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MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
On April 18, 1955, the above meeting was held at 33001 Five Mile Road,
Livonia, Midi igan, and was called to order at approximately 8:10 P. M., by the
President of the Coundl , John T.Daugherty. Councilman Carey gave the invocation.
Roll was called with the following result: Present-- John T.Daugherty, David L.
Jones, Harry R. Killam, John W. Whitehead, Nettie Carey and Wilson W.Edgar. Absent--
*Rudolf R. Kleinert. This special meeting was called at the request of Councilmen
Edgar, Kleinert and Carey.
Mr. Donald Barris, Mr. William Munger, Mr. Irvin Hermanoff and Mr. Harry
Slatkin appeared before the Council in regard to Country Homes Subdivision No. 2.
President Daugherty relinquished the chair to Councilman Jones and was
excused at 8:12 P. M.
ibe # *Councilman Kleinert arrived at 8:29 P. M. President Daugherty resumed
the chair at 8:33 P.M.
Councilman Whitehead was excused at 8:41 P. M., and returned at 8:45 P. M.
By Councilman Killam, seconded by Councilman Jones and unanimously
adopted, it was
#209-55 RESOLVED that, having considered the recommendations of the
City Engineer, Herald Hamill, the Council does hereby amend item #3,
resolution #59-55, passed on February 8, 1955, and does establish the
bond for improvements in Country Homes Subdivision No. 2 in the follow-
ing amount:
Paving $132,900.00
Sidewalks 33,600.00
Sanitary Sewer 27,000.00
Water Mains 6,500.00
Total: $200,000.00.
By Councilman Kleinert, seconded by Councilman Carey and unanimously
adapted, it was
#210-55 RESOLVED, that item #3 of resolution #200-55, adopted by the
Council on April 11, 1955, be and hereby is rescinded; and that the
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cash bond in the amount of $10,000.00, deposited by the requirements
of said resolution, be returned to the Harry Slatkin Builders, Inc.
President Daugherty relinquished the chair to Vice President Kleinert
at 9:20 P. M.
By Councilman Daugherty, seconded by Councilman Killam arra unanimously
adopted, it was
#211-55 RESOLVED, that this Council does approve acceptance of a bond
in the form as submitted for Country Homes Subdivision No. 1 by Harry
Slatkin Builders, Inc., for the purpose of fulfilling the requirements
of the bond in Country Homes Subdivision No. 2, and that the percentage
to be retained be 25 per cent instead of 10 per cent as oontained in
previous arrangement.
A recess was called at 9:30 P. M., after which the meeting resumed at
10:50 P. M., with all members present who were named as present in the original
roll call of this meeting, including Councilman Kleinert.
Councilman Daugherty introduced the following Ordinance:
NO. 98
iwo AN ORDINANCE COMBINING ALL SEWAGE DISPOSAL
FACILITIES OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA INTO A
SIDLE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM; PROVIDING
FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF SAID
SYSTEM ON A PUBLIC UTILITY BASIS; PROVID-
ING RE THE FIXING AND COT,LFCTION OF RATES
AND CHARGES TO USERS AND BENEFICIARIES OF
SAID SYSTEM AND CERTAIN STORM SEWERS CON-
STRUCTED; PROVIDING MIR THE ALLOCATION AN)
USE OF THE REVENUES DERIVED FROM THE COL-
LECTION OF SUCH RATES AND CHARGES; PROHIBIT-
ING UNAUTHORIZED CONNECTIONS, AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City of Livonia has heretofore acquired and is now
operating and maintaining separately identified sewage disposal systems in said
City identified as follows:
(a) Sewage Disposal System No. I consisting of those facilities
specified in Ordinance No. 26 of the City of Livonia, duly adopted on
January 29, 1951, which facilities are loc ate d in the southeast portion
of the City.
iww (b) Sewage Disposal System No. II consisting of those facilities
specified in Ordinance No. 42 of the City of Livonia, duly adopted on
January 21, 1952, which facilities are located in the southwest portion
of the City.
