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VILLAGE OF MORTLACH
BYLAW NO. 2022-001
WATER AND SEWER BYLAW
A BYLAW OF THE VILLAGE OF MORTLACH TO FIX THE RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR THE USE AND
CONSUMPTION OF WATER AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE WATER
WORKS SYSTEM AND SEWER SYSTEM
The Council of the Village of Mortlach, in the Province of Saskatchewan, enacts as
follows:
1.
Title
This bylaw shall be known as the “Water and Sewer Bylaw”.
Definitions:
In this bylaw, the words person, persons, consumer, consumers, customer,
customers, his, her, owner, owners, resident, residents, tenant, tenants, and the
like are all synonyms and mean the person(s), organization(s), corporation(s), or
any other entity responsible for the payment of charges for water and sewer
services.
“Administrator” means the administrator of the Village of Mortlach.
“Council” means the municipal council of the Village of Mortlach.
“Village” means the Village of Mortlach and any of its employees or agents
required to undertake certain works under this or any bylaw of the Village of
Mortlach.
Waterworks System:
(1) Every person desiring to have a building connected to the waterworks
system shall apply at the municipal office of the Village for service.
(2) Service charges shall commence upon the beginning of the calendar day
on which the water service is connected.
(3) Persoris receiving water service shall pay for such services in the amount
specified by schedule “A”, attached. The minimum base rate shall be
payable in every case whether or not any water is consumed unless it has
been requested, in writing, for water to be shut off by the Village.
(4) Property owners must retain the utility account in their name when
renting out the property. A copy may be sent to current residents.
(5) All records related to the water service in regard to usage,
disconnections, etc. shall be maintained by the Administrator.
(6) The Village may enter the premises of any customer, at any reasonable
time, for the purpose of installing meters, examining pipes and fixtures,
repairing same or ascertaining the quantity of water used and the manner
of its use. Refusal to allow access constitutes grounds for immediate
disconnection of service.
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With the exception of persons authorized by the Administrator or
members of the Fire Department in the regular course of duty, no person
shall:
a. open, close or interfere with any hydrant, curb stop, gate or valve
connected with the waterworks system;
b. interfere with any stop cock, pipe or other waterworks appliance
outside of his premises; nor
c. interfere with any meter, whether inside or outside of his premises.
When water has been turned off for non-payment of rates or for failure
to protect meters or pipes to the satisfaction of the Village or for any
other reason, no person shall turn it on again who is not duly authorized
by the Administrator to do so. Water may be turned back on once arrears
have been paid.
A connection fee will be added to all utility accounts where water was
previously shut off and turned back on as specified in Schedule “A”,
attached.
The Village shall not be liable for damages caused by the breaking of a
service pipe or attachment or for temporary service disruptions for any
reason.
In any case, the Town shall have the right to limit the amount of water
supplied to any or all consumers, for the purposes of responding to an
emergency or maintenance issue, provided that reasonable measures are
taken to ensure consumers have access to reasonable amounts of water
as may be required for drinking and basic hygiene.
Every customer intending to vacate a premise supplied with water from
the waterworks system, or who intends to discontinue the use of such
water, shall give notice of the same to the Village and shall shut off the
water valve below the meter on the inside of the building before leaving.
The Town may require any or all consumers to take any reasonable
additional measures to prevent the freezing of water service lines,
including but not limited to requiring the consumer to allow water to run.
a. Any additional water usage as a result of such instruction resulting
in overage charges shall be estimated at the sole discretion of the
Village and the billing for said amount shall be deducted from
overage fees.
The Town may, in order to measure the amount of water being supplied,
install within any building connected to the waterworks system, a meter
to be placed upon any service pipe or connection that the Village deems
appropriate.
The Village may install, on the exterior of any building with a water
meter within, a device used to read the meter from outside the building
and this shall be placed on the exterior of the building at any location the
Town deems appropriate.
a. Ifrequired for building maintenance or any other reason, the owner
may apply to the Village for the temporary removal of said device
but shall not undertake to remove it on their own.
b. Should the owner or any person acting on his behalf act in violation
of subsection 3(13)(a), any reasonable costs incurred by the Village
resulting from damage to the device, including but not limited to the
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full cost of replacement of the device, shall be billed to the owner or
may be added to the owner’s utility account balance.
Every consumer shall take all measures to protect the water meter from
damage, including but not limited to that caused by freezing or
tampering, and any failure to do so may, at the discretion of the Village,
result in service being disconnected without notice.
a. Where damage to the water meter results, repairs shall be made by
the Village and all reasonable costs will be billed to the consumer or
added to the consumer’s utility account.
In the event the Village considers any meter to be insufficiently
protected from damage, the water service may be disconnected until
measures have been taken for its protection to the satisfaction of the
‘Town.
