CITY OF NAPANEE - -SEWAGE WORKS PROPOSED RATES

NOTICE OF A HEARING ON PROPOSED RATES AND CHARGES
FOR NAPPANEE SEWAGE WORKS

Property owners and other interested parties in the City of Nappanee are hereby notified that Ordina nce No. 1431, establishing rates and charges for services to be rendered by the Sewage Works, was introd uced at a meeting of the City Council held on August 4, 2009. At a meeting of the City Council to be hel d at 7:00 pm on August 17, 2009, in the Nappanee City Hall, there will be a public hearing on the matter of th e rates and charges and consideration of adoption of said Ordinance No. 1431, which provides in part as foll ows:

Section 3.

(a)

The sewage rates and charges shall be based on the quantity of water used on or in the property or premises subject to such rates and charges, as the same is measured by the water meter there in use, plus a base charge based on the size of the water meter installed, except as herein otherwise provided. F or the purpose of billing and collecting the charges for sewage service, the water meters shall be read mon thly and the users shall be billed each month (or period equaling a month). The water usage schedule on

(b)

For users of the sewage works that are unmetered water users or accurate meter readings are not available, the monthly charge shall be determined by equivalent single family dwelling units; except as herein provided. Sewage service bills shall be rendered once each month (or period equaling a month) . The schedule on which said rates and charges shall be determined is as follows:

Phase I - Effective Upon Adoption of This Ordinance MONTHLY RATE

USER DEBT CHARGE SERVICE TOTAL Residential Single Family Residential/Unit $22.02 10.23 32.25

(d) In order to recover the cost of monitoring industrial wastes or wastes described in sub-section (e) of this Section, the City shall charge the user not less than $40.00 per sampling event plus the actual cost for collecting and analyzing the sample(s) as determined by the City or by an independent laboratory. This charge will be reviewed on the same basis as all other rates and charges in this Ordinance.

At such hearing and prior to final adoption of said Ordinance, all interested parties may appear and be heard. A copy of Ordinance No. 1431 may be examined at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer.

Dated this 6th day of August, 2009 Kimberly A. Ingle, Clerk-Treasurer City of Nappanee a6