§ 13.12.110. Construction costs.

At the time the applicant applies for sewage service where no such service previously existed, or if he is applying for a change in the size of the customer service line or location, he shall submit with his application a statement of whether the customer has or will install the customer service line or whether the city is requested to do so. If the customer makes such installation he shall furnish such proof as is required by the department to establish that the line is properly constructed and of sufficient size to carry the sewage and pay a connection fee for connecting to the interceptor. No connection will be made to an interceptor except by the city at the request of the customer or by the customer under the supervision and control of the department. If the connection is made by the customer, an inspection fee determined by the council in its rate ordinance shall be collected in advance. If the customer service line or connection, or both, are to be made by the city, the estimated cost thereof, including surcharge for out-of-town connections, as estimated by the department, shall be paid in advance. The customer shall pay a deposit of fifty (50) percent of the estimated cost in advance before construction begins. The utility clerk shall bill the customer based on the following labor and equipment costs for water and sewer construction: labor, forty dollars ($40.00) per hour which includes salaries plus fringe; backhoe, eighty-five dollars ($85.00) per hour; loader, one hundred dollars ($100.00) per hour; Fiat grader, seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per hour; CAT grader, one hundred ten dollars ($110.00) per hour, dump truck, sixty-five dollars ($65.00) per hour; Bobcat skid steer, forty-five dollars ($45.00) per hour; sewer snake, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per hour or one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day; welder, forty dollars ($40.00) per hour, with a one-hour minimum charge; materials, actual cost plus twenty-five (25) percent. The customer shall pay the balance within ten (10) days of completion of the work. Penalties shall incur beginning on the 11th day after construction is completed at the rate of eighteen (18) percent per month. After sixty (60) days if the customer is still delinquent, utilities shall be denied until all penalties and balance in arrears have been paid. Customer shall incur a shutoff cost in addition to a cost to return services back to the customer in accordance with other provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 06-01-01 § 2; Ord. 85-08-06-01 § 5 (part): prior code § 54.20.050(B)(6))

(Ord. No. 12-11-07, § 3)