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That said facilities have been constructed and are in operation in said
City, and users of said facilities are paying rates and charges for the service
furnished as specified in said Ordinances. That revenue bonds inthe aggregate
principal amount of $770,000.00 were issued to pay the cost of the sewage facilities
in Sewage Disposal System No. I, and in the aggregate principal amount of $325,000.00
to pay the cost of the sewage facilities in Sewage Disposal System No. II;
AND WHEREAS, pursuant to contract with the Board of County Road Commissioners
of the County of Wayne, acting for and in behalf of the County of Wayne, dated as of
March 21, 1955, the City will acquire additional major sewer and sewage disposal
facilities in the central and northeast sections of the City described with particular-
ity and detail in said contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of Act 342,
Public Acts of Michigan, 1939, as amended;
AND WHEREAS, under the authorization contained in the above-described con-
tract and Act 342, Public Acts of Michigan, 1939, as amended, the County of Wayne, by
action of its Board of Supe rvisors, will adopt an Ordinance providing for the issuance
of Wayne County Metropolitan Sewerage and Sewage Disposal System BondsLivonia Section)
in the aggregate principal amount of $5,100,000.00 to provide funds to (a) pay the
cost of new sewers and sewage disposal facilities in the Central and Northeast sections
of the City, and (b) refund the outstanding revenue bonds as follows: Sewage Disposal
System No. I, outstanding bonds $715,000.00 plus call premiums of $40.00 per bond;
Sewage Disposal System No. II, outstanding bonds $310,000.00 plus call premiums of
$40.00 per bond;
ibmAND WHEREAS, under the terms of said contract and Ordinance the full faith
and credit of the City of Livonia has been pledged to the payment of said Wayne
County Metropolitan Sewerage and Sewage Disposal System Bonds (Livonia Section);
AND WHEREAS, under the provisions of said Act 342, Public Acts of Michigan,
1939, as amended (Section 5(a) thereof), the City has several optional means of
raising the necessary funds to meet the obligation of its contractual full faith
and credit pledge;
AND WHEREAS, in the judgment of the City Council of the City of Livonia it
is to the best interest of the City and its citizens that all sewers and sewage dis-
posal facilities of the City of Livonia be combined and operated in the future as a
single sewer system on a public utility basis and that the users and beneficiaries
of said system pay uniform and reasonable rates and charges for the services furnished
by said system in order to provide funds to as far as possible operate and maintain
the system and amortize the cost thereof, which method is authorized by the provisions
of Act 342, Public Acts of Michigan, 1939, as amended (Section 5(a) )4.
THE CITY OF LIVONIA ORDAINS:
Section 1. In construing this Ordinance, the terms and words hereinafter
defined, unless the context clearly establishes otherwise, shall be given the mean-
ings hereinafter set forth.
STORM SEWERS. The term "storm sewers," as used herein, shall be con-
strued and limited to mean only those sewers being constructed in the central area
and northeast area for surface drainage purposes only, pursuant to the contract
between the City of Livonia and the Board of County Road Commissioners of the County
of Wayne, Michigan, acting for and on behalf of the County of Wayne, dated March 21,1955.
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DISTRICT NO. I SEWERS. The term "District No. I sewers," as used herein, shall
lam be construed to mean those sewers of the sewage disposal system heretofore construed
in the southeast portion of the City of Livonia pursuant to the provisions of
Ordinance No. 26 of the City adopted on January 29, 1951.
DISTRICT NO. II SEWERS. The term "District No. II sewers," as used herein, shall
be construed to mean those sewers of the sewage disposal system heretofore constructed
in the southwest portion of the City of Livonia pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance
No. 42 of the City adopted on January 21, 1952.
