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NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PROPOSED RATES AND CHARGES
Property owners and other interested parties in the Town of Leesburg, Indiana, are hereby notified that Ordinance No. 2011-2 establishing rates and charges for services to be rendered by the Sewage Works was introduced at a meeting of the Leesburg Town Council held on October 10, 2011. At a meeting of the Leesburg Town Council to be held at 6:30 p.m. (Leesburg Time) on November 14, 2011, in the Town Hall, there will be a public hearing on the matter of rates and charges, and consideration of adoption of said Ordinance No. 2011-2, which provides in part as follows:
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 determined by equivalent single-family dwelling units. Sewage service bills shall be rendered once each month (or period equaling a month). In any event, the equivalent dwelling unit (“EDU”) for any customer shall not be less than one. The schedule on which said rates and charges shall be determined is as follows:
| All Class I Users | Monthly Rate | |
| Billing costs -per monthly bill | $3.31 | |
| User charge per EDU | $32.30 | |
| Debt service charge per EDU | $37.39 | |
| EDU Determinants | EDU Factors | |
| Residential | 176 gpd | 1.0 |
| Single family residence | 176 gpd | 1.0 |
| Apartments/unit | 176 gpd | 1.0 |
| Mobile home court/space available for rent | 176 gpd | 1.0 |
| Retail establishments | 20 gpd per employee | .11 |
| Gasoline service station: | ||
| with only two (2) restrooms | 400 gpd restroom | 2.27 |
| with only unisex restroom | 600 gpd per restroom | 3.41 |
| Restaurants, drive-ins, bars & organizations | ||
| w/eating and/or drinking facilities | 17 gpd per seat | .10 |
| Car wash | 440 gpd per car wash bay | 2.5 |
| Other commercial | 20 gpd per employee | .11 |
| Institutional: | ||
| Schools per pupil enrolled | 9 gpd per pupil | 0.51 |
| Churches & other religious organizations | 3 gpd per seat | 0.17 |
| Governmental: | ||
| Offices | 20 gpd per employee | .11 |
| Community center | 3 gpd per seat | 0.17 |
| Industrial | 20 gpd per employee | .11 |
| Section 7. |
In addition to an inspection fee, the owner of any lot, parcel of real estate, or building connecting to the sewage works whose property was not included in the original construction and installation of the works and who has not paid the monthly rates and charges set forth herein shall pay a connection charge for each connection to the works in the amount of $1,000 per equivalent single-family dwelling unit. Connection charges shall be imposed on all connections made to future extensions of the works.
At such hearing and prior to final adoption of said Ordinance, all interested parties may appear and be heard. A copy of Ordinance No. 2011-2 may be examined at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer.
Dated this 28th day of October, 2011. Jan Carter Clerk-Treasurer n3
