Town of Rockford, Washington
Ordinance 13-03
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING
THE DAYS AND HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE ROCKFORD TOWN HALL, ROCKFORD,
WASHINGTON, AND REPEALING ANY PREVIOUS ORDIANCE OR RESOLUTION IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDANED BY THE
TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF ROCKFORD, WASHINGTON:
The days
and hours of operation for the Rockford Town Hall shall be:
Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
9:00
Am to 12:00 Pm
1:00
Pm to 4:00 Pm
Thursday Town Hall will be closed to the public all day.
This ordinance applies to administrative hours of operation
for public to access to Town Hall only and does not affect public works hours
of operations.
This ordinance does not restrict public access to regularly
scheduled public meetings at Town Hall or restrict the hours of employees to
work at regularly scheduled public and non public meetings held at Town Hall.
Effective: This ordinance
shall take affect on passage this 5th day of June 2013.
PASSED by the
Town Council in regular meeting this 5th day of June 2013.
Attested
____________________________
Micki Harnois, Mayor
__________________________John Goyke Clerk/Treasurer
Town of Rockford, Washington
Ordinance 13-02
AN ORDINANCE SETTING
THE SALARY FOR THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE TOWN OF ROCKFORD,
WASHINGTON AT $0.00 PER MONTH AND SETTING THE PAY FOR ADDITIONAL MEETINGS
ATTENDED AT $0.00.
BE IT ORDANED BY THE
TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF ROCKFORD, WASHINGTON:
The
salary for the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Rockford, Washington, is
hereby set at the sum of $0.00 per month plus an additional $0.00 for any
special meetings or non-regularly scheduled meetings. The Mayor and Council
shall receive no compensation for their duties performed as Mayor or Council
Member, except when specifically allowed through reimbursements or an hourly
wage as set by Council for specific non-council related public work activities.
Effective: This
ordinance shall take affect June 2013.
PASSED by the
Town Council in regular meeting this 15th day of May 2013. This Ordinance amends Ordinances 83-7 and 86-5.
Attested
____________________________
Micki Harnois, Mayor
__________________________John Goyke Clerk/Treasurer
Town of Rockford
Spokane County
Washington
Ordinance NO.13-01
AN ORDINANCE OF
THE TOWN OF ROCKFORD, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING RULES AND REQUIRMENTS FOR CUSTOMERS
OF THE TOWN’S WATER AND SEWER UTILITY AND OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED THERTO.
WHEREAS, the town
through its legislative authority has the power and authority to establish
rates for water service and sewer service also to establish reasonable usage
fee’s, and connection charges;
WHEREAS, the Town is
vested with the authority to operate a municipal water/sewer system pursuant to
chapter 35.92 RCW; and
WHEREAS, the Town also
has authority to establish reasonable rules for the safety and effective
operation of the Town’s water/sewer system.
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF ROCKFORD, WASHINGTON AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Sewer charge a continuing
charge—Suspension of service—Resumption of service.
A. Except
as provided in subsection B of this section, the charge for sewer service
provided in this ordinance, shall be due and payable each and every month an improvement
is connected to the Town sewer system, even if the improvement does not receive
water service.
B. The
owner of a property not receiving water service may submit an application to
the Town Clerk/Treasurer or Deputy Clerk, requesting the suspension of sewer
service to the property. The application shall be on a form provided by the
Town Clerk/Treasurer or Deputy Clerk, and shall be signed by the property
owner. The application shall include a statement that sewer service shall not
be reinstated except upon payment of the sewer connection fee as set by the
current fee resolution for residential service. Upon receipt of the application
by the Town Clerk/Treasurer or Deputy Clerk, sewer service to the property
shall be suspended. During the period of suspension, no sewer charges shall
accrue for the connection.
C. Sewer
service that has been suspended as provided in this section shall not be
reinstated until the appropriate sewer connection fee has been fully paid. Any
use of the sewer system through a connection for which service has been
suspended and not reinstated shall be considered a theft of services equal in
value to the sewer connection fee, and the amount of regular, monthly sewer
charges that would have accrued for each month of such use had sewer service
been properly reinstated as provided in this section.
Section 2 Lien for unpaid bills.
A. When
any water and/or sewer bill upon any premises has been delinquent and unpaid
for one calendar month, the Town Clerk/Treasurer shall, within three days
thereafter, cause a notice of the delinquency to be served upon or mailed to
the owner(s) and occupant(s) of each such premises. If mailed, the notice shall
be sent by first-class, certified mail. The Clerk/Treasurer in the notice shall
advise each such owner or occupant that such owner or occupant shall have an
opportunity to be heard before the Mayor or Clerk/Treasurer in opposition to
the imposition of the provision of this chapter, within ten days of the serving
or mailing of the notice. All costs for serving such notice shall be added to
such delinquent account.
B. All
water rates and penalties will be charged against the premises to which the
service was installed or supplied. All charges for water/sewer, when the same
becomes delinquent and unpaid, and all penalties thereon, shall be a lien
against the premises to which the same has been furnished and charged, except
where the owner of, or the owner of a delinquent mortgage on, said premises has
filed written notice with the Town Clerk/Treasurer to cut off service to said
premises, and paid the then delinquent charges and penalties against such
premises.
C. All
sewer rates and penalties will be charged against the premises to which the
sewer service was supplied. The charges may be enforced as