CONTRACT SEWERS. The term "contract sewers," as used herein, shall be con-
strued to mean those sewers of the sewage disposal system to be constructed in the
central and northeast portion of the City of Livonia pursuant to the provisions of
the contract between the City of Livonia and the Board of County Road Commissioners
of the County of Wayne, Michigan, acting for and on behalf of the County of Wayne,
dated March 21, 1955.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM. The term "Sewage Disposal System," as used herein, shall be
construed to mean and include all District No. I sewers, all District No. II sewers,
all contract sewers, and any additional main or lateral sanitary sewers or combined
main or lateral storm and sanitary sewers, now or hereafter constructed, which have
as their outlet any of said District No. I sewers, District No. II sewers, or contract
sewers.
CONTRACT. The term "contract", as used herein, shall be construed to
mean the contract heretofore made and executed between the City of Livonia and the
Board of County Road Commissioners of the County of Wayne, Michigan, acting for and
on behalf of the County of Wayne, dated March 21, 1955, as referred to in the pre-
amble hereto.
BONDS. The term "bonds," as used herein, shall be construed to mean
the Wayne County Metropolitan Sewerage and Sewage Disposal System Bonds (Livonia
Section) in the aggregate principal sum of $5,100,000.00 to be issued pursuant to
the provisions of the contract, and Ordinance adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Wayne under the provisions of Act 342, Public Acts of Michigan, 1939,
as amended.
FIXED DEBT RETIREMENT PAYMENTS. The term "fixed debt retirement payments," as used
herein, shall be construed to mean the payments required to be made by the City to
the Board of County Road Commissioners of the County of Wayne for the retirement of
the bonds pursuant to the provisions of the contract.
USER OR USERS. The term "user" or"users," as used herein, shall be con-
strued to mean any premise or premises connected with and using any of the facilities
of the Sewage Disposal System for the disposition and removal of sewage or wastes.
BENEFICIARIES. The term "beneficiaries," as used herein, shall be construed
to mean and be limited to those lands and premises either fronting on, or traversed
by, the storm sewers to be constructed pursuant to the provisions of the contract.
law SANITARY SEWERS. The term "sanitary sewers," as used herein, shall be con-
strued to mean those sewers of the Sewage Disposal System designed for the purpose
of carrying sanitary flow only.
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CITY COUNCIL. The term "City Council," as used herein, shall be construed
to mean the City Council of the City of Livonia as provided by its Charter, the legis-
lative and governing body of the City.
CITY. The term "City," as used herein, shall be construed to mean
the City of Livonia, a Michigan municipal corporation.
Section 2. From and after the date of adoption of this Ordinance the Sewage
Disposal System, as herein defined, shall be operated and maintained by the City on a
public utility basis as authorized by the provisions of Act 342, Public Acts of Mich-
igan, 1939, as amended, arra Act 94, Public Acts of Michigan, 1933, as amended. It is
hereby declared to be the intent and purpose of the City Council to establish reason-
able and uniform rates and charges applicable to various classifications of users so
as to provide funds to as far as possible (a) operate and maintain said Sewage Disposal
System, in a reasonable, proper and efficient manner, and (b) to pay the principal and
interest on the bonds, representing the capital costs of the sewers and facilities of
said Sewage Disposal System.
Section 3. The Sewage Disposal System as herein defined, shall be and remain
under the management, supervision and control of the Public Works Department of the City
of Livonia, subject to such control reserved by law and the City Charter to the Mayor
and City Council. The Director of Public Works, with the consent of the Mayor, may
employ or designate such person or persons, department , division, board or commission
to carry on the management, maintenance and operation of the said System as shall be
deemed necessary or advisable.
iwsSection 4. The Sewage Disposal System shall have an operating or fiscal
year commencing on July 1st and ending on June 30th of each year.
