WINONA SEWER RATES
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NOTICE OF HEARING
Town of Winona Lake Indiana, Sewage Works
TO: Users and Other Interested Person of the Sewage Works of the
Town of Winona Lake, Indiana
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 2, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. at
the Town Hall located at 1310 Park Avenue, Winona Lake, Indiana, the
Town Council of the Town of Winona Lake, Indiana will hold a public
hearing upon Ordinance No. 2017-12-1 which was Introduced by the
Town Council on December 19, 2017 which Ordinance provides for the
amending, by increasing the sewage rates and charges of the users,
which rates and charges are proposed, as follows:
SECTION 1. RATE STRUCTURE AND BILLING
A. Whenever the term “wastewater” is used throughout this
ordinance, it shall have the same meaning as the terms “sewage”,
“sewerage”, and “sewer” unless the content in which it is used clearly
denotes another meaning. For the use of and service rendered by the
Sewage Works of the Town of Winona Lake, rates and charges shall be
collected from the owners of each and every lot, parcel of real estate,
building or parts of buildings in possession of diverse persons that are
connected with the Town’s sanitary wastewater system or otherwise
discharges sanitary wastewater, industrial wastes, water or other
liquids, either directly or indirectly, into the Town’s sanitary wastewater
system, which rates and charges shall be payable as hereinafter
provided and shall be in an amount determinable as follows:
B.RATE STRUCTURE FOR SERVICE
Unmetered Monthly Rates Flat Monthly Rates
Unless Otherwise Noted
1. Single Family Residential Dwelling Units: $47.00 for each unit
2. 10D Single Family Residential Units: $47.00 for each unit
(5 persons constitute one unit)
3. Mobile Homes (Pad) $47.00 for each unit
4. Rooming House Room (each room) $10.20 for each room
5. Bed and Breakfast; Dormitory $47.00 plus
Plus $10.20 for each room
6. Offices, store, shops, etc. $47.00 for first 2 employees
Plus $10.20 per person over 2
7. Service Stations $99.30
8. Self-Service Laundries $34.70 per machine
9. Restaurant $99.30
Plus $3.92 per seat over 20
10. Schools $3.92 per student
Metered Rates
Hotels, Motels, Institutions, Publishers, and General Manufacturers
based upon measured water usage as follows:
Per 1,000 Gallons
First 2,000 gallons per month $20.15/thou. Gal.
Next 8,000 gallons per month $20.80/thou. Gal.
Next 30,000 gallons per month $11.50/thou. Gal.
Next 60,000 gallons per month $8.25/thou. Gal.
Over 100,000 gallons per month $6.55/thou. Gal.
Minimum Monthly Charges
Water Meter Size Minimum charges
3/4” to 5/8” $68.00
1” $154.00
1 1/4” $249.00
1 1/2” $412.00
2” $504.00
3” $745.00
4” $1,235.00
Other As determined by negotiation with the Town Council
SECTION 2. BILLING
Such rates and charges shall accrue with respect to the first billing
made by the Town to users on or after the first day of January 2018.
Such rates and charges shall thereafter be billed on the fifteenth (15)
day of each month for usage that occurred through the first (1st) day
of the month, and shall be payable on the twenty-eighth (28th) day of
that same month. For flat rate users whom are issued a coupon book,
the charges for each month shall be due on the twenty-eighth of each
month and shall be delinquent if not paid by the tenth (10) of the
following month. Payments shall be applied to the oldest outstanding
balance. As provided by I.C. 36-9-23-31, a penalty of ten percent
(10%) attaches to any payment that is not paid by the time it is due,
and the penalty is due immediately. Reading Service Fee of Ten
Dollars ($10.00) shall be imposed for failure of a property owner to
submit a meter reading for each month of such failure.
