New Franklin Rates to Be Charged ordinance (§ 700.040)

A. From and after the first (1st) day of the first (1st) month following the passing of this Section, August 10, 2009, the monthly rates required and which shall be charged and collected by the City of New Franklin, Missouri, for water service shall be as follows:

1. For the first one thousand (1,000) gallons or fraction thereof, a minimum charge of twelve dollars ($12.00).

2. For every one thousand (1,000) gallons or fraction thereof after the first one thousand (1,000) gallons, a charge of six dollars forty-nine cents ($6.49).

B. The Governing Body of the City of New Franklin, Missouri, hereby finds and determines that the rates, fees and charges for the use and services of the combined waterworks and sewage system of the City are necessary and adequate at this time to meet the requirements of Sections 250.010 to 250.250, RSMo.

C. All water meters shall be read and bills for water and sewage services shall be rendered monthly as such services accrue. The City Collector or other officer or representative of the City designated to prepare and render bills for water and sewage services shall calculate monthly the amount of each bill for water service and shall add thereto the amount to each of such customer's bill for sewage service and shall render monthly to each customer a combined bill for such water and sewage services. All such bills shall be due and payable at the office of the City Collector during the regular hours of business from and after the date of the rendition thereof.

D. If any bill for water and sewage services, or for either water service or sewage service (if any customer shall receive one (1) service but not both), shall remain due and unpaid after ten (10) days from the date of the rendition thereof, an additional charge of ten percent (10%) thereof shall be added thereto.

E. If any bill for water and sewerage services, or for either water or sewer service (if any customer shall receive one (1) service but not both), shall be and remain unpaid for as long as twenty (20) days, service to such customer shall be discontinued and shall not be reconnected until all past due bills are paid in full together with a reconnection charge of sixty dollars ($60.00).

F. Application for water and sewage services shall be made to the City Collector or other person designated by the Board of Aldermen by the owner or occupant of the property to be served and upon the approval of such application, such applicant shall have the right to connect with the City's combined waterworks and sewage system, all costs of such connection to be borne by such applicant. The Board of Aldermen may hereafter prescribe a connection charge to be paid by any such applicant at the time of his/her application.

G. The occupant and user of the premises receiving water and sewage services, or either of them, and the owner of said premises shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for such services rendered on said premises. The City shall have the power to sue the occupant or the owner, or both, of such real estate in a civil action to receive any sums due for such services plus a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court.

H. Water services shall be supplied only through water meters installed and meeting the City's specifications. No free water service or sewage service shall be furnished to any premises or the owner or occupant thereof, except to the City itself and in the event that revenues derived by the City from its combined waterworks and sewage system shall at any time prove insufficient to pay the cost of maintenance and operation thereof and to pay the interest on and principal of the combined waterworks and sewage system revenue bonds of the City issued to improve and extend such system or any part thereof and to establish and maintain reasonable reserves as provided in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds, then the City will thereafter pay a fair and reasonable charge for all water and sewage services furnished the City or any of its departments by the combined waterworks and sewage system, and such payments will continue so long as the same may be necessary in order to prevent any default in the payment of the interest on or principal of the combined waterworks and sewage system revenue bonds of the City or while any such default shall exist.

I. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person or persons to tamper with any water main, water meter or sewage line or to make any connection to the combined waterworks and sewage system of the City without written permission from the City or to reconnect service when service has been disconnected for non-payment of a bill for service until such bill, including the reconnection charge, has been paid in full. Upon conviction, there shall be imposed a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00).