Section 5. From and after the date of adoption of this Ordinance, the rates
and charges-for the services and benefits provided by the Sewage Disposal System shall
be as prescribed from time to time by the City Council of the City of Livonia. The
initial charges and rates shall be as follows:
CONNECTION CHARGES
All connections to the Sewage Disposal System shall be
made by and at the expense of the property owner or user so con-
necting subject to any rules or regulations therefor now or here-
after established by the City, and subject to inspection and ap-
proval prior to use. Permit for such connection shall be obtained
in advance from the City, and the property owner or user making
such connection shall pay all inspection charges now or hereafter
established by the City prior to the use thereof. An additional
connection charge shall be paid in accordance with the following
schedule:
1. All new residential homes constructed or completed
after the date of the adoption of this Ordinance shall pay the sum
of $300.00, which sum shall be paid in full prior to permit being
issued for any connection to the Sewage Disposal System.
2. All residential homes heretofore constructed or
completed but not now connected to the Sewage Disposal System,
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shall pay the sum of $300.00 in cash prior to permit being issued
ibi for any connection, or at the option of the property owner, the
connection charge may be paid at the rate of $3.00 per quarter
until a total of $360.00 has been paid, said sums to be billed
quarterly at the same time as the consumption rates hereinafter
set forth are billed.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGES
1. All users connected to the District No. I sewers
as of the date of the adoption of this Ordinance shall continue to
pay the same debt service rates specified in Ordinance No. 26 of
the City of Livonia until the total sums therein specified are paid
in full. Said rates are as follows:
(a) Residential connections: $3.50 per quarter
until a total of $210.00 has been paid.
(b) Commercial connections: $0.68 per front foot
per year, payable in quarterly installments,
for a period of fifteen (15) years.
(c) Industrial connections: $60.00 per acre per
year, payable in quarterly installments, far
a period of ten (10) years.
Imo
Any sums heretofore paid on said debt service charges
shall be credited against the total due.
2. All users connected to the District No. II sewers
as of the date of the adoption of this Ordinance shall pay the
debt service rates herein specified. Said rates are as follows:
(a) Residential connections: $3.00 per quarter
until a total of $3.60 has been paid.
(b) Commercial connections: $0.68 per front foot
per year, payable in quarterly installments,
for a period of fifteen (15) years.
(c) Industrial connections: $60.00 per acre per
year, payable in quarterly installments, for
a period of ten (10) years.
Any sums heretofore paid on said debt service charges
shall be credited against the total due.
3. All commercial and industrial users hereafter con—
necting to the Sewage Disposal System shall pay a debt service
charge as follows:
ibm (a) Commercial connections: $0.68 per front foot
per year, payable in quarterly installments,
for a period of fifteen (15) years.
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(b) Industrial connections: $70.00 per acre per
Elm
year, payable in quarterly installments, for
a period of ten (10) years.
4. There is hereby established a debt service rate
applicable to the lands and premises owned or operated by any
public governmental unit in the City of Livonia hereafter connect-
ing and using the Sewage Disposal System. The term "public govern-
mental unit" shall be construed to include school districts, the
City or any of its departments or agencies, and any other public
agency or instrumentality. The debt service far public governmental
units for service furnished by the Sewage Disposal System shall be
$50.00 per acre per year for properties or premises served, payable
in equal quarterly installments, for a period of ten (10) years.
Such sums shall be billed to the public governmental unit owning
the property or properties so serviced.
SEWAGE CONSUMPTION RATES
Such rates shall be levied on each lot or parcel of land,
building or premises now or hereafter having any connection with the
Sewage Disposal System,on the basis of the quantity of water used
therein or thereon, as the same is measured by the water meter in-
stalled therein.
imp Such consumption rate shall be as follows, to-wit:
From 0 to 10,000 cubic feet per month - $0.80 per 1,000 cubic feet
10,000 to 100,000 cubic feet per month - $0.70 per 1,000 cubic feet
In excess of 100,000 cubic feet per month - $0.60 per 1,000 cubic feet
The minimum quarterly consumption charge shall be $2.00
per quarter.
These rates will be in addition to the rates imposed by the
County of Wayne for the treatment and disposal of sewage through its
sewage treatment and disposal facilities.
