Bylaw 2023-06 Rates for Water and Sewer (Town of Big River) — full text, Big River, Saskatchewan

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OCT 24 2023 [4-| 4 TOWN OF BIG RIVER ih BYLAW 2023 - 06 Nee A BYLAW OF THE TOWN OF BIG RIVER TO FIX THE RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR THE USE AND CONSUMPTION OF WATER AND TO FIX THE RATES TO BE CHARGED BY WAY OF RENT OR SERVICE CHARGE FOR THE USE OF THE SEWER The Council of the Town of Big River, in the Province of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: 1. All persons desiring to be supplied with water from the Municipality’s water supply system shall make application to the officials of the Municipality. Each application shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee or meter deposit in the sum of $150.00 and a service connection fee of $30.00 during regular office hours, or of $45.00 for after regular office hours. The Municipality may, by Bylaw, ration or limit the amount of water furnished to any and/or all consumers should circumstances deem to warrant such action. If the water supply is shut off from the premises of a user for infringement of the provisions of this Bylaw, same shall not be turned on until all penalties, fees, rates, charges, and arrears, if any, have been paid. Water meters shall be read every three months. The charges to be paid by the water consumer whose water service has been turned on and for persons who own the premises drained, or that are by Bylaw to be drained, into the sewer shall be those set out in Schedule “A” attached, or as amended from time to time. Persons who own or occupy premises drained, or that are by Bylaw required to be drained, into the sewer shall pay for such services a rental rate or service charge in accordance with Schedule “B” attached, or as amended from time to time. Accounts for water service and/or sewer service shall cover a period of three successive months, and shall be rendered on or before the first day of the month next following such period. Accounts shall be paid within a period of thirty days from the date on which such accounts are rendered. If an account is not paid within the said period of thirty days, the water service may be cut off. Bylaw 2018 - 05 is hereby repealed. 1|/Page This bylaw shall come into force and take effect on the day of approval being issued by the Local Government Committee. Mayor Administrator Read a third time and adopted this 18% day of October, 2023. Certified A True Copy of Bylaw # 9023-04 “HO 06: Town Administrator 2|Page ‘ fo- SCHEDULE “A” Water Rates to be charged for metered water supplied by the Town of Big River shall be as follows: a) For an amount not in excess of 2,000 imperial gallons per month or fraction thereof that shall be consumed, a minimum charge of $85.86 per 3 months shall be payable as a service charge for each water connection whether any water is actually consumed or not through the said meter connection, provided that, if a water connection is turned off by the servants of the Town at the request of the water user of such connection, no service charge shall be payable by such water user during the period within which the said water connection has been turned off. b) At the rate of $8.87 for each 1,000 imperial gallons of water consumed per month in excess of the 2,000 imperial gallons allowed above, up to a total of 32,000 imperial gallons. c) An Infrastructure Fee of $15.00 per month will be charged to each parcel of land that receives a utility bill, which will offset expenditures to the water and sewer infrastructure within the Town of Big River. SCHEDULE “B” Persons who own or occupy premises drained or required to be drained into the sewer shall pay for such service a monthly rent or service charge in accordance with the following: a) A flat rate of $59.20 per 3 months plus a charge equal to 25% of the amount charged for water consumption at that location. This rate applies to all services with the exception of those listed below. b) At locations which are not serviced by water a flat rate of $19.73 per month shall apply. 3|[Page Ww SCHEDULE “C” The Council of the Town of Big River must be satisfied that special circumstances make it appropriate to have two separate parcels of land amalgamated to be combined into one taxable parcel. In the event that Council approves amalgamation of parcels of land for a valid reason: a) The property owner is responsible to have the water service discontinued and capped off at the main at the parcel that will not be serviced with water. b) The property owner is responsible for the costs associated with the service being discontinued. c) If a request to amalgamate parcels of land is approved by Council, a $2000.00 refundable deposit is to be paid to the Town of Big River from the property and once the water service to the parcel of land which will no longer be serviced with water is capped off at the main, the deposit will be refunded. 4|Page