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(PUBLISHED IN THE SALINA JOURNAL
1961.)
ORDINANCE NO. � S 41J'_
ATI ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR THE USE OF ArdD SERVICES
RENDERED BY THE 'NATER AT;D SE1ffAGE SYSTEM U:' THE CITY OF SAUNA, K 2i !SAS, AND
ES'T',_BLISHING REGULATIONS �111ITH RESPECT THERETO; PRESCRIBING TITS MARINER OF PAY-
ANT OF ACCOUNTS 'iu -TEN DUE; PROVIDING FOR THE DISCONNECTION OF 'WATER AND SEVER.
SERVICE FOR NONPAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR TAMPERING "oJITH THE
MATER AND SFUAGE SYSTEM; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS THEREOF IN CON-
LI CT H� 1KI TH .
!JIMEREAS, the City of Salina, Kansas, hereinafter referred to as the
"City", pursuant to the provisions of Sections 10-1201 to 10-1212, inclusive,
General Statutes of Kansas, 1949j, and all amendments thereto, by Ordinance No.
5798 of said City, passed August 3, 19532 authorized the issuance of its 10iraterworks
Revenue Bonds, Series B, in the principal amount of ,1,000,000, dated August 1,
1953, of which bonds $748,000 principal amount, being bonds numbered 253 to 1,000,
inclusive, each in the denomination of $1,000, remain outstanding and unpaid, and,
pursuant to the provisions of said ordinance and of said bonds, said City will
call said bonds for redemption and payment on August 1, 1961, and will refund said
bonds, and
WHEREAS, said City, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 10-1201 to
10-1212, inclusive, General Statutes of Kansas, 1949, and all amendments thereto,
by Ordinance No. 6011 of said City, passed November 8, 1955, authorized the issu-
ance of its Waterworks Revenue Bonds, Series C, in the principal amount of $600,000,
dated October 1, 1955, of which bonds $431,000 principal amount, being bonds num-
bered 167 to 6003 inclusive, each in the denomination of $1,000, remain outstanding
and unpaid, and, pursuant to the provisions of said ordinance and of said bonds,
said City will call said bonds for redemption and payment on August 1, 1961, and
will refund said bonds, and
WFE EAS, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 10-1201 to 10-1212, in-
clusive, General Statutes of Kansas, 1949, and all amendments thereto, the govern-
ing body of the City of Salina, Kansas, adopted a resolution providing for the
alteration, improvement, extension and enlargement of the waterworks owned by said
City at a total cost not exceeding $1768,000, such cost to be paid with the pro-
ceeds of an issue of waterworks improvement revenue bonds of said City in a prin-
cipal amount not exceeding $768,000, to be issued in accordance with the provisions
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of said statutes, and
tdHEREAS, notice of the intention of the City to make said alterations,
improvements, extensions and enlargements and to pay the cost thereof by the issu-
ance of the City's waterworks improvement revenue bonds was duly published as re-
quired by law, and no written protest against the making of said alterations, im-
provements, extensions and enlargements was filed in the office of the City Clerk,
and the governing body of said City is now authorized to issue revenue bonds under
said statutes for the purpose of paying the cost of said improvements, and
WHEREAS., pursuant to the provisions of Sections 10-1201 to 10-1212, in-
clusive, General Statutes of Kansas, 1949, and all amendments thereto, the governing
body of the City of :Salina, Kansas, adopted a resolution providing for the altera-
tion, improvement, extension and enlargement of the sanitary sewer system ovined by
said City at a total cost not exceeding $1,650,0003 such cost to be paid with the
proceeds of an issue of sewer system revenue bonds of said City in a principal
amount not exceeding $lp650,000, to be issued in accordance with the provisions of
said statutes, and
�'aHEREAS, notice of the intention of the City to make said alterations,
improvements, extensions and enlargements and to pay the cost thereof by the issuance
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of the City's sewer system revenue bonds was duly published as required by law,
and no written protest against the making of said alterations, improvements, ex-
tensions and enlargements was filed in the office of the City Clerk, and the govern-
ing body of said City is now authorized to issue revenue bonds under said statutes
for the purpose of paying the cost of said improvements, and
'IHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 12-856 to 12-868, in-