SPECIAL RATES
Where sewage disposal service is furnished to users not
connected to the water system, or if connected to the water system
no meter is used to measure the quantity of water used, or in cases
where users make use of large quantities of water which may be dis-
charged into storm sewers, or for other miscellaneous users of water
for which special consideration should be given, special consumption
rates may be fixed by the City Council.
STORM SEWER CHARGE
Beneficiaries of the storm sewers, as those terms are
defined in Section 1 hereof, shall pay a debt service charge based
upon $5.00 per front foot of the properties or lots fronting on the
storm sewers. Such charge shall be billed and paid in annual in-
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stallments for a period of thirty (30) years, or at the option of
the beneficiary, may be paid in full within one year after the date
of the adoption of this Ordinance, in which event a five (5%) per
cent discount shall be given.
BILLING
Bills for the connection charges (where payable in in-
stallments), debt service charges and consumption rates, shall be
made as separate items on the water bills far those premises served
by the Sewage Disposal System who have connections to the water system
of the City of Livonia, and separate bills for such rates and charges,
or those applicable, shall be prepared for premises having no connection
to the water system. Said bills shall be rendered quarterly during
each operating or fiscal year and shall represent charges for the
quarterly (three month) period immediately preceding the date of render-
ing the bill. Said bills shall become due and payable within ten (10)
days from the date thereof, and for all bills not paid when due, a
penalty of ten (10%) per cent of the amount of such bill shall be
added thereto.
Bills for the storm sewer charge to beneficiaries thereof
shall be billed annually on June 1st of each year, commencing June 1,
1956. Said bills shall be due and payable within (30) days from the
date thereof. For all such bills not paid when due, a penalty of
ten (10%) per cent of the amount of such bill shall be added thereto.
ileENFORCEMENT
The charges and rates herein specified shall constitute
a lien on the property served and benefited, and if nct paid within
six (6) months after the same are due, the official or officials
in charge of the collection thereof shall, prior to March 1st of
each year, certify to the City Assessor the fact of such delinquency,
whereupon such charge shall be entered upon the next tax roll as a
charge against such premises and shall be collected and the lien
thereof enforced in the same manner as general City taxes against
such premises are collected and the lien thereof enforced: Provided,
However, as provided in Section 21, Act 94, Public Acts of Michigan,
1933, as amended, where notice is given that a tenant is responsible
for the payment of the consumption rate, debt service charge (if any),
and connection charges (if payable in installments) no further water
or sewer service shall be rendered to such premises until a cash
deposit of not less than $25.00 shall have been made as security
for payment of such charges and service.
In addition to other remedies provided, the City shall
have the right to shut off and discontinue the supply of water to
any premises for the non-payment of charges and rates herein
specified when due.
Section 6. No free service shall be furnished by the Sewage Disposal System
to any person, firm or corporation, public or private, or to any public agency or
instrumentality, but service so furnished by the System shall be paid for in accord-
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ance with the foregoing schedule of rates, or any revision thereof, in compliance with
imp the provisions of this Ordinance. The City of Livonia shall pay from its general funds,
or from the proceeds of taxes which it is authorized to levy within constitutional
limits, the consumption rates herein set forth, and debt service rates established
herein for public governmental units, for any connections serving said City or any
of its departments or agencies.
Section 7. All rates and charges herein specified collected prior to July
1, 1955, shall be allocated and deposited as follows:
(a) Such rates and charges collected from users of the
District No. I sewers, shall b e deposited in the Receiving
Fund set up under the provisions of Ordinance No. 26 of the
City and remain subject to the requirements of said Ordinance
until said July 1, 1955.
(b) Such rates and charges collected from users of the
District No. II sewers, shall be deposited in the Receiving
Fund set up under the provisions of Ordinance No. 42 of the
City and remain subject to the requirements of said Ordinance
until said July 1, 1955.
