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Home My Public Portal AboutOrdinances-1969-62 ORDINANCE NUMBER 62 AN,ORDINANCE establishing rates, charges and rules for the use and service of the municipal water system of the Town of Tiffin, in Johnson County, Iowa. WHEREAS pursuant town election held in said Town on May 9, 1967, the Town of Tiffin, in Johnson County, Iowa, has been authorized to erect a municipal waterworks plant and system in and for said Town, and concurrent proceedings are being taken to authorize and, issue $10$,600 Waterworks Revenue Bonds of said Town to pay the cost of said waterworks; and WHEREAS 'in order to carry out this financing it is necessary that the rates and charges for the services and facilities to be furnished by and through said municipal waterworks be established as hereinafter provided; NOW, THEREFORE, Be It and It Is Hereby Ordained by the pit Town Council of the Town of Tiffin, Iowa, as follows : !' Section 1. That there shall be and there are hereby established rates and charges for the use of and for the service supplied by the municipal water system of the Town of Tiffin, based ' upon the meter readings of the amount of water consumed, as follows : 1! First 3,000 gal. or $6.00 per month ;q lesser amount per month (minimum monthly bill) Next 2,000 gal. $1.00 per 1,000 gal. Next 5,000 gal . $ .75 per 1,000 gal. Next 90,000 gal. $ .50 per 1,000 gal. All over v100,000 gal. $ . 4O per 1,000 gal. month } Section 2 . Bills for the rates and charges as herein established by the Town shall be sent monthly. All bills shall be payable on the first day of the month following the reading of, the meters and shall be paid at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town. If any charge for the services of the system shall not be paid by el 1 the 10th day of the month in which it shall become due and payable, a delayed payment charge of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bill shall be added thereto and collected therewith. If any bills for the service of the water system shall remain unpaid after 10 days following the rendition of the bill therefor, the water supply for the lot, parcel of land, or premise affected shall be cut off and shall not be turned on again except on payment in full of the delinquent charges therefor, in addition to the payment of a charge of $10.00. Section Applications for water service shall be filed with the Town Clerk upon a form to be supplied by the Town. The application shall state the name of the applicant and the premises to be served. All applications filed after the commencement of the . 1 operation of the water system shall be accompanied by a fee of ;` , $100.00 4400u0a, payable to the Town Clerk of the Town, for the connection charge . Section 4+ . The rates and charges hereinbefore prescribed shall be assessed against each premises, tenement or other place served and shall be paid by the occupant of such premises, tenement or other place, but any such rates and charges which are not paid by the occupant shall continue to be an assessment against such premises, tenement or other place and shall be paid by the owner it of such premises-, tenement or other place . Said rates and charges shall be paid by all persons, corporations and other consumers, f;. 1 including said Town, and no free service shall be -supplied to any 4'1 premises, tenement or other place . A deposit of $12.00 shall' 'be tenants 'I required from all ammxpantx . Such deposit shall be applied to any bill for water service delinquent more than 30 days . Upon the dis- connection of the water service, any balance of such deposit shall be returned to the applicant without interest . (; 3 Section 5. It is hereby made the duty of the Town Clerk to render bills for water service and all other charges in connection therewith and to collect all moneys due therefrom. Section 6. All revenues and moneys derived from the operation of the water system shall be deposited in a separate and special account of said Town designated the "Waterworks Fund Account, ' created by the resolution adopted by the Town Council of said Town on Pe(',6-/V66e ) , 1969, authorizing the issuance of the Water- ,. works Revenue Bonds referred to in the preamble hereof, and credited and administered_ as therein provided. Section 7. The Town shall establish a proper system• of accounts and shall keep proper records, books and accounts in which { complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions 1 relative to the water system and at regular annual intervals the a Town Council shall