§ 50.031. CALCULATION OF SEWER USE CHARGE.

(A) Citizens Energy Group charges .73 per 1,000 gallons to treat wastewater generated by customers of the Beech Grove Sewage Works. This rate was established in 2011 and agreed upon by both the City of Beech Grove and Citizens Energy Group. Within the past year, Citizens Energy Group has petitioned the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to adjust our rates up to $3.0592 per 1,000 gallons to treat our wastewater. The Common Council shall adjust the fees to treat wastewater either by approving the rates listed below, or by approving the rates approved by the IURC. In any case, the approved rates shall be adjusted to properly provide and maintain the sewage utility.

(B) For the use of the services rendered by the sewage works, rates, and charges shall be collected from the owners and/or residents and tenants of each and every lot, parcel of real estate, dwelling unit or building that is connected to the city's sanitary sewer system or otherwise discharges sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly, into the sanitary sewer system of the City of Beech Grove. Such rates and charges include operation and maintenance. User charges, debt service cost, excessive strength surcharges and other service charges, which rates and charges shall be payable as hereinafter provided and shall be in an amount determinable as follows.

(C) For all user classes except residential users the sewage rates and charges shall be based on the quantity of water used on or in the property premises subject to such rates and charges, as the same measured by the water meter there in use, except as herein otherwise provided. For the purpose of billing and collecting the charges for sewage service, the water meters shall be read in accordance with the operating practice of Citizens Energy Group or other water suppliers, as the case may be. All users shall be billed monthly (or a period equaling a month). The water usage schedule on which the amount of said rates and charges shall be determined as follows:

Residential users of sewage works:
Effective March 1, 2013	$24.95
Effective January 1, 2014	$25.52
Effective January 1, 2015	$26.09
Effective January 1, 2016	$26.66

(D) In order to recover the cost of monitoring commercial, institutional and industrial wastes, the District shall charge the user the actual cost of sampling and analysis.

(Ord. 13-1979, passed 12-17-79; Am. Ord. 4-1980, passed 4-21-80; Am. Ord. 11-1985, passed 12-16- 85; Am. Ord. 6-l992, passed 12-21-92; Am. Ord. 4A-2004, passed 8-17-04; Am. Ord. 1, 2013, passed 2-4-13; Am. Ord. 3, 2017, passed 8-7-17)