8685 Water RatesORDINANCE NUMBER 8685
(Published in The Salina Journal 1979)
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE RATES, FEES OR CHARGES FOR THE USE OF
AND SERVICES RENDERED BY THE COMBINED LATER AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF
SALINA; PROVIDING THE PROCEDURE FOR BILLING AND COLLECTION THEREOF; AMENDING
ARTICLE III OF THE SALIVA CODE AND REPEALING THE EXISTING ARTICLE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Article III of Chapter 35 of the Salina Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Chapter 35
ARTICLE III
RATES
"Section 35-54. Scope.
The Board of Commissioners hereby finds and determines that the
rates, fees or charges for the use of and services rendered by the
combined water and sewerage system of the city, in order fully to meet
the requirements of the statutes of the State of Kansas, will be
hereinafter specified, subject, however, to such changes therein and
revisions thereof as may be made from time to time by the city.
"Section 35-55. Water rates established.
Except for the minimum amounts allowed, the monthly water rates
to be charged and collected for water service furnished to any user by
the waterworks system of the city, the same being a part of the
combined water and sewerage system of the city, shall be as follows:
Sec. 35-55(1). Rates inside city:
First 2,000 cubic feet at $0.56 per 100 cubic feet
Next 28,000 cubic feet at $0.38 per 100 cubic feet
All over 30,000 cubic feet at $0.35 per 100 cubic feet
Multiple consumers served by a master meter are charged
at $0.56 per 100 cubic feet for all water consumed in
excess of the minimum allowance.
Sec. 35-55(2). Minimum. The following are hereby established as
the miminum charges for users of water using the prescribed
size of meter and not to exceed the maximum volume of water
for each minimum charge on a monthly basis:
Monthly
Meter size
Minimum
Cubic Feet
(Inches)
Charge
Allowed
5/8
$ 2.90
300
3/4
1
4.50
5.65
500
600
1�
9.45
11000
2
11.60
11100
3
21.50
2,000
4
112.10
25,000
6
160.15
30,000
8
182.00
30,000
Sec. 35-55(3). Rates outside city. The general specific
and minimum rates charged for water produced and sold by the
waterworks system of the city as now or hereafter prescribed
by ordinance are hereby declared to be applicable only to
water consumed or used within the limits of the city. The
minimum charge for water consumed or used outside the limits
of the city shall be two (2) times the minimum charge for
water consumed within the city. Hater consumed or used
outside the city in a volume in excess of the minimum for
each meter shall be charged at the regular rate plus twenty-
five percent (25%) thereof. The rates prescribed herein
shall not apply to situations wherein the waterworks system
of the city is bound by noncancellable contracts to provide
water at other rates to consumers or users outside the city.
Sec. 35-55(4). Rates for ruraZ water districts. Any contract
executed by the city to furnish water to a rural water
district organized pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 82a of
the Kansas Statutes Annotated or any amendments thereto
shall specify that the rates to be charged for said water
furnished shall be one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of
the rate specified in Section 35-55(1) for multiple users
through a single meter or battery of meters as provided in
Section 35-44 or any amendments to either of said sections.
"Section 35-56. Charge for water used by City.
All water used by any city department for any purpose whatsoever,
excepting only that used by the fire department for extinguishing
fires, shall be measured and charged for in the same manner as water
used by private consumers at a rate to be fixed by the Board of
Commissioners. Where it is impracticable to meter the water so used,
it shall be estimated by the Director of Utilities.
"Section 35-57. Charge when meter fail.s to register.
In case any meter fails to register for any cause, the amount
charged for water during such period shall be estimated by the Director
of Utilities, such estimate to be based on the average amount registered
during a like preceding period and such other information as is
available.
"Section 35-58. Charge for bulk sales of water.
The charge for the bulk sale of city water, being the sale of
water by the city for use off the premises where metered and sold,
shall be two dollars and ten cents ($2.10) per thousand (1,000)
gallons.
"Section 35-59. Hydrant rental.
