Property owners, ratepayers and other interested parties served or to be served by the Sewage Works of the Town of Silver Lake, Indiana, are hereby notified that Ordinance No. 03-01-18, establishing rates and charges for services to be rendered by the Sewage Works, was introduced at a meeting of the Town Council held on February 14, 2018. At a meeting of the Town Council to be held at 7:00 PM on March 7, 2018 in the Town Hall, 604 North Jefferson Street, Silver Lake, Indiana, 46982, there will be a public hearing on the matter of the rates and charges, and consideration of adoption of said Ordinance No. 03-01-18, which provides in part as follows:
Section 3.
All Class I Users
(1) Treatment rate per 1,000 gallons of usage per month $3.89
Plus:
(2) Base Rate per month:
Water Meter Size
5/8"-3/4" meter $ 19.00
1" meter 53.30
1-1/4" meter 87.70
1-1/2" meter 128.90
2" meter 225.25
3" meter 523.20
4" meter 935.75
6" meter 2,104.70
8" meter 3,754.95
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 will be determined is as follows:
Equivalent User
Factor Charge
Residential:
Single Family Dwelling Unit 1.00 $38.45
Commercial:
Barber or Beauty Shop: First 3 employees 1.00 38.45
Each additional employee .25 9.61
Retail Establishments:
First 3 employees 1.00 38.45
Each additional employee 0.25 9.61
Gasoline Service Station:
First 3 employees 1.00 $38.45
Each additional employee 0.25 9.61
Grain Elevator:
First 3 employees 1.00 38.45
Each additional employee 0.25 9.61
Laundromats, Washeterias/Washers 0.75 28.84
Motel, rooming houses, bed &
breakfast & similar establishments:
First rental room 1.50 57.68
Each additional rental room 0.50 19.23
Professional Offices:
First 3 employees 1.00 38.45
Each additional employee 0.25 9.61
Restaurants, drive-ins, bars & organizations
with eating and/or drinking facilities:
First 2 employees 1.00 38.45
Each additional employee 0.25 9.61
Service Stations/Auto Repair:
Without car wash:
First 3 employees 1.00 38.45
Each additional employee 0.25 9.61
With car wash:
Per car wash bay 1.00 38.45
Telephone Company:
First 3 employees 1.00 38.45
Each additional employee 0.25 9.61
Veterinarian's Office:
First 2 employees 1.00 38.45
Each additional employee 0.333 12.80
Recreation Areas:
Campgrounds-per campsite 0.30 11.54
Plus: First 3 employees 1.00 38.45
Each additional employee 0.25 9.61
Institutions:
School Per Pupil Enrolled
(5-day school week) 0.10 3.85
Churches & other religious organizations
without eating and/or drinking facilities:
For each 200 members, or fraction thereof 1.00 $38.45
Churches & other religious organizations
with eating and/or drinking facilities:
For each member 0.10 3.85
Governmental:
Community Center 1.00 38.45
Offices:
First 3 employees 1.00 38.45
Each additional employee 0.25 9.61
Post Office:
First 3 employees 1.00 38.45
Each additional employee 0.25 9.61
Fire Department/without
sleeping quarters: 1.00 38.45
Each truck bay 2.50 96.13
Industrial:
Manufacturing-Unmetered:
First 2 employees 1.00 38.45
Each additional employee 0.25 9.61
d) In order to recover the cost of monitoring industrial wastes, the Town shall charge the user not less than $25.00 per sampling event plus the actual cost for collecting and analyzing the samples(s) as determined by the Town or by an independent laboratory.
Section 4.
d) In the event two (2) or more dwelling units such as mobile homes, apartments, or housekeeping rooms discharging sanitary sewage, water, or other liquids into the Town's sanitary sewage system, either directly or indirectly, are users of water, and the quantity of water is measured by a single water meter, then in such case, billing shall be for a single service in the manner set out elsewhere herein, except that the minimum bill shall be in the amount of $19.00 per month per dwelling unit over one (1) served through the single water meter. In the case of mobile home courts, the number of dwelling units shall be computed and interpreted as the total number of mobile home spaces available for rent plus any other dwelling units served through a meter. A dwelling unit shall be interpreted as a room or rooms, or any other space or spaces in which cooking facilities are provided.
Section 5.
a) Normal sewage domestic waste strength should not exceed suspended solids in excess of 200 milligrams per liter of fluid, or biochemical oxygen demand in excess of 175 milligrams per liter of fluid. Additional charges for treating stronger-than-normal domestic waste shall be made on the following basis:
1) Rate Surcharge Based Upon Suspended Solids
There shall be an additional charge of $0.35 per pound of suspended solids for suspended solids received in excess of 200 milligrams per liter of fluid.
2) Rate Surcharge Based Upon BOD
There shall be an additional charge of $0.43 per pound of biochemical oxygen demand for BOD received in excess of 175 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. 03-01-18 may be examined at the office of the Clerk? Treasurer.
