[Adopted as last amended 12-8-2016 by Res. No. 12-08-16-02]
The Collier Township Municipal Authority ("Authority") hereby
establishes the following rates and fees associated with the conveyance
and treatment of wastewater to those customers connected to the Authority
system.
A.
The basic rate for all customers of the sewer system shall be $6.20
per month minimum service charge plus $12.10 per thousand gallons
of water usage. The monthly minimum service charge shall apply to
each residential unit and to each commercial/industrial building connected
to the system.
B.
Any owner(s) allowing tenants, lessees or other persons to place
the billing account in the name of one other that the owner of the
property, by doing so, shall remain responsible for the usage charges
and billing charges, and by allowing others to place the sewer account
in their name, for sewer service to the property and the owner(s)
agree that the property shall be subject to a municipal lien for non
payment of the usage charges for sewer service to said property. Any
non-property-owner who opens a water or sewer account through Pennsylvania
American Water Company shall in addition to the user rate for sanitary
sewer service shall be liable for an additional annual charge of $6
to cover the cost of providing a duplicate monthly bill to the property
address.
C.
Additionally, this base rate shall be applied to and charged to any
property that has been served by a lateral connection, has a structure
that is occupied and that has received a notice to connect to the
public sewer system but has failed to connection to the sewer system
120 days after notice. Failure to connect shall not prevent the assessment
and charge of this basic rate.
The Authority further authorizes the imposition of fees to those users of the system that utilize well water and whose water usage cannot be determined by reference to water meter readings and water usage. The minimum monthly service charge as described in § SD45-2 will apply to these customers. Additionally, the charge per thousand gallons for each of these customers will be based on the average usage established and determined by ALCOSAN.
The quantity of water which does not reach a metered water user's
sewer, if separately metered in accordance with requirements of the
Authority and ALCOSAN, will not be included in the quantity upon which
the sewage charge is calculated. For reading credit meters, a charge
for the actual costs of the Authority may be imposed an assessed.
A surcharge upon industrial and commercial users of the system
is imposed to those entities depositing high strength wastes into
the system. The determination of the surcharge amount will be done
based on established formulas and testing by ALCOSAN. The Authority
will not add any additional fees to these surcharge amounts.
A charge for commercial garbage disposals equal to the charges
imposed and assessed by ALCOSAN to the Authority shall be assessed
and charged to any commercial (i.e., nonresidential) disposal discharging
to the sewer system. This charge may be assessed by the Authority
either monthly or quarterly as determined by the Authority.
All sewage charges by the Authority shall be payable on or before
the due date on the bill. After such due date, an additional 1.5%
will be applied to any outstanding balance due.
This resolution shall be effective and these rates shall be
billed as of January 1, 2017.
The charges and fees described herein supersede previously adopted
charges and fees to the extent inconsistent and shall become effective
as of January 1, 2017 in the bill for service invoiced on or after
that date.
