Columbia Review of user charge rate structure ordinance (§ 22-265)

The user charge rate schedule shall be reviewed and adjusted annually to:

(1) Maintain the proportional distribution of operation, maintenance and replacement (OM&R) costs among user classes.

(2) Provide adequate revenues to cover OM&R and capital costs.

(3) Apply any excess or shortage of revenue collected from a class of users to the costs of OM&R attributable to that class to the following year(s) and adjust the sewage service rates accordingly.