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ORDINANCE NO. 3135
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SERVICE CHARGES FOR THE
WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM OF THE VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD.
PUBLISHED IN PAMPHLET FORM BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT
AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD, WILL AND
KENDALL COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, THIS 17 TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2013.
ORDINANCE NO. 3135
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SERVICE CHARGES FOR THE WATERWORKS
AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM OF THE VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD, WILL AND KENDALL COUNTIES,
ILLINOIS THAT CHAPTER 8, SECTION 8-51 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
Sec. 8-61. Rates; charges.
There are hereby established rates or charges for the use of and service supplied by
the combined waterworks and sewerage system of the village, as follows:
For water usage as indicated by the water meter
a. A minimum charge of five dollars and thirty-two cents ($5.32) per
month for the first one hundred (100) cubic feet of water or part
thereof furnished during the month.
b. A rate of five dollars and thirty-two cents ($5.32) for each additional
one hundred (100) cubic feet of water or part thereof in excess of one
hundred (100) cubic feet of water or part thereof furnished during the
month.
C. For water service only furnished to customers outside the corporate
limits of the village, the rate shall be two (2) times the aforesaid rates
in subsection (1) for water furnished to customers inside the
corporate limits of the village.
(2) For sewer service furnished to customers within the coiporate limits of the
village:
a. Basic user rate: There shall be and there is hereby established a
minimum charge and basic user rate for the use of and for services
supplied by the waste water facilities of the Village of Plainfield. A
minimum charge of eight dollars and eighty-five cents ($8.85) per
month shall be applied to all users inside the corporate limits of the
Village of Plainfield whose water consumption does not exceed three
hundred (300) cubic feet per month.
b. A user rate of two dollars and ninety-five cents ($2.95) per one
hundred (100) cubic feet shall be applied to all users inside the
corporate limits of the Village of Plainfield for water consumption in
excess of three hundred (300) feet per month.
C. Reserved.
d. The industrial and commercial user charge shall be based upon
metered water usage during each quarter. The village or user may
elect, at the user's expense, to install a sampling and flow
measurement facility and compute all charges based upon quality
and quantity of flow. In the event that meter(s) associated with the
users manufacturing processes are used in calculating water usage
and/or sewerage usage, the user shall grant access to such facility
and meter or meters at a time reasonable to the village or its agents
and shall bear the cost of ascertaining the validity and accuracy of
such meters upon demand by the village.
e. Major contributing industrial users, if required by the village, shall
install, operate and maintain a flow measurement and sampling
facility to meet village requirements and shall pay all sewer charges
based upon quality and quantity of flow from this facility. Access to
such facility shall be guaranteed the village at all times for monitoring
or checking purposes.
In addition to those charges based upon quantity of flow, all
commercial and industrial users shall pay a surcharge based upon
quality of effluent discharged to the village sewer system as follows:
B.O.D., nineteen cents ($0.19) per pound for that which exceeds two
hundred (200) mg/l on a daily average;
Suspended solids, seventeen cents ($0.17) for that which exceeds
two hundred M (250) mgA on a daily average;
Fats, grease and oil (hexane) solubles or equivalents, fifty cents
($0.50) per mg/I per one thousand (1,000) gallons for that which
exceeds one hundred (100) mg/l.
9. For sewer service furnished outside the corporate limits of the village,
all of the above charges in paragraph (2) shall be two (2) times the
aforesaid rates for sewer service furnished to customers inside the
corporate limits of the village.
h. The village shall maintain a program of monitoring industrial and
commercial effluent as it deems necessary, except that major
industries shall be monitored not less than four (4) times annually and
any commercial or industrial establishments with a population
equivalent of one hundred (100) or more shall be monitored at least
once annually. Monitoring shall consist of taking and testing "grab" or
composite samples as deemed necessary by the village. If no access
to the user's service line is available, the village may require the user
to install a control manhole in its service line.
(3) A capital improvement charge of eight dollars ($8.00) per month, per account
is hereby established for the use of and service supplied by the combined
water works and sewer system of the village regardless if they are inside or
outside the corporate limits of the Village of Plainfield.
The village will offer a ten (10) percent discount, to be applied to the total monthly
water and sanitary sewer charges, for senior citizens that qualify for the "Senior Citizens
Assessment Freeze Exemption" as defined by the county treasurer. This discount will apply
to only one (1) residential account for a qualifying senior citizen.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication in pamphlet form according to law.
PASSED THIS 16 TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2013.
AYES: Bonuchi, Lamb, Racich, Collins
NAYS: Rippy, Fay, Peck
ABSENT: None
APPROVED THIS 16 TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2013.
VILLOGE PRESIDE
VILLAGE CLERK