ORDINANCE NO. 928 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 3-218 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO MUNICIPAL SEWER SERVICE CHARGES AND SEWER USAGE FEES; TO REPEAL OR AMEND ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND TO PROVIDE THE TIME WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FORCE AND TAKE EFFECT. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MILFORD, NEBRASKA. Section 1. Section 3-218 of the Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: “3-218 MUNICIPAL SEWER DEPARTMENT; SERVICE CHARGE. 1. For the use of the municipal Sewage System, each user shall pay a service fee plus a rental charge which shall be computed and based upon his contribution of sewage to said system. (a) The monthly contribution of sewage from each user shall be computed from the user’s average water usage for the months of January, February and March of each year. In the event there is no water usage during the entire 3 month period, the usage shall be estimated based upon the month or months of usage for said period that are available. In the event there is no water usage during any of said months, or in the event of new construction, the estimated usage determined as follows: 1. For residential properties, the billing shall be the City’s average monthly residential sewer billings for said three month period. 2. For commercial users, the billing shall be the average monthly commercial sewer billings for said three month period. 3. In the event the user is served by a private well, the well shall be metered at the cost of the user, and the sewer fee shall be based upon water used from said well for the same three month period. 4. Upon the request of any user, the monthly sewer rental shall be based upon the actual water usage during each month in lieu of the average of the months of January, February and March as provided above 5. The rates to be charged to users within the corporate limits of the City shall be as follows: (a) RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USERS: The minimum user charge for each month shall be a service fee of eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) plus a charge of one dollar and seventy cents ($1.70) per each one thousand gallons (or fraction thereof) of monthly water usage. (b) NONRESIDENT USERS: All users outside the corporate limits shall pay rates equal to two times the monthly service fee and usage rates set forth above for resident customers. (c) ABNORMAL USERS. All users with sewage which is abnormal hydraulically or organically, or which contains unusual characteristics such as heavy solids, abnormal pH, grease, oil or toxic chemicals, and similar conditions, or of excessive or unusual volume, or in the event the formula set forth in Sub-paragraph (a) does not fairly represent the average sewer usage, the user shall be subject to rates set by separate contract with the City and such user, which may require pretreatment by such user as a condition thereof. Section 2. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law. Section 3. All ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Dated this 1st day of May 2018, THE CITY OF MILFORD, NEBRASKA Nick Glanzer, Mayor Attest: Jeanne Hoggins City Clerk MT — May 16, 2018