The Town may remove any water meter suspected of being inaccurate
and have the meter tested.
a. Ifthe meter is found to register up to or in between five percent over
or under the actual quantity, it shall be deemed to be correct.
b. Any consumer requesting the testing of his meter shall submit
payment of $100 and this amount will be refunded to the consumer
only if it is found that the meter reading is incorrect as defined by
subsection 3(18)(a).
c. In the event that a meter has been found to have been giving
incorrect readings, there shall be no refund for any prior periods
beyond the most recent billing period, and the most recent billing
shall be adjusted only to the extent that the meter has been shown to
be inaccurate or any lesser amount at the discretion of the Village.
Sewer System:
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All persons with or desiring sewer service shall be connected to the
municipal sewer system via a service line to a sewer main.
Persons who own or occupy premises drained or required by bylaw, act,
or other legislation to be drained into a sewer system shall pay for such
services in the amount specified by Schedule “B”, attached.
Rental rates or service charges shall commence upon the calendar day
the water service is connected, as it is assumed that sewer services
commenced on the same day as water services.
A backflow prevention device shall be installed along the service line to
the municipal sewer main on any new buildings, after the date this bylaw
comes into effect.
Water and Sewer Connection:
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(2)
Upon written application of the owners of lots abutting a water or sewer
main, sewer and water connections may be constructed extending from
the sewer and water main to the property line or within three (3) feet of
the foundation of any building or buildings on the lots. The full cost of
construction shall be assessed against the property receiving the service.
The assessment of costs for each connection shall be payable in a
lump sum by the owner on demand to the municipality, or if not paid,
may be collected forthwith in the same manner as water rates or added
to the taxes of the owner.
(3) All expenses for the replacement, cleaning or clearing of damaged or
blocked sewer or water service lines shall be the responsibility of the
property owner receiving the service, regardless of whether the
problem occurs on municipal or private property. The Village only
assumes responsibility for the main lines.
6. General:
(1) Water and sewer services shall be deemed to commence at the beginning of
the day on which the curbstop ts turned on.
(2) Accounts shall be paid within 30 days of the billing date (hereinafter referred
to as the Due Date”).
(3) Ifan account is not paid by the Due Date, a penalty of 2% will be
added to any outstanding amount at the date of the next billing and
water service may be disconnected.
(4) The payment by a consumer of any rates or levies charged hereunder,
shall constitute an acceptance of a contract for the supply of such
services between the Village and said consumer and this bylaw and
any subsequent amendments to it, as may occur from time to time,
shall form the entirety of the conditions of said contract excepting any
other conditions imposed by any applicable act or other legislation.
Any contradictions between this bylaw and any act or other legislation
as described shall affect only the contradicting clause and all other
parts of the bylaw shall remain in effect.
(5) Any person found guilty of a breach of any provision of this bylaw or
any person interfering with or obstruction a duly authorized official of
the Village in their work, shall be guilty of an offense and liable upon
summary conviction to the penalties imposed by the General Penalty
Bylaw of the Village of Mortlach.
(6) Bylaw 2020-004 is hereby repealed.
(7) This bylaw shall come into force and take effect on the date of
approval issued by the Saskatchewan Local Government Committee.
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Administrator
Mayor
Read a third time and adopted
this 12™ day of July, 2022.
VILLAGE OF MORTLACH
SCHEDULE “A”
TO BYLAW NO. 2022-001
WATER CONNECTION FEE
A water connection fee of the following shall be payable each time a water service is turned
on at the curbstop:
a) $50.00 if work takes place during employee’s normal weekday hours; or
b) $100.00 if work takes place on a weekend, holiday or outside employees normal
weekday hours
MONTHLY WATER RATES
The following rates shall apply to consumers for each monthly billing period:
a) $114.25 minimum base rate of 4,000 gallons or less
b) $30.10 per 1,000 gallons when over 4,001 gallons, or part thereof
MONTHLY WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FEE
The following rate for infrastructure shall apply for all users of treated domestic and raw water for
each monthly billing period:
a) $20.00 flat rate water infrastructure fee
VILLAGE OF MORTLACH
SCHEDULE “B”
TO BYLAW NO.2022-001
MONTHLY SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
The following shall apply for sanitary sewer services each monthly billing period:
Residences $15.00 each
Businesses $15.00 each
School $70.00 each
22-207 Krismer
VILLAGE OF MORTLACH — WATER AND SEWER RATES
That the Committee approve the water and sewer rates, excluding the
management fees, as outlined in the Village of Mortlach’s Bylaw No.
2022-001 in accordance with subsection 23(3) of The Municipalities Act.
CARRIED
SASKATCHEWAN MUNICIPAL BOARD
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
EXCERPT FROM MINUTES OF MEETING OF:
JUL 2 8 2022
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Secretary