For all fire hydrants located in water mains outside of the
limits of the city, the person for whose benefit such fire hydrants
are installed shall pay a fire hydrant rental of twenty-five dollars
($25.00) per annum per hydrant which shall be payable quarterly in
advance. No fire hydrant shall be connected to any water main outside
of the city without notice and without securing permission from the
Director of Utilities and no such hydrant shall be or remain connected
to any such water main unless the rental due thereon shall be paid
within ten (10) days after the same becomes due.
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"Section 35-60. Sewerage rates established.
The monthly sewerage rates to be charged and collected for the
use of and services rendered by the sanitary sewerage system of the
city (such system as the term is used in this article to include all
means by which sewage is transported, treated, and disposed of in and
by the city's sewer lines, pumping stations, sewage treatment plants,
outfall sewers, and any and all appurtenances thereto), said sewerage
system constituting a part of the combined water and sewerage system
of the city, and to all customers or users of said sewerage system,
including all persons, firms, corporations, city departments, the
United States of America, the State of Kansas, all subdivisions of
such state, and all institutions, organizations, and others whose
premises are connected or may hereafter be connected directly or
indirectly to the city's sanitary sewerage system, shall be as follows:
FOR SEWER CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY RECEIVING !DATER SOLELY FROM
THE CITY'S WATERWORKS SYSTEM, EACH RESIDENTIAL UNIT BEING SERVED
BY ITS OWN WATER METER:
Sec. 35-60(Z),. For each residence, apartment, or other
residential dwelling unit in the city, each such unit being
served by its own water meter, sewerage charges which shall
be calculated in the manner hereinafter provided and shall
be based on the gross consumption of water by such customer
as recorded by each water meter serving the premises of such
customer, as follows:
For the first 500 cubic feet or less,
of water consumed each month ........
For the next 500 cubic feet of
water consumed each month ............
. .x,2.00 per month, which
amount shall be the
minimum charge for each
residence, apartment or
other residential dwelling
unit; at the rate of 40¢
for each 100 cubic feet;
At the rate of 32d per eac
100 cubic feet;
For the next 1,000 cubic feet of
water consumed each month ............. At the rate of 29� per ea
100 cubic feet;
For the next 3,000 cubic feet of
water consumed each month ............. At the rate of 24¢ per each
100 cubic feet;
For the next 15,000 cubic feet of
water consumed each
month
.............
At
the rate of
19� per each
100
cubic feet;
For the next 20,000
cubic
feet of
water consumed each
month
.............
At
the rate of
13� per each
100
cubic feet;
For the next 40,000
cubic
feet of
water consumed each
month
.............
At
the rate of
09¢ per each
100
cubic feet;
For the next 70,000
cubic
feet of
water consumed each
month
.............
At
the rate of
06� per each
100
cubic feet;
All over 150,000 cubic feet of
water consumed each
month
.............
At
the rate of
03� per each
100
cubic feet;
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Provided, however, that in the month of June of each year
the average monthly gross consumption of water according to
the meter reading for each customer for the preceding months
of January, February, and March shall be ascertained and the
monthly sewage service charge to be paid by each customer
for each of the next succeeding twelve (12) months, beginning
with the month of July and ending with the next succeeding
month of June, shall be based on said average monthly
consumption of water by such customer during said preceding
three (3) month period as determined by the meter reading
during the months of January, February, and March.
Sec. 35-60(2). The monthly sewage service charge to each
commercial, industrial, or other customer except those
specifically covered elsewhere in this article shall be
based on the average monthly gross consumption of water
according to the meter readings for said customer, said
meter readings taken in December, and each succeeding month
to and including the subsequent December. Provided, that
following the month of January, and prior to the month of
July, and continuing in the same specified period each
succeeding year, the average monthly gross consumption of
water according to the meter readings for said customer,
said meter readings taken each month during the preceding
twelve (12) months from December to January shall be
ascertained. The monthly sewage service charge to be paid
by each such customer for each of the next succeeding twelve
(12) months, beginning with the month of July and ending
with the next succeeding month of June, shall be based on
said average monthly consumption of water by such customer
during said preceding twelve-month period.
