<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 40-6. - System rates and charges.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Authority.</span> The BOC shall fix rates for water and water services furnished to customers of the
               system. Said rates and charges shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of all
               expenses of administration, operation, maintenance, repair and improvement of the
               system as may be necessary to keep the system in good working order. The schedule
               of rates and charges shall be revised or amended by ordinance or resolution from time
               to time by the BOC.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Minimum service charge.</span> The owner of each premises or property which is connected to the system with a service
               connection ready to be used shall pay a minimum service charge for each service. Minimum
               service charges and consumption rates are contained in the county's service rate table.
               Should a property owner elect to provide service to an unimproved property which uses
               no water, the minimum fee shall be the same as the minimum service fee.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Tapping charges.</span> Before any tap is made within the county, the person seeking the tap shall make application
               to the superintendent. All fees must be paid prior to the tap being made, including
               the fee for cutting the street. The street cut shall be paid regardless of whether
               in fact, the paving is cut or not, providing, however, in the event the boring method
               is used, a charge equal to the cost plus ten percent shall be payable in advance to
               the superintendent.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Water consumption rates.</span>
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               (1)
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               The minimum service charge will be contained in the county's service table, including
               charges for each gallon of water used. The services rate table is reviewed, revised
               as necessary, and adopted each budget year by the BOC and is available to the public
               at the clerk to the BOC's office in the county administration building. Municipal
               and volunteer fire departments will be exempt from all service charges.
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               (2)
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               All temporary connections will be billed at the rate contained in the county's service
               rate table.
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               (3)
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               Connection charges after the initial hook-up period for new users of the system will
               equal the connection charge as contained in the county's service rate table.
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               (4)
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               Reconnection charges. Whenever it becomes necessary to shut off the water service,
               whether requested by the customer or required as a result of delinquency, a reconnection
               charge will be assessed. The reconnection charge is contained in the county's service
               rate table. Restoration of service for a user who pays a delinquency and all accompanying
               charges will be a priority although same day restoration is not guaranteed.
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               (e)
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               <span class="ital">Entire water supply metered.</span> Owners/users using meters shall have their entire water supply to the premises on
               which they sit metered, and they will be charged for all water that passes through
               the meter, whether used or wasted.
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            <p class="historynote0">
               (<a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="14528" data-ordinance-id="1301605">Ord. of 7-1-2024</a>)
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