clusive, 1959 Supplement to the General Statutes of Kansas, 1949s the governing
body of the City of Salina, Kansas, by Ordinance No. ��� , passed June 27, 19613
has combined the waterworks system and the sewage disposal system of said City, as
said systems are defined and referred to in said Sections 12-856 to 12-868, in-
clusive, 1959 Supplement to the General Statutes of Kansas, 199, and said combined
water and sewage system will, from and after July 11 1961s be operated and financed
in accordance with the provisions of said statutes, and
_ZiEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of said Sections 12-856 to 12-868,
inclusive, 1959 Supplement to the General Statutes of Kansas, 19119, and particularly
Section 12-868, the governing body of the City of Salina, Kansas, will issue its
Combined 'dater and Sewage System Revenue Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of
$3,6OO,000 for the purpose of redeeming and paying the outstanding 1,7aterworks Reve-
nue Bonds of the City, Series B, dated August 1, 1953, and Series C, dated October
1, 1955, hereinbefore referred to, and for the purpose of altering, improving, ex-
tending and enlarging the water and sewer system of said City as hereinbefore re-
ferred to, and
ZEREAS, under the provisions of said statutes, it is the duty of the
governing body of said City to make provision for the payment of the Combined Water
and Sewage System Revenue Bonds of the City to be issued as aforesaid by fixing
rates, fees or charges for the use of or services rendered by said water and sewage
system, which rates, fees or charges shall be sufficient to pay the cost of opera-
tion, improvement and maintenance of said utility and to pay the principal of and
the interest upon said revenue bonds when due,
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NW, THEREFORE, DE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF
SALINA, KANSAS, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The governing body of the City of Salina, Kansas, hereby finds
and determines that upon the issuance of the Combined Vater and Sewage System Reve-
nue Bonds of the City of Salina, Kansas, hereinbefore referred to, the rates, fees
or charges for the use of and services rendered by the combined water and sewage
system of said City, in order fully to meet the requirements of the statutes of
the State of Kansas, will be as hereinafter specified, subject, however, to such
changes therein and revisions thereof as may be made from time to time by said City.
Section,, from and after the date of the issuance of any of the
:*3,600,000 principcunt of Combined Yater and Sewage System Revenue Bonds of
the City of Salina, Kansas, the initial 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 sewage system of the City,
shall be as follows:
Rates Inside City
First 2,000 cu.
ft. r@
.25 per
C
cu. fto
or 33.33 per M gallons;
Next 3,000 cue
ft. @
.22 per
C
cue ft.
or 29.33 per M gallons;
Next 5,000 cu.
ft. @
.19 per
C
cu. ft.
or 25.336 per M gallons;
All over 10,000 cu.
fto ®
.15 per
C
cu. ft.
or 20.000 per M gallons.
Except for the minimum amounts allowed, the following are hereby established as the
minimum charges for regular uses 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 t,
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Monthly
Meter
Minimum
Cu. Ft.
Gallons
Size
Charge
Allowed
Allowed
5/81,
1.75
Soo
3,750
3/4"
2.45
700
5, 250
1 "
4.20
1,200
9,000
lett
7.70
2, 200
16, 500
3 "
16.30
3, 200
24,000
2 It
11.20
5, 000
37, 5OO
4 "
27.20
9.'000
67.9500
6 "
46.50
1.7,000
127,500
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Rates Outside City
The general specific and minimum rates charged for water produced and sold by the
Waterworks Department of the Cit of Salina as now or hereafter
p y prescribed by
x; ordinance are hereby declared to be applicable only to water consumed or used
within the limits of the City of Salina. The minimum charge for water consumed
E� or used outside the limits of the City of Salina shall be two times the minimum
charge for water consumed within the city. For water consumed or used outside
f the city in a volume in excess of the minimum for each meter shall be charged at
the regular rate plus twenty-five per cent (25%) thereof. The rates prescribed
herein shall not apply to situations wherein the Waterworks Department of the
City of Salina is bound by noncancellable contracts to provide water at other
rates to consumers or users outside the city.