Sec. 35-60(3). For each commercial, industrial or other customer
having a sewer connection directly or indirectly with the
city's sewerage system and discharging therein sewage of
such volume, type, or character as shall place an unusual
burden on the city's sewage treatment plant and system, such
fair and eouitable sewage charges and amounts as may be
fixed from time to time by the governing body of the city,
taking into consideration the sewage burden aforesaid. If
the quantity or type and character of such sewage discharged
into such system shall render it difficult to establish a
fair and equitable sewage charge, the customer shall at his
sole cost and expense install and maintain in good operating
condition suitable meters or measuring and sampling devices
of standard type and design at the appropriate point or
points as are necessary to properly determine the
characteristics of the sewage and measure the customers'
sewage discharge and shall permit the employees and
representatives of the city to read such meter or measuring
devices, and sewage charges for such customer shall be
established in accordance with such metering records and/or
sampling analysis.
FOR MULTIPLE LIVING UNITS WITHIN THE CITY SERVED BY A MASTER
WATER METER OR METERS:
See. 35-60(4). For multiple living units not more than three (3)
in number of any kind or character (including mobile home
courts) located within the city and served by the city's
waterworks through a master water meter or meters, sewage
charges based on the gross consumption of water as recorded
by said master water meter serving said units, calculated in
accordance with the schedule hereinabove set forth in
Section 35-60(1) hereof for each residence, apartment, or
other residential dwelling served by its own water meter.
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Sec. 35-60(5). For multiple living units four (4) or more in
number of any kind or character (including mobile home
courts) located within the city and served by the city's
waterworks through a master water meter, sewage charges
based on the gross consumption of water as recorded by said
meter, calculated as follows:
For the first 500 cubic feet or less,
of water consumed each month ..........
For all over 500 cubic feet of
water consumed each month ............
$2.00 each month,
which amount shall be
the minimum sewage
charge for said
multiple living units
served by said master
water meter;
At the rate of 32¢ pe
each 100 cubic feet;
FOR RESIDENTIAL SEWER CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY RECEIVING WATER
FROM A SOURCE OTHER THAN THE CITY'S WATERWORKS SYSTEM:
Sec. 35-60(6). For each residence, apartment, or other residential
dwelling unit in the city receiving water solely from a
source other than the city waterworks system, the monthly
sewage service charge shall be two dollars and twenty cents
($2.20) per month.
FOR SE!,1ER CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY RECEIVING WATER FROM BOTH
THE CITY WATERWORKS SYSTEM AND OTHER SOURCES:
Sec. 35-60(7). Each residence, apartment, or other residential
dwelling unit and each other such customer whether person,
firm or corporation, receiving water from both the city
waterworks system and other sources shall be charged as
stated in subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5), whichever
is applicable. The combined usage shall determine the sewer
service charges, according to the rates hereinbefore
specified. Provided that where the total amount of water
discharged to the sanitary sewer system is not twenty-five
percent (25%) more than the water consumed from the city
waterworks system, no sewer service charge shall be made on
that portion of water discharged to the sanitary sewer
system which is more than the water consumed from the
waterworks system.
FOR ALL SEWER CONNECTIONS OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL RECEIVING !DATER
SOLELY FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN THE CITY WATERWORKS SYSTEM:
Sec. 35-60(8). For each commercial, industrial or other such
customer whether person, firm, or corporation receiving
water solely from sources other than the city waterworks
system, the monthly sewer charge shall be based on sewage
flows determined by engineering surveys conducted by
representatives of the city. Said charges shall be as
established in subsections (1), (2), or (3), whichever is
applicable. If the quantity or type and character of such
sewage discharged into such system shall render it difficult
to establish a fair and equitable sewage service charge, the
customer shall at his sole cost and expense install and
maintain in good operating condition suitable meters or
measuring and sampling devices of standard type and design
as required to determine the characteristics of the sewage,
at the appropriate point or points as are necessary to
properly measure the customers' sewage discharge and shall
permit the city to read such meters, measuring or sampling
devices, and sewage charges for such customer shall be
established in accordance with such metering records and/or
sampling analysis.
