each one thousand (1,000) gallons, or part thereof, used above the initial three thousand (3,000) gallons a rate as follows:
Beginning March 25, 2020
$3.50
Beginning March 25, 2021
$3.70
Beginning March 25, 2022
$3.90
Beginning March 25, 2023
$4.10
Beginning March 25, 2024
$4.30
Beginning March 25, 2025
$4.50
Beginning March 25, 2026
$4.70
Beginning March 25, 2027
$4.90
Beginning March 25, 2028
$5.10
Beginning March 25, 2029
$5.30
Beginning March 25, 2030
$5.50
3. 
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 wastewater meter(s) or separate water meter(s) installed and maintained at the contributor's expense, and in a manner acceptable to the Village.
C. 
For those contributors which 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 is:
1. 
Twelve cents ($0.12) per pound BOD per month.
2. 
Five and three-tenths cents ($0.053) per pound SS per month.
D. 
Any user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the Village's treatment works, or any user which discharges any substance 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 such user shall be as determined by the responsible plant operating personnel and approved by the Board of Trustees.
E. 
The user charge rates established in this Section apply to all users of the Village's treatment works, regardless of the user's location.