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Code of Baxter
Title 18 Water and Sewers
Chapter 2 Sewer Use And Wastewater Treatment
Title 18 Water and Sewers
Chapter 2 Sewer Use And Wastewater Treatment
Baxter
Title 18 : Water and Sewers
Chapter 2 : Sewer Use And Wastewater Treatment
18-211 : Fees and billing.[5]
- Purpose. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the equitable recovery of costs from users of the city's wastewater treatment system including costs of operation, maintenance, administration, bond service costs, capital improvements, depreciation, and equitable cost recovery of EPA administered federal wastewater grants.
- Types of charges and fees. The charges and fees as established in the city's schedule of charges and fees may include, but are not limited to:
- Inspection fee and tapping fee;
- Fees for applications for discharge;
- Sewer use charges;
- Surcharge fees;
- Industrial wastewater discharge permit fees;
- Fees for industrial discharge monitoring; and
- Other fees as the city may deem necessary.
- Fees for application for discharge. A fee may be charged when a user or prospective user makes application for discharge as required by § 18-206 of this chapter.
- Inspection fee and tapping fee. An inspection fee and tapping fee for a building sewer installation shall be paid to the city's sewer department at the time the application is filed.
- Sewer user charges.5 The board of mayor and councilmen shall establish monthly rates and charges for the use of the wastewater system and for the services supplied by the wastewater system.
- Industrial wastewater discharge permit fees. A fee may be charged for the issuance of an industrial wastewater discharge fee in accordance with § 18-206 of this chapter.
- Fees for industrial discharge monitoring. Fees may be collected from industrial user's having pretreatment or other discharge requirements to compensate the city for the necessary compliance monitoring and other administrative duties of the pretreatment program. (2011 Code, § 18-212, modified)
Footnotes:
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Such rates are reflected in administrative ordinances or resolutions, which are of record in the office of the city recorder.
Date Last Updated: 03/01/2026
Codification Date: 03/01/2026
Officials at Date of Last Codification:
Mayor - Danny Holmes
Councilman - Willie Allison
Councilman - Jeff Herald
Councilman - Greg Phillips
Councilman - Dustin Stanton
Recorder - Sharon Carlile
Attorney - Shawn Fry