[Ord. No. 13-22, 10-12-2022[1]]
It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive
to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare, and convenience
of the Village of Indian point to have the DPW collect charges from
all users who contribute wastewater to the Village of Indian Point's
Jake Creek Trail Treatment Works. The proceeds of such charges so
derived will be used for the purpose of operating, maintaining, and
retiring the debt for said Public Wastewater Treatment Works.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance set forth an effective date
of 1-1-2023.
[Ord. No. 13-22, 10-12-2022]
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 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 eighty-seven (287) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration
of not more than one hundred eighty-five (185) mg/l.
All expenditures during the useful life of the treatment
works for materials, labor, utilities, and other items where are necessary
for managing and maintaining the treatment 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 Village of Indian Point treatment
works whose lot, parcel of real estate, or building is used for domestic
dwelling purposes.
Any contributor to the Village of Indian Point treatment
works whose lot, parcel of real estate, or building is not used for
domestic dwelling purposes.
"Shall" is mandatory; "May" is permissive'
Any devices and systems for the storage, treatment, recycling,
and reclamation of municipal wastewater, domestic wastewater, 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 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 the 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 DPW or furnished and/or installed by a user
and approved by the DPW.
[Ord. No. 13-22, 10-12-2022]
A.
The
user charge system shall generate adequate revenues to pay costs of
annual operation and maintenance, including replacement, and costs
associated with debt retirement of capital associated with financing
the treatment works which the DPW may by its rules and regulations
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 705.040, 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.
2.
The Replacement Account shall be an account designed for the 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.
C.
Fiscal
year-end balances in the Operation and Maintenance Account and the
Replacement Account shall be carried over to the same accounts in
each 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.
[Ord. No. 13-22, 10-12-2022]
A.
The
village shall charge and collect a user charge for the use of services
rendered by the Jake's Creek Trail Wastewater Treatment Facility and
main lines connected to it (hereafter, "Sewer System"), from the owners
or occupants of each residence, building or structure which is connected
with the Sewer System of the Village or which discharges sewage, industrial
wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly, into
the Sewer System of the Village. In addition, each property owner
is ultimately responsible for any tenant's unpaid bills for DPW Sewer
System usage.
B.
User
Charge.
[Ord. No. 21-23, 8-9-2023]
1.
Effective January 15,2024, residential users shall be charged forty-five
dollars and thirty-six cents ($45.36) per sewer connection, per month.
2.
Non-residential users without water meters, including lodging facilities but excluding 680 Jakes Creek Trail and Crowne View Resort, shall be charged a base rate of four dollars and eighteen cents ($4.18) per occupant (defined as the maximum occupancy rating as determined by Southern Stone County Fire Department) per month, with the payment obligations as set forth in Subsections (C) and (D) hereinbelow.
3.
680 Jakes Creek Trail shall follow the same base rate of other lodging
facilities on the Jakes Creek Wastewater Facility of four dollars
and eighteen cents ($4.18) per occupant (defined as the maximum occupancy
rating as determined by Southern Stone County Fire Department) per
month.
[Ord. No. 33-23,[1] 12-13-2023]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided that this new rate
will go into effect at the start of the new business operation at
680 Jakes Creek Trail which will be determined by the issuance of
a Village of Indian Point business license.
4.
Within the Crowne View designated area as (described in Exhibit A),[2] which is a legal description of the land owned by Crowne
View, the rate shall be twenty-six dollars and three cents ($26.03)
per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water usage.
[2]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the Village offices.
C.
Any
user which discharges any toxic pollutants which cause an increase
in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the Jake's
Creek Trail Sewer System, 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 user shall be determined by the responsible sewer plant operating
personnel and approved by the Village.
D.
The
user charge rates established in this Chapter apply to all users of
the Village of Indian Point's Jake's Creek Trail Sewer System, regardless
of the user's location.
E.
Billing;
Late Payment.
1.
All users shall be billed monthly for the previous month. The full
balance is due on the 10th, and a late fee will be applied after the
15th of the month in which the bill is issued. Bills are usually issued
on the 1st of each month.
2.
The payment is considered delinquent after the 15th day of the billing
month. A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for residences and fifty dollars
($50.00) for commercial will be added to the bill after the 15th of
said month. Thereafter, there shall accrue interest at the rate of
three percent (3%) per month until the account balance is zero. If
an insufficient payment was received previously all future payments
must be made by money order or certified check.
F.
Review
And Revision Of Rates; Notification.
1.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Indian Point shall 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 the operation and maintenance of the Sewer System
including but not limited to the Wastewater Treatment Facility replacement
costs among users and user classes.
2.
The Board of Trustees will notify each user at least annually, in
conjunction with a regular bill, of the rate being charged for the
operation and maintenance including replacement cost of operating
the Wastewater Treatment Facility.
[Ord. No. 13-22, 10-12-2022]
A.
All
residential and commercial structures which are completed and habitable
after January 1, 2023, may be allowed to connect to the project Wastewater
Treatment System, if the DPW makes a determination that there is existing
treatment capacity in the system, and if the following conditions
are met:
1.
The owner of record installs a septic tank at his/her own cost which meets the project engineering specifications and which is suitable for use in connecting the structure to the collection system, and submits to the inspection provisions set forth in Subsection (A) above; and
2.
The owner of record pays the DPW for the effluent pump and its installation,
the installation of the service line from the septic tank to the main
collection line, and the installation of a separate electric meter
for the effluent pump; and
3.
The owner of record will be billed by the DPW for these costs and
will not be allowed to complete connection to the Wastewater Treatment
System until all costs are paid in full, and the owner of record agrees
that the cost of the electricity for the operation of the effluent
pump will be added to the monthly user charge.
4.
Payment of wastewater hookup fees.
[Ord. No. 11-23, 4-12-2023]
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Sewer System Connection Charges
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|---|---|
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Type
|
Fee
|
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Residential
| |
|
Base
|
$2,500.00
|
|
Additional structure with sewer connection
|
$500.00 for each additional structure
|
|
Commercial (non-lodging)
| |
|
Base
|
$2,500.00
|
|
Additional structure with sewer connection
|
$500.00 for each additional structure
|
|
Commercial (lodging)
| |
|
Base
|
$2,500.00
|
|
Number of occupants
|
$100.00 per occupant
|
|
Commercial (RV)
| |
|
Base
|
$2,500.00
|
|
If sewer connection is provided
|
$100.00 per site
|
|
Pump out station
|
$2,500.00
|
|
Commercial (restaurant)
| |
|
Base
|
$2,500.00
|
|
Floor drain
|
$100.00 each
|
|
Dishwasher
|
$300.00 each
|
|
Toilet fixture
|
$100.00 each
|
|
Service sink
|
$300.00 each
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