99.01    SEWER SERVICE CHARGES REQUIRED.  Every customer shall pay to the City sewer service fees as hereinafter provided.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 384.84)

99.02    RATE.  Each customer shall pay a sewer service charge and a user charge as follows:

1.         Service Charge.  The service charge for each user of the City sewer system shall be $5.22 per billing account per month until subsequently changed as provided by law.  In addition, $2.00 per dwelling unit per month shall be billed to be set aside for sanitary sewer repair and maintenance.                                               (Ord. 03-13 – Aug. 03 Supp.)

2.         Domestic User Charge.  The user charge whose average waste contribution is less than 60,000 gallons per month and BOD of less than 250 mg/L, and suspended solids less than 250 mg/L, and oil and grease less than 100 mg/L and whose discharge contains no waste referred to in Section 97.03, is classified as a domestic user.  The domestic user charge shall be $1.02 per 100 cubic feet of water used as determined by water meter readings for billings mailed November through June, and $0.92 per 100 cubic feet July through October.                (Ord. 03-13 – Aug. 03 Supp.)

A.        For all customers with one-inch (1") or smaller water meters, this user charge shall only be charged for the first 6,000 cubic feet of water used per two-month billing period.

B.         The July through October rate for user charges is designed to reflect high summer water consumption primarily for the watering of yards and may be temporarily modified by the Council by resolution when the Council deems it necessary or advisable due to unusual weather conditions.

3.         Industrial (Wet and Dry) User Charge.  Any user whose average contribution exceeds 60,000 gallons per month, or contains more than 250 mg/L of BOD, and/or contains more than 250 mg/L of suspended solids, and/or more than 100 mg/L of oil and grease or who discharges waste referred to in Section 97.03, is classified as a Class I (Wet and Dry) Industry.

Monthly Consumption:  Inside City Limits

0 to 1,000 gallons - $12.22 (minimum bill)

All over 1,000 gallons - $0.82 per 100 cubic feet plus surcharge for use over the normal domestic waste as follows:

BOD                $0.85/lb. if over 250 mg/L

SS                    $0.105/lb. if over 250 mg/L

TKN                $0.27/lb. if over 200 mg/L

(Based on monthly averages as tested by the City or their representative.)

4.         Periodic Review.  The user charge and service charge shall be periodically reviewed but not less than annually by the City Manager and appropriate staff to determine the sufficiency of the revenues to pay all City expenses with respect to the operation of the sewer system.

99.03    PAYMENT OF BILLS.  All sewer service charges are due and payable under the same terms and conditions as payment for water service as established by the Water Utility Board of Trustees.  To the extent that the sewer service charges are billed as part of a combined service account, utility services may be discounted if the account becomes delinquent.

99.04    LIEN FOR NONPAYMENT.  The owner of the premises served and any lessee or tenant thereof shall be jointly and severally liable for sewer service charges to the premises.  Sewer service charges remaining unpaid and delinquent shall constitute a lien upon the premises served and shall be certified by the Clerk to the County Treasurer for collection in the same manner as property taxes.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 384.84)