NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED RATES AND CHARGES Property owners, ratepayers and other interested parties in or served or to be served by the Water Utility of the Town of Silver Lake are hereby notified that Ordinance No. 12-01-11, establishing rates and charges for services to be rendered by the Water Utility, was introduced at a meeting of the Town Council on November 15, 2011. At a meeting of the Town Council to be held at 7:00 p.m. on the 27th day of December, 2011, in the Silver Lake Town Hall, 604 North Jefferson Street, Silver Lake, Indiana, there will be a public hearing on the matter of rates and charges. Section 1. That there shall be and there are hereby established for the use of and the service rendered by the waterworks system of the Town of Silver Lake the following rates and charges, based on the use of water supplied by said waterworks system: (a) Metered Rates Per Month Per 1,000 Gallons First 2,000 Gallons $9.99 Next 8,000 Gallons 7.90 Next 14,000 Gallons 5.91 over 20,000 Gallons 4.17 (b) Minimum Charge Each user shall pay a minimum charge in accordance with the following applicable size of meter installed, for which the user will be entitled to the quantity of water set out in the above schedule of rates. SIZE OF METER MINIMUM MONTHLY RATE 5/8” - 3/4” meter $20.00 1” meter 29.40 1 1/2” meter 41.10 2” meter 58.60 3” meter 88.00 4” meter 175.80 6” meter 293.00 (c) Unmetered Users For each user of the system that does not have a water meter installed, there shall be a monthly charge as follows: $35.90 (d) Fire Hydrants Private hydrants - per hydrant - per annum $879.05 Surchage for users receiving service outside Town corporate limits (per monthly bill) 5.20 (e) Private Fire Protection - Per Annum (Extinguishing fires only) - Per connection $1,464.90 (f) Public Hydrant Surcharge: Size of Meter Monthly Surcharge 5/8” - 3/4” meter $4.74 1” meter 11.85 1 1/2” meter 23.68 2” meter 37.89 3” meter 71.04 4” meter 118.41 6” meter 236.81 At such hearing and prior to final adoption of said Ordinance, all interested parties may appear and be heard. A copy of Ordinance No. 12-01-11 may be examined at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer. Dated this 5th day of December, 2011. Angela Glass, Clerk-Treasurer Town of Silver Lake, Indiana d12