(c) Such rates and charges collected from users of the
contract sewers, if any, shall be retained in a separate de-
positary fund temporarily, and on July 1, 1955, such moneys,
if any, shall be transferred to the Receiving Fund hereinafter
set up under the provisions of this Ordinance.
Section 8. The gross revenues of the Sewage Disposal System derived from
the collection of the rates and charges imposed by the provisions of Section 5 of
this Ordinance, from and after July 1, 1955, are hereby ordered to be set aside as
collected in NATIONAL BANK OF DETROIT (Cranston Branch) Detroit , Michigan, a bank
duly qualified to do business in Michigan, in an account to be designated Sewage
Disposal System Receiving Fund (hereinafter referred to as the "Receiving Fund"),
and said revenues so deposited are pledged for the purpose of the followLhg funds
and shall be transferred from the Receiving Fund periodically in the manner and at
the times hereinafter specified.
(A) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUND.
Out of the revenues in the Receiving Fund there shall first be set aside
during each quarterly period into a separate depositary account designated OPERATION
AND MAINTENANCE FUND, a sum sufficient to provide for the payment of the next quarter's
current expenses of administration and operation of the Sewage Disposal System and
such current expenses for the maintenance thereof as may be necessary to preserve the
same in good repair and working order.
The City Council, prior to the commencement of each operating year, shall
adopt a budget covering the foregoing expenses for each year and such total expenses
shall not exceed the total amount specified in said budget, unless approved by a
five-sevenths (5/7) vote of the members of the City Council.
(B) CONTRACT PAYMENT FUND.
There shall next be established and maintained a separate depositary account
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designated CONTRACT PAYMENT FUND, the moneys from time to time on deposit therein to
1.0 be used solely for the purpose of making the fixed debt retirement payments required
by the provisions of the contract.
All moneys remaining in the Receiving Fund after the foregoing provisions
have been made for the requirements of the Operation and Maintenance Fund, shall semi-
annually on December 1st and June 1st of each year be set aside and transferred to the
Contract Payment Fund, which said honeys shall then be used as follows and in the
following priority:
First: For the fixed debt retirement payments due on January 1st and
July 1st of each year, representing interest on the bonds due
on January 1st and principal and interest due on July 1st of
each year.
Second: To the establishment of a Contract Payment Reserve Fund which
shall be maintained as a separate account, until said fund shall
equal the maximum principal and interest becoming due on the
bonds in any future year. The moneys in said Contract Payment
Reserve Fund shall be used solely for the payment of the fixed
debt retirement payments to the extent of any deficiency in
current revenues available therefor. Any moneys so used shall
be replaced from the next revenues available therefor. . Moneys
in the Contract Payment Reserve Fund may be invested in obligations
of the United States of America, and any income therefrom shall be
credited to said fund.
Third: For advance payments or redemption of bonds prior to maturity in
accordance with the authorization contained in Section 9 of the
County Ordinance and the provisions of the contract, at the
written option of the City.
Section 9. Moneys on hand as of July 1, 1955, in any of the funds established
by Ordinance No. 26 of the City for the payment of the revenue bonds issued to construct
the District No. I sewers, and in any of the funds established by Ordinance No. 42 of
the City for the payment of the revenue bonds issued to construct the District No. II
sewers, shall be used and allocated as follows and in the following priority:
First: A sufficient amount of moneys to pay the interest due on the
outstanding Sewage Disposal System No. I Revenue Bonds, and
Sewage Disposal System No. II Revenue Bonds due on September 1,
1955, shall be deposited with the Detroit Trust Company, Detroit,
Michigan, in trust pursuant to the provisions of Section 18 of
the contract.
Second: The balance of said honeys shall be deposited into the Receiving
Fund established by this Ordinance, and subject to the require-
ments set forth in Section S hereof.
