Clay Water Rates

TOWN OF CLAY
AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH WATER RATES;CONNECTION CHARGES;
RECONNECTION CHARGES; DELAYED PAYMENT PENALTY AND OTHER CHARGES
FOR SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS OF THE WATER WORKS SYSTEM OF THE TOWN OF CLAY.
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CLAY HEREBY ORDAINS: The following rules, rates and charges are hereby fixed, determined and established for water services provided to all general domestic, commercial and industrial users and customers of the Town of Clay Municipal Waterworks System, commencing upon the effective date as hereinafter provided and in accordance with the following Rates and Schedules:
SECTION 1. SCHEDULE OF WATER RATES
AND CHARGES
SCHEDULE NO. 1
APPLICABILITY:
Applicable within entire area served.
AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE:
Available for general domestic, commercial and
industrial service.
METERED RATE:
For all customers with meter water supply:
First 2000 gallons per month         $8.01 per 1000 gallons
Next 18,000 gallons per month         $6.21 per 1000 gallons
All over 20,000 gallons per month    $4.28 per 1000 gallons
MINIMUM CHARGE:
No monthly bill will be rendered for less than the following amounts, according to the size of the meter installed:
5/8-inch meter     $    16.02 per month
3/4-inch meter     $    24.03 per month
1-inch meter    $    40.05 per month
1 1/2-inch meter     $    80. 10 per month
2-inch meter     $    128.16 per month
3-inch meter     $    240.30 per month
4-inch meter    $    400.50 per month
6-inch meter     $    801.00 per month
8-inch meter    $    1,281.60 per month
RESALE RATE:
Sales for resale    $ 3.92 per 1000 gallons
Applicable to Clay County PSD and Clay-Roane PSD
DELAYED PAYMENT PENALTY:
The above tariff is net. On all current usage billings not paid within twenty (20) days, ten (10) percent will be added to the net current amount unpaid. This delayed payment penalty is not interest and is to be collected only once for each bill where it is appropriate.
COLLECTION CHARGE:
A service charge of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) shall be made for each separate connection to the water system from and after the effective date of passage of the Town Ordinance.
DISCONNECTION FOR NON-PAYMENT:
If any bill is not paid within (60) days after the date of the bill, service to the customer will be disconnected and will not be restored until all past due bills have been paid in fill and all accrued penalties plus a reconnection charge have been paid.
RECONNECTION CHARGE:
The reconnection charge shall be $25.00
LOCK DAMAGE FEE:
A fee of $25 will be charged to any customer who destroys (cuts) the lock to any meter that has been shut off by any Clay water employee or Agent.
DEPOSIT:
A deposit of fifty dollars ($50) shall be required of each customer prior to being connected or reconnected. Said deposit shall be refunded to the customer after the customer has paid all bills in full for 12 consecutive months.
LEAK ADJUSTMENT INCREMENT:
$0.99 per 1000 gallons
To be used when the bill reflects unusual consumption which can be attributed to eligible leakage on customer’s side of the meter. This rate is used to calculate consumption above the customers’ historical usage.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE
The Schedule No. 1 – Water Rates, delayed payment penalty, tap fees, reconnection charge, leak adjustment rate and other charges provided herein shall become effective forty-five (45) days after final enactment hereof, or as soon as the same may be approved by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
SECTION NO 3. SEPARABILITY, REPEAL
OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES
The provisions of the Ordinance are separable and if any clause, provision or section hereof shall be held void or unenforceable by the West Virginia Public Service Commission or any Court of competent jurisdiction such as holding shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance. Upon the effective date hereof all Ordinances are, to the extent of such conflicts, hereby repealed and to the extent that the provisions of the Ordinance do not touch upon the provisions of prior Ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof, the same shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION N0. 4. STATUTORY NOTICE
AND PUBLIC HEARING
Upon introduction hereof, the Recorder shall cause there to be published a copy of this Ordinance once a week for two (2) successive weeks within a period of fourteen (14) consecutive days, with at least six (6) days between each publication in the Clay County Free Press, a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Clay and said notice shall state that this Ordinance has been introduced and that any person interested may appear before Council on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 4:30 p.m., which date is not less than ten (10) days after the first publication of the Ordinance and Notice, and present any comment or protest thereto, following which hearing Council shall take such action as it shall deem proper. Copies of this Ordinance shall be available to the public for inspection at the Office of the Recorder, Town Hall, Clay, West Virginia.
First Reading:    June 2, 2015
Second Reading:    June 23, 2015
TOWN OF CLAY, WEST VIRGINIA, a municipal
corporation.