Boonville Rates established—inside city ordinance (§ 21-157)

(a) User charges.

(1) It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive to the protection of the

public health, safety, welfare, and convenience of the city to collect charges from all users who use the city's water system. The proceeds of such charges so derived will be used for the purpose of operating, maintaining, and retiring the debt for such public water system.

(2) Unless the context specifically indicates oth-

erwise, the meaning of terms used in this subsection (a) shall be as follows:

Operation and maintenance shall mean all expenditures during the useful life of the system for materials, labor, utilities, and other items which are necessary for managing and maintaining the system to achieve the capacity and performance for which system was designed and constructed.

Replacement shall mean expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the system to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance" includes replacement.

Shall is mandatory; may is permissive.

Useful life shall mean the estimated period during which the treatment works will be operated.

User charge shall mean that portion of the total water service charge which is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance, and replacement of the water system.

Water system shall mean any devices and systems for the storage, treatment, recycling, transmission, and distribution of water. These include transmission and distribution lines, individual systems, pumping, power, and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alterations thereof, elements essential to provide a reliable water supply such as standby treatment units and any works, including site acquisition of land that will be part of the treatment process. Water meter shall mean a water volume measuring and recording device, furnished and/or installed by the city or furnished and/or installed by a user and approved by the city. (3) The user charge system shall generate ad-

equate annual revenues to pay the costs of annual operation and maintenance including replacement and cost associated with debt retirement of bonded capital associated with financing the water system which the city may by ordinance designate to be paid by the user charge system. That portion of the total user charge which is designated for operation and maintenance including replacement of the water system shall be established by this subsection (a).

(4) Actual use rate structure.

a. Each user shall pay for the service provided by the city based on their use of the water system as determined by water meter(s) acceptable to the city. b. All monthly user charges will be based on monthly water usage and meter size. c. The rate per water customer for service from the system shall be as provided in the city fee schedule.

(5) a. All users shall be billed monthly, either in cycle one, two or three, occurring respectively on the 10th, 20th and 30th of each month. Payments are due when billings are made. Any payment not received within 25 days after the billing is made shall be delinquent.

b. A late payment penalty of $10.00 will be added to each delinquent bill. When any bill is 30 days in default, water service to such premises shall be discontinued until such bill, including all fees due, is paid following due notice and opportunity for hearing. Reconnection fees shall be paid by the customer. (6) a. The city shall review the user charge system annually and revise user charge rates as necessary to ensure that the system generates adequate revenues to pay the costs of operation and maintenance including replacement and that

the system continues to provide for the proportional distribution of operation and maintenance including replacement costs among user and user classes. b. The city will notify each user annually, in conjunction with a regular bill, of the rate being charged for operation and maintenance including replacement of the treatment works.

(b) The minimum charge to a water customer having a meter connection with the city's system shall be as stated, and said minimum rate shall be payable whether or not water is used so long as said water connection with the city's system is maintained.

(c) In addition to the fees set forth in section 21-157(a) above, the following "primacy fees" shall be collected once a year. The city shall annually charge each customer the fees assessed by the state per RSMo 640.100(5)(2) et seq. for the purpose of complying with federal requirements for maintaining the primacy of state enforcement of the federal "Safe Drinking Water Act." The annual fees are defined in the rules of Department of Natural Resources; division 60-Safe Drinking Water Commission; chapter 16-Drinking Water Fees; title 10 CSR 60-16.010. The rates set forth shall be provided in the city fee schedule.