Sections:
10.12.01 Water rates
10.12.02 Reduction of rates
10.12.03 Meters; revenue
10.12.04 Tampering with equipment
10.12.01 Water rates. Water rates shall be set by the City Council and shall be modified or amended, from time to time, without necessity of an ordinance, as the City Council may deem it necessary. Rates are monthly rates determined by meter measurement of water furnished by the waterworks system of the city of Mayflower, Arkansas. Each customer connected and served by the water system shall make and maintain a service deposit to assure the prompt payment of the customer’s monthly water bill. There shall be a connection fee for each customer who connects with and uses the system. Both service deposit and the connection fee shall be set by the City Council and shall be modified or amended, from time to time, without necessity of ordinance, as the City Council may deem it necessary. (Ord. No. 85-2, Sec. 2.)
Minimum monthly charge – $13.50
(Ord. No. 2012-1, Sec. 1)
Per 1,000 gallons – $6.98
That in order to cover the cost of the yearly water charge increases by Community Water, the water rate for the water furnished will be increased in the same amount of any increases charged the Water Department by Community Water. (Ord. No. 2016-01, Sec. 1)
10.12.02 Reduction of rates. The said rates shall never be reduced below an amount sufficient to provide for the operation and maintenance of said waterworks system and for the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the Waterworks Revenue Improvement Bonds, and shall, when necessary, be increased to provide for said operation and maintenance and for the payment of the principal of and interest on the said bonds. (Ord. No. 60, Sec. 2.)
10.12.03 Meters: revenue. The facilities or services afforded by the waterworks system shall be furnished to the customer only through a meter; no meter shall serve more than one customer and none of the facilities or services shall be furnished without a charge being made therefore. In the event that the city or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof shall avail itself of any of the facilities or services afforded, by the waterworks system, the reasonable value thereof shall be charged against the city, or such department, agency, or instrumentality, and shall be paid for as the charges therefore accrue. The revenues so received from the city shall be deemed to be revenues from the operation of the waterworks system, and shall be used and accounted for in the same manner as any other revenues derived from its operation; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the city or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof to avail itself of the facilities or services afforded by the waterworks system. (Ord. No. 60, Sec. 3.)
10.12.04 Tampering with equipment
A. From and after the passage and approval of this ordinance, if shall be unlawful for any person, firm, business or company that has water service established or not, within the Mayflower Waterworks system to access, tamper with, or steal a meter box, blow-off, fire hydrant or any other apparatus belonging to the Mayflower Waterworks.
B. Any person, firm, business or company who shall violate the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), and not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Each day’s violation shall be considered a separate offense.
C. The Mayflower Police Department is hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of this ordinance. (Ord. No. 2008-3, Secs. 1-3.)
