Chapter 17 Waterworks
TOWN OF NEWELL
Chapter 17
Waterworks
Section 1. How Superintended:
The City Council, either directly or by special Waterworks Committee or by a Superintendent of Waterworks, shall have charge of the waterworks system belonging to the City of Newell.
Section 2. Compensation:
The compensation of the Superintendent of Waterworks shall be fixed by, and subject to change by, the City Council.
Section 3. Application of Water:
Every person desiring installation of City water services shall make Application there for to the Superintendent of Waterworks in such a Form as prescribed by the City Council, such Application to be filed and Tapping Fee paid in advance at the Office of the City Auditor.
Section 4. Tapping Fee:
The charge to tapping a City water main and delivery of water by the City to the property line, including the furnishing of a curb box by the City, shall be fixed free time-to-time by the City Council, provided that such charge shall not be less than the average cost to the City.
Section 5. Meters:
Amended By: Ordinances 67, 71
Section 6. Water Rates: Amended by: Ordinance 67
Minimum Water Rate: $15.75 per month for Residential and Commercial usage. This entitles each used up to and including one thousand (1,000) gallons of water
Additional Rate: $1.75 per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water will be
assessed each month for water usage over the Minimum amount.
A monthly Fee of $3.00 for irrigation water and maintenance entitles each user to irrigation water for seasonal watering and becomes due as part of the monthly utility bill.
A $5.00 monthly Fee is applied to all City utility customers who request their meters by read by the City Employees. Any customer who does not provide the City with a meter reading or payment by the 10th of each month shall pay a reading Fee of $25.00
A Re connection Fee of $25.00 will be assessed for re connections during the hours of 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM Monday through Friday (regular scheduled hours). And a re connection Fee of $35.00 for after hours and holidays.
Monthly Statement will be sent on the 15th of each month. IF not paid by the 10th of the following month, it shall be considered delinquent and a late payment charge of $25.00 will be assessed. If payment is not received at the Finance Office at 8:00 AM on the 15th of each month you will be disconnected and will be required to pay the amount in full including payment of the re connection Fee of $25.00 as stated above, before your water will be reconnected.
Payment Application to the Utility Bill shall be as follows: garbage payment, sewer payment (s), Water Bond, Irrigation Fee, water payment.
Section 7. Rates for Joint Service Delivery:
Amended by Ordinance No. 67
Section 8. Special Deliveries of Water:
Water sold by delivery at the City Pump House into water tanks shall be at the rate of one ($1.00) dollar per tank of approximately four hundred (400) gallons, provided that that no sale shall be made or deliveries allowed to any person or agent in violation of the provisions of this Chapter.
Section 9. Restrictions on Sale:
Amended by: Ordinance No. 67
Section 10. Collecting:
Amended by Ordinance No. 07-03
Ordinance 137 Establishes Irrigation Rates and Land Classification
Section 11. Penalty for Non-payment:
(Amended by Ordinance 07-03)
All water rents shall be due and payable upon presentation of bills for same, and in case of failure of any person, firm or corporation taking water from the meter system of the City to pay their water rent by the 10th of each month after the same shall turn the water off from such delinquent’s premises, and the same shall remain turned off until all rental due, including a penalty or additional charge of thirty five ($35.00) dollars, shall be been paid.
Section 12. Plumber:
No Permit will be granted to any person, firm or corporation, to lay service pipe in any Street, Avenue or Alley or otherwise in the City for connection with any water main, or insert a stop-cock or ferrule therein, except to a plumber duly licensed and qualified as hereinafter prescribed.
Section 13. Plumber’s License:
Any person desiring a License as a plumber shall make Application in writing therefore to the City Council, giving his name, or in case of applicant being a firm or corporation, the name of each member thereof with place of business; said Application stating his willingness to be governed in all respects by Rules and Regulations of the Council now adopted or hereafter to be adopted concerning his business, and furnish the Council evidence that he is or has in his employ a person regularly trained and educated in the plumbing trade and that he is in all respects a suitable person to receive such a License. If satisfied that the applicant is properly qualified a License maybe issued by the City Auditor upon the applicant’s meeting the requirements of this Section and payment of a License Fee of ten ($10.00) dollars.
Section 14. Plumber’s Bond:
No License shall be issued to any plumber until he shall have first delivered to the City Auditor a good and sufficient Bond approved by the City Council in the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars, guaranteeing that he shall indemnify and hold harmless the City of Newell from any all damages that may be suffered by any person in consequence of any opening that may be made by him or under his direction in any Street, Avenue or Alley or elsewhere within the City Limits, for the purpose of putting in service pipes or for any other purpose; that he will in every case when he shall have an exaction in any Street, Avenue or Alley for any purpose restore the street, pavement or ground to as good a condition as that in which he found it; and that in doing work or business as a plumber under his License he will in all respects conform to the Regulations established by the City Council concerning Waterworks; that he will pay all damages that the City at any time may suffer by reason of failure on his part or any of his employees on account of either negligence or unskillful ness to perform or protect any work done under his License; and will pay the damages sustained by the City or any person by whom he may be employed by reason of unfaithful or unskillful work done under his License.
Section 15. Plumber’s Report:
Within forty eight (48) hours after laying any service pipe and making connection with any water main the plumber shall file in the Office of the City Auditor a full and true and complete report in which he shall show by description and diagram the exact location of the tap and service pipe, the Lot and Block number, where said work has been done, and any other such information as may be required by the City Auditor or the City Council to enable them to determine accurately the Location of any and every tap and service pipe.
Section 16. Excavations:
No excavations in any Street or public place shall be made without the direction of the Waterworks Superintendent or the proper committee of the City Council, and all such excavation if necessary to be left open over night shall be guarded by light signals and barriers during the night sufficient to avoid accidents. In case the excavation work is contracted to any plumbing
Company or firm it shall be the duty of that company or firm to see that the excavations are properly filed as soon as connections are made, and that the filing is done and maintained until the loose dirt is again settled so as to preserve an even grade in the Street where said excavation was made.
Section 17. Power to Examine:
The Superintendent of Waterworks or any person designated by the City Council or Mayor of the City shall at all times have the right to inspect for approval or disapproval the work of any plumber done under License. Such Inspector shall also have right at all reasonable hours to enter any premises or buildings supplied through the water system of the City for the purpose of reading meters or inspecting of same, or any waterworks fixtures pertaining to the system.
Section 18. Liability of City:
The City shall not be liable under any circumstances for any deficiency of failure in the supply of water to the consumer whether occasioned by shutting the water off for the purpose of making repairs or connecting or for any cause whatever. In case of fire or an alarm of fire or making repairs or constructing new works the Superintendent may shut off the water and keep it shutoff so long as he shall deem it necessary.
Section 19. Penalty:
Any person violating any of the provisions of the Chapter or hindering in the carrying out of the provision of same shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a Fine of not over one hundred ($100.00) dollars and Costs, and shall stand committed until such Fine and Costs are paid.