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Section 3. From and after the date of the issuance of any of the
3,600,000 principal amount of Combined ,,Water and Sewage System Revenue Bonds of
the City of Salina, Kansas, the initial monthly sewage rates to be charged and
collected for the use of and services rendered by the sanitary sewage system of
the City (such system as the term is used in this ordinance 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 sewage system constituting a part of the combined
water and sewage system of said City, and to all customers and users of said sewage
system, including all persons, firms, corporations, city departments, the United
States of America, the State of Kansas, all subdivisions of such State, and all in-
stitutions, organizations and others whose premises are connected or may hereafter
be connected directly or indirectly to the Cit yts sanitary sewage system, shall be
as follows:
FOR SEWER CONNECTIONS RECEIVING I ATER
FROM THE CITY'S WATER'i ORKS SYSTEM
(1) For each residence, apartment, or other residential dwelling unit and
each customer, whether person, .firm or corporation having no commercial or indus-
trial sewage placing an unusual burden on the Cityts sewage treatment plant and system
by reason of volume, type or character of sewage, sewer charges which shall be cal-
culated monthly 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:
$1.35 per month, which amount shall be
the minimum sewage charge for each resi-
dence, apartment or other residential
dwelling unit,
For the next 500 cubic feet of
water consumed each month --- At the rate of 22f per each 100 cubic feet,
For the next 1,000 cubic feet of
water consumed each month --- At the rate of 200 per each 100 cubic feet,
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each COfi' "lei'Clal, indLi.3turial OT' OtY_'-c'4
a e?ae- ccnnection directly t,_ C _T,, s ,�
or �nd-.� e.. cly ? � the �.,__'.,,; ,�e?vG,e s e;..
and t'r-,erein se7aJL e o ' ;�;uc'r`� Troy ,!'.e, t;= -,)e or
ha11 place an unusual burden on t .e City' .se?'a:r e treatr_ent ;lana -_�!c�-
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consideration FOR
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i.e ne_>t 3,000 cu'_yc
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For
the ne.It 15,000 cubic
feet of
Tate-!, :;onsu ed each
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't the rate
of
12/ per
each 100
cubic
feet,
All
over 20,000 cubic feet
of
.-cater consured each
r:?o,i'cl -----
P'— the rate of
8/ 00- 2
each 100
cubic
feet,
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the dont lyr
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aVC._ c JE3 i:'i0Y1tI11y :Ong Ji: -n tion Of wa -e i by 3u c, C1.. t011:C L'. _'1n'� cis
p='ecedy c 'VTh2ee-::onthst .J �r' . '^l !�� a 1.... -,_y
period con. i "tin;; , o t'r.e r.on o: J�--r i ,
Fe-l,L�ua?,J and I,Ia_,ch.
each COfi' "lei'Clal, indLi.3turial OT' OtY_'-c'4
a e?ae- ccnnection directly t,_ C _T,, s ,�
or �nd-.� e.. cly ? � the �.,__'.,,; ,�e?vG,e s e;..
and t'r-,erein se7aJL e o ' ;�;uc'r`� Troy ,!'.e, t;= -,)e or
ha11 place an unusual burden on t .e City' .se?'a:r e treatr_ent ;lana -_�!c�-
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p �y� I
!'�� y �.JC?�:QVe ,.ha._�,e w> and amounts .��, .iiGv 'C
s"\r;� Cell_, such a � and equitable char - e_- � „- ' 7r -
iYea O"r? tir;':e to ti _-e b- the -oveminZ Jody o_ the City, ta'{in 1n O
consideration FOR
se?.,a�;e bu7rdY(end a7f'o.-e, saTi�d7T. 7
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'OUq OCHER 7'H;�i1 I CITY J v'J1. 'i d'TC' 1i i YJ E11
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(1) o each--esidence, ap,a- t rent o_ of -he;- residen-;i-1
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dwellin unit -and each CL'_(�tOIle1', Z'I'netheL' pei'30n; fi'_1 Or COr1�0I'a"GiOn
r comme �cial of indL ial
i.aV1_1_; 110 1^��' � se?'7a<<?,'e plaCln an LiC?usUal tia=_'den
on the City's ce:^Ta_;e t"eatment 1-)lan'Land system ;Jy-,.-ea son oTvolJ1"''.e,
ty-pe, or Characte ' of sewa-c, a-^Onthly .ewe' ch.ai `;e 01 `,'>l._7)0 pe=' 17onth
(2) For each C0wIIiiercial, industrial Or other Cutito:ilel i-!aVinJ
a 3ewe - connection directly or indirectly with the City' s se raSe treat-
-__ent plant- and system and dischar ing the--ein sewa-e of' such vol _ne,
type or cha ,acter as shall place an un,a, ual bu:oden on the City' : ewa_;e
treat -:lent -rlant and system, such fair and equitable sewage c ar es and
anio 7.1zts as may be fixed 1ro3,111 time to tir e b,r t.ne overnin� body of the
Cit -,r, takinL into consideration the sewar,e burden aforesaid. If the
quantity or type and character of such seware discharged into SUcl
syotel;i shall render it difficult to establish a fair and equitable
sewn( -e charc;e, the customer shall at his sole cost and exr)cnse install
and maintain in food operating; condition suitable neters or rleasu_-in-
devices of standard type and design at the appoopriate point or pointy
as are necessary to nrone.°ly measure the custo::ler's settiTae dischar,e
and shall permit tl".e City to read such meters or measuring devices, and
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sewa-e chart e3 for such customer ;shall be ew,taLlir3hed in accordance
v,,iti_ such .ieterinf, records.