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EXISTING ►MATER WELLS TO BE REGISTERED, APPLICATION TO BE MADE FOR
PERMIT TO DRILL WATER WELL AND CHANGES IN CAPACITY OR USE OF WELLS
TO BE REPORTED:
Sec. 35-60(9). Each owner of a water well which furnishes water,
any portion of which is discharged into the city's sewage
system, shall register the same as to location, capacity,
and ownership with the city's Building Inspector who shall
furnish a copy of each such registration to the Director of
Utilities.
If any person, firm or corporation shall desire to drill
a new water well which would furnish water any portion of
which is discharged into the city sewage system, application
therefor shall be made by the owner of the premises to the
city's Building Inspector and a permit issued by him before
such well is drilled.
If any change is made in the capacity or use of any
water well now or hereafter, the water of which well is
discharged either wholly or in part in the city's sewage
system, the owners of such well shall make a written report
of such change to the city's Building Inspector who shall
furnish a copy thereof to the Director of Utilities.
Sec. 35-60(10). Failure to comply with any of the provisions
aforesaid relating to the registration of existing wells,
the obtaining of a permit to drill a new well, and the
reporting of changes in the capacity or use of any well,
shall constitute a misdemeanor.
SEWERAGE RATES AND CHARGES FOR SEWER CONNECTIONS LOCATED OUTSIDE
THE CITY:
Sec. 35-60(11). All of the sewerage rates and charges hereinbefor
specified shall apply solely to users receiving sewerage
service within the city. For sewerage service furnished by
the city to connections outside the city, the minimum monthly
charge shall be twice the minimum monthly charge made for
similar service within the city. For service outside the
city in excess of said monthly minimum charge, the rate
shall be the rate applicable for the same service within the
city, plus twenty-five percent (25%) thereof.
Sec. 35-60(12). All of the sewerage rates hereinbefore in this
section specified shall be applied in a fair and equitable
manner; and if in any case special or unforeseen circumstance
arise, they shall be taken into consideration by the officers
and representatives of the city and by its Board of
Commissioners in determining the amount of such charges as
applied to the particular case.
"Section 35-61. Reduction in sewer charge when some water not
discharged to sewers.
If any user of water shall use more than two thousand (2,000)
cubic feet of water in any month for commercial or industrial purposes,
and if, as established by separate meter installed and maintained by
such user, or by other records kept and maintained by such user and
open for inspection by the city's representatives, more than one-
fourth (1/4) of the water so used by said customer was not discharged
into the city's sewage disposal system, then the sewerage charge made
to such customer for the use and service of the city's sewage disposal
system shall be based on the amount of water furnished such customer
during said month, less the amount of such water which was not
discharged into the city's sewage disposal system.
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"Section 35-62. Covenant not to decrease rates.
The city hereby agrees, in consideration of persons, firms,
corporations and partnerships buying revenue bonds, to extend, enlarge
and improve the waterworks plant and system or sewer system, not to
decrease the rates prescribed as aforesaid until all such bonds and
interest thereon are fully paid.
"Section 35-63. Free service prohibited.
No water or sanitary sewerage service shall be furnished or
rendered by the city's combined water and sewerage system free of
charge.
"Section 35-64. Billing and collection; disconnection of service for
nonpayment.
See. 35-64(1). All water meters, except those specifically
installed for the sole purpose of irrigating yards and lawns
shall be read and bills for water and sewerage service (or
either) rendered monthly, and such bills shall be collected
as a combined bill for water and sewerage service furnished
each customer. Each bill shall be payable upon the rendering
of such bill and if not paid on or before the specified due
date as shown on said bill, such bill shall be considered
delinquent.
A delinquency and termination notice shall be issued
within five (5) days after a bill is delinquent. The
delinquency and termination notice shall provide the customer
of record with the following information: (1) The amount
due on the unpaid balance; (2) the customer's right to a
hearing before the department; (3) notice that service will
be terminated in ten (10) days if the bill remains unpaid.
If the customer of record is not the occupant where water
service is provided, then the department shall provide
similar notification to the occupant. The request for a
hearing must be no later than three (3) working days before
the date of discontinuance. Such hearings will be conducted
by one or more of the following representatives, Director of
Utilities, water office supervisor, or such other
representative of similar management grades as may be
appointed by the Director of Utilities. The department is
authorized to discontinue and disconnect water service for
any customer who shall be delinquent in the payment of
bills. Customers are responsible for furnishing the
department with their correct address for billing purposes.
If the service to the property shall be disconnected,
it shall remain disconnected until such customer shall pay
the full amount of all water and sewer bills, including such
cash deposit as the Director of Utilities may require and a
reconnection charge of ten dollars ($10.00).
Sec. 35-64(2). All water meters which are installed for the sole
and specific purpose of irrigating yards and lawns shall be
read and bills for such water service rendered monthly
during the months of May through October, inclusive. Water
consumed during the months of November through April,
inclusive, shall be metered and the meter read and bill for
such water consumed during this period rendered with the May
reading. Payment for such water service furnished would be
due and payable in the same manner as set forth in Section
35-64(1) and the same procedure therein provided for the
collection, notification and disconnection of service for
delinquent accounts shall be applicable.
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Sec. 35-64(3). It shall be the duty of the representative of the
city at the time in charge of the collection of water and
sewerage service rates, to notify the Director of Utilities
of all delinquencies in the payment of monthly bills, and
said director shall proceed immediately to disconnect service
to any customer who is in arrears for the period hereinbefore
specified.
"Section 35-65. Department not responsible for delivery of bill;
duplicates.
The Water and Sewerage Department does not assume the
responsibility for speedy and safe delivery of, or failure to receive
bill; a duplicate may be obtained by calling in person at the office
of the department.
"Section 35-66. Corrections and refunds.
The Director of Utilities shall have authority to make corrections
or refunds of overpayments or improper water bills due to error in the
Water and Sewerage Department, but shall have no authority to remit or
diminish a bill for any other reason.
"Section 35-67. Service not to be furnished until accounts paid.
Whenever any consumer of water shall move from one location or
premises to another in or adjacent to the city, or whenever water is
turned off at any premises on account of the failure of the consumer
to pay the water charges for water used on any such premises, or
whenever any consumer or applicant for water service is indebted to
the Water and Sewerage Department of the city for any water or sewerage
service previously furnished to him either at the premises for which
an application is made or at any other place in the city, the Director
of Utilities shall refuse to turn on or authorize the turning on of
water for any such consumer or applicant at any place until all previou
charges due to the department for whatever premises, have been fully
paid by such consumer or applicant, and all other requirements and
charges, whether in the nature of penalties, shut off or turn on
charges, or deposits, shall have been paid, and no applicant or
consumer shall be entitled to have water turned on at any premises
until all such charges and requirements have been fully paid and
complied with.
"Section 35-68. Regulations to secure payment authorized.
The Director of Utilities shall be authorized to make such
reasonable rules and regulations to secure the payment of any sums
due the department as may, in his judgement, be necessary.
"Section 35-69. Combined reading of multiple meters; when permitted.
The water consumption, as shown by multiple meters servicing a
single structure or a group of structures having a single or common
plumbing system, may be combined for purposes of computing charges.
All single meter installations shall be computed for billing on
an individual basis.
"Sections 35-70 - 35-78. Reserved."
Section 2. That the existing Article III of Chapter 35 of the Salina
Code is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: January 15, 1979
Passed: January 22, 1979
(SEAL)
Attest:
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D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
Jack Weisger, ,r, Mayor