Section 10. It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 6 of the contract to forward to the Board of County Road Com-
missioners of the County of Wayne, Michigan, as the County Agency, the fixed debt
retirement payments due from the City from time to time. If at any time there are
insufficient funds in the Contract Payment Fund or the Contract Payment Reserve Fund
to meet said payments in full, the deficiency shall be paid out of the general funds
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of the City pursuant to the obligation assumed by the City under the terms of the
contract and Act 342, Public Acts of Michigan, 1939, as amended.
Section 11. Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be construed to pre-
vent the City from entering into additional contracts with the County under the pro-
visions of Act 342, Public Acts of Michigan, 1939, as amended, for the acquisition,
construction and financing of additional sewers or sewage disposal facilities, and
the use of revenues derived from such additional projects for the payment of any
obligations incurred thereby.
Section 12. The rates and charges specified in Section 5 of this Ordinance
shall be subject to revision from time to time by the City Council, it being the in-
tent that such rates shall as far as reasonably possible provide sufficient funds to
enable the City to efficiently operate and maintain the Sewage Disposal System and to
meet its fixed debt retirement payments required by the contract without recourse
to its general funds.
Section 13. If the character of the sewage of any manufacturing or in-
dustrial plant or any other building or premises shall be such as to impose an un-
reasonable burden upon the Sewage Disposal System, the City Council shall require
that such sewage be treated by the person, firm or corporation responsible therefor
before being emptied into the sewer or the right to empty such sewage may be denied,
if necessary, to protect the said System or any part thereof.
Section 14. The City shall cause to be maintained and kept proper books
of record and account, in which shall be made full and correct entries of all trans-
actions relating to the Sewage Disposal System. Not later than two (2) months after
the close of each fiscal year, the City shall cause to be prepared, a statement in
reasonable detail, showing the cash income and disbursements of the Sewage Disposal
System at the beginning and close of the operating year and such other information as
may be necessary to enable any taxpayer of the City, user or beneficiary of the ser-
vice furnished to be fully informed as to all matters pertaining to the financial
operation of the System during such year. Such annual statement shall be filed in
the office of the City Clerk, where it will be open to public inspection. Such books
of record and account shall be audited annually by a certified public accountant, to
be designated by the City Council, and a certified copy of such audit shall be filed
with the City Clerk.
Section 15. No connection shall be made or permitted to be made to any of
the sewers of the Sewage Disposal System without obtaining the permit specified in
Section 5 of this Ordinance, nor shall any connection be made or permitted to be made
to any of the sanitary sewers of the Sewage Disposal System which will in any way
cause storm water or surface drainage to be carried into said sanitary sewers. Any
person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this Section by making such
unauthorized connections to the Sewage Disposal System, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding twenty-
five ($25.00) Dollars for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall
continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
Section 16. If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this
Ordinance shall be held invalid, the invalidity of such section, paragraph, clause
or provision shall not affect any of the other provisions of this Ordinance.
Section 17. All ordinances, resolutions or orders, or parts there of,
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in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are to the extent of such conflict
hereby repealed.
Section 18. This Ordinance shall be immediately recorded by the City Clerk
in "The Record of Ordinances" book as soon as it is adopted, which record shall be
authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and City Clerk in accordance with the
requirements of the City Charter, and shall be published once in The Livonian, a
newspaper of general circulation in said City within ten (10) days after its passage.
Section 19. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency Ordinance
immediately necessary to provide for the financing of sewers necessary for the public
health of the citizens of the City, and shall become effective on April 18, 1955, being
the date of the meeting of the City Council where it was introduced and adopted.
A roll call vote was conducted on the foregoing Ordinance with the following result:
AYES: Jones, Killam, Whitehead, Carey, Edgar, Daugherty and Kleinert.
NAYS: None.
The Vice President declared the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted and
will become effective immediately.
larm On motion of Councilman Killam, seconded by Councilman Jones and
unanimously adopted, this 27th special meeting of the City Council was duly
adjourned at 11:11 P. M., April 18, 1955.
- Ma a W. lark, City Clerk
Attested:
J• Daugherty, President of ►iii Council `
Rudolf Kleinert, Vice President of the Council