Oection 4. If any user of water shall use more than 2.9000
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, o2 by other records kept and ,iaintained by 3ucl, user and
o-oen for inspection by the City's representatives, -.sore than one fourth
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of the water so used by said customer was not discharged into the
City's sewage disposal :system, then the oewa-e char3e .made to such
cu,torne-° for the use and services of the City's sewage disposal system
shall be based on the amount of water furnished such custo ne,' durinn;
said month, less the amount of such water which was not, dischar ed into
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Section 5. No water or sanitary sewage service shall be
;furnished or rendered by the City's combined ,•nater and sewage system
free of cl" arg e .
Section 6. Y 11 water meters shall be _read and bills for water
and sewage :services (or either) rendered monthly, and such bill shall
be collected as a combined bill for water and sewage service furnished
each customer. Each bill shall becor.,e due and ,Jayable upon the render-
ing of such bill and, if not paid within t8n: days after the date on
!-which the bill is rendered, such bill s'r_all be considered delinquent
and an additional charge of shall be rade on t_�e gross amount
of said bill, and notification by mail --hall be given to the cu.storae"r
at the address of the water or sewer connection that such bill, tiith
said °' delinquency charge, shall be paid ,,iithin ten days or grater
or sewer service, or both., to the property will be disconnected, and
a "5 disconnection charge will be assessed. Ii such bill be not "raid
t,rithin said period of ten days, service to the property shall be dis-
connected and -shall remain disconnected until such custor,e-r shall pay
the full a:,,ount of all water and sewer bills, including the delinquency
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charge and also a disconnection charge of $5 and a reconnection charge
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It shall be the duty of the representative of the City at the
time in charge of the collection of water and sewage service rates to
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notify the superintendent or manager of the City's Crater and sewage
syster:, of all delinquencies in the payment of monthly bills, and said
superintendent or manager shall proceed immediately to disconnect
:service to any Customer who is in arrears for the 1Jeriod hereinbefore
specified.
:rection 7. It shall be a misder:,eanor. for any person or
persons to ta_nper with any waterrain, water deter, or ot�er water
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i—enance, or any sewer line or sewer appurtenance, or to make any
connection to the water and sewage system of the City without written
permission fror.. the City, or to re -connect water or sewer service w1len
it has been diocontinued for nonpayrient of a bill fon service, -intil
ouch bill has been paid in full, including the amount of any chart e
Ior delinquency and the disconnection and re -connection fees herein-
befo re specified. Upon conviction, there .Shall be imposed a fine of
not leas than Ten Dollars (ti�10) nor r io °e than One Hundred Dollars (' 100).
rection 8. All oyrdinanceo and -resolutions and parts Hereof
of the City of ;Salina, Kansas, in conflict herewith are hereby el>�oreosly
repealed in so far as they conflict hereviith.
rection 9. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force froiii and after its passage and publication once in the official
City newspa e��
PASSED by
the Cor:i,.ission of the City of ;Salina, Kansas, this
day of U+ h(, 1981.
ATTEST:
(SIGNED)
City Clerk.
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Mayor.