cause to be made an audit by an independent audit t , concern of the books to show. the receipts' and disbursements of the water system. Section any section 8. That if y , paragraph, clause or provision of this ordinance shall be to be invalid or ineffective for any reason, the remainder thereof shall remain in full force and effect, it being-expressly hereby found and declared that the remainder of this ordinance would have been adopted despite the invalidity of such section, paragraph, clause or provision. Section 2. That all ordinances, resolutions and orders or parts- thereof in conflict herewith are to the extent of such conflict hereby repealed, and that this ordinance shall take effect from and after its adoption and posting as provided by law. Passed and approved December / , 1969. Xeg ee?"er Mayor C. E. "Bill" Bream -Attest; Recorded December 1, , 1969 V1 //� 7) � Posted December 2, , 1969. ' 3 wn Cler Kand Kobold ,•;f, owtCler t ' 4, 31 (Attach here copy of Rate Ordinance as Posted) I, Kandy Kobold , being first duly sworn, do hereby depose and certify that I am the duly appointed, qualified and acting Town Clerk of the Town of Tiffin, in Johnson County, Iowa, and that as such Clerk I caused Ordinance No. 62 , a true, correct and complete copy of which is attached hereto, to be posted on the 2nd day of December, , 1969, in the following public places in said Town: Tiffin Locker Copper Kettle Store U. S. Post Office I do further certify that there is no newspaper published " I ° I in said Town. WITNESS my_ hand and the seal of said Town hereto affixed at Tiffin, Iowa, this 2st day of December, , 1969. )(. 11.12/ Town Clerk a (SEAL) STATE OF IOWA SS COUNTY OF JOHNSON Subscribed and sworn to before me this day, the date last above written. / Notary Public in and for. said County. My commission expires : July 4, 1972 • I, Kandy Kobold . , being first duly sworn, do hereby depose and certify that I am the duly appointed, qualified and acting Town Clerk of the Town of Tiffin, in the -County of Johnson, State of Iowa, and that as such I have in my possession, or have access to, the complete corporate records of said Town and of its Council and 6fficers; and that I have carefully compared the transcript hereto attached with the aforesaid corporate records and that said transcript hereto attached is a true, correct and complete - L copy of all the corporate records in relation to the adoption of an ordinance establishing rates and charges for services to be furnished by the municipal waterworks plant and system of said Town. WITNESS my hand and the corporate seal of said Town hereto affixed at Tiffin, Iowa, this 1st day of December, , 1969. 1f('1/, 9/ d 6 , Town Clerk Kandy Kobold (SEAL) STATE OF IOWA SS COUNTY OF JOHNSON Subscribed and sworn to before me this day, the date last above written. I 41(./ tb.„4.4,2 ,,,,P Notaryublic My commission expires : July 4, 1972 E + Tiffin, Iowa December 1 , , 1969 The Town Council of the Town of Tiffin, Iowa, met in special session at the Town Hall in said Town at 7:30 o 'clock p .M. The meeting was called to order and there were present C. E. "Bill" Bream, , Mayor, in the chair and the following named Councilmen: T. Spivey, Fred Mode , Ned Allen, Dale Flansburg • Absent : lizame . Glenn Potter The Council took up for consideration and caused to be read in full Ordinance Number' 62 , entitled "An Ordinance establishing rates, charges and rules for the use and service of the municipal water system of the Town of Tiffin, in Johnson County, Iowa. " It was moved by Councilman Allen that the rules requiring ordinances to be read, in full for three separate days be -suspended and that said ordinance be now placed in its final adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Spivey , whereupon the Mayor put the question on the motion and; the roll being called, the following voted: Aye: Allen, Flansburq, Spivey, Moore _ - i Nay: None . Whereupon the Mayor declared the motion duly carried and said ordinance was placed on its final adoption. • Councilman Allen moved that said ordinance be adopted; seconded by Councilman Spivey and after due consideration thereof by the Council, the Mayor put the question on the motion for the passage and adoption of said ordinance; the roll being called, the following voted: Aye: Spivey, Allen, Moore, Flansburg Nay: None . Whereupon the Mayor declared said ordinance duly passed and adopted and signed his approval thereto. p g Pp On motion and vote the meeting adjourned. le g Ce2 • Mayor C, E. "Bill" Bream Attest : ✓ /1 ( , T ern Clerk Kandy Kobold • 2 -