Property owners and other interested parties in the Town of Mentone are hereby notified that Ordinan ce No. 10-414, establishing rates and charges for services to be rendered by the sewage works, was intr o duced at a meeting of the Town Council held on June 7, 2010. At a meeting of the Town Council to be held at 6:30 p.m. on June 21, 2010, in the Mentone Town Hall, there will be a public hearing on the matte r of the rates and charges and consideration of adoption of said Ordinance No. 10-414, 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 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. For 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:
which determined shall be as follows:
Phase II - Effective January 1, 2011
All Class I Users
(1) Treatment rate per 1,000 gallons per usage per month:
USER
DEBT
CHARGE
SERVICE
TOTAL
$5.13
$1.38
$6.51
Plus
(2) Base rate per month:
5/8” - 3/4”
$16.40
$2.46
$18.85
1”
30.07
6.93
37.00
1 1/4 - 1 1/2”
59.84
16.66
76.50
2”
97.76
29.14
126.90
3”
215.14
67.46
282.60
4”
378.13
120.37
498.50
6”
838.46
271.69
1,110.15
8”
1,488.80
484.55
1,973.31
MONTHLY RATE USER DEBT CHARGE SERVICE TOTAL
Residential Single Family Dwelling Unit (based on 5,000 gallons) $42.04 9.36 51.40
(a)
Normal sewage domestic waste strength should not exceed a carbonaceous biochemicial oxygen demand of 200 milligrams per liter of fluid, or suspended solids in excess of 50 milligrams per lite r of fluid. Additional charges for treating stronger-than-normal domestic waste shall be made on the following b asis: SECTION 5. Phase II - Effective January 1, 2011
(1)
Rate Surcharge Based Upon Suspended Solids - There shall be an additional charge of $1.92 per pound of suspended solids for suspended solids received in excess of 50 milligrams per liter of flui d.
(2)
Rate Surcharge Based Upon CBOD - There shall be an addtional charge of 51¢ per pound of carbona ceous biochemical oxygen demand for CBOD received in excess of 200 milligrams per liter of fluid. At such hearing and prior to final adoption of said Ordinance, all interested parties may appear and be heard. A copy of Ordinance No. 10-414 may be examined at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer.
Dated this 11th day of June, 2010. Barbara Ross, Clerk-Treasurer j11