SECTION 3. SURCHARGE
In order that the rates and charges may be just and equitably
adjusted to the service rendered, the Town of Winona Lake shall have
the right to base its charges not only on volume but also on the
strength and character of the wastewater wastes which it is required to
treat and dispose. The Town of Winona Lake shall have the right to
measure and determine the strength and content of all wastewater
and wastes discharged, either directly or indirectly, into the Town’s
sanitary wastewater system, in such manner and by such method as it
may be deemed practicable in the light of conditions and attending
circumstances of the case, in order to determine the proper charge.
(a) STRENGTH OF WASTEWATER: Extra charges based on the
strength of the wastewater and liquid wastes shall be made on the
following basis:
I. Rates Surcharge Based upon Suspended Solids
There shall be charged a rate of Forty-One (41) Cents per pound of
suspended solids for each pound of suspended solids received in
excess of 250 milligrams per liter of fluid.
II. Rates Surcharge Based Upon BOD
There shall be charged a rate of Fifty-Eight (58) Cents per pound of
BOD for each pound of BOD received in excess of 250 milligrams per
liter of fluid.
(b) MANNER TO DETERMINE STRENGTH
(c) SUSPENDED SOLID/OXYGEN DEMAND.
SECTION 4:. CHARGE FOR REPLACEMENT OF PAYMENT BOOKS OR
COUPONS
Payment books or coupons for the monthly payment of wastewater
charges may be issued to an individual or entity, but the payment
book or coupons is/are for a specific real property as it is the
obligation of the specific real property to pay the rates and charges.
The initial payment book or coupons shall be issued without an
expense to the resident; however, if a subsequent payment book or
coupons is/are needed to replace the payment book or coupons
initially issued, then a charge of Six Dollars ($6.00) due and payable in
advance shall be made for each such replacement book or set of
coupons.
SECTION 5. DISHONORED CHECKS
With respect to each wastewater use charge, coupon book charge,
tap fee, or other charges provided for by this Ordinance or any other
Ordinance of the Town for wastewater charges, which is paid by a
check that is dishonored, there shall be assessed a surcharge of
Twenty Dollars ($20.00) or Five Percent (5%) of the check, not to
exceed a charge of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). This surcharge
shall be added to the wastewater use fee and shall be immediately
due and payable without notice.
All other Parts of prior Ordinances of the Town that are not in conflict
with the rates and billing provisions determined at the hearing shall
remain in full force and effect.
Any user of the Town of Winona Lake, Indiana Sewage works, any
owner of property served or to be served by the Sewage works, and
any other persons, may appear at said hearing and be heard.
Comments may be submitted in writing in advance of the hearing by
delivering them to the Clerk Treasurer of the Town at 1310 Park
Avenue, Winona Lake, Indiana 46590 and those comments will be
considered at the hearing. The hearing will be held in accordance
with I.C. 8-1.5-3-8.1 and may be adjourned and continued. Rights of
objectors exist as are provided for by I.C. 8-1.5-3-8.2.
After the hearing, the municipal legislative body may adopt the
Ordinance establishing the rates and charges, either as originally
introduced or as modified, however the Ordinance is not required to
be adopted on the day or in the meeting in which the hearing is held.
A copy of the schedule of rates and charges adopted shall be kept
on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the board
(Town Council) and the municipal clerk. An ordinance adopted that
imposes different rates and charges for service to property located
outside the corporate boundaries of the municipality as compared to
property located within the corporate boundaries of the municipality
must state in plain languages the percentage difference between the
rates and charges if there is a difference.
Following adoption of the ordinance the users of the works for service
to property located outside the municipality’s corporate boundaries, if
there are any, may be entitle to petition the commission under IC 8-
1.5-3-8.3 to review and adjust the rates and charges imposed on the
users if a petition under section IC 8-1.5-3-8.2 or under IC 36-9-23-26
with respect to the same rates ordinance has not been filed.
Kent Adams, Clerk-Treasurer
Town of Winona Lake, Indiana
1310 Park Avenue
Winona Lake, IN 46590
Tel: 574-267-5783
Prepared by James L. Walmer
Attorney for the Town of Winona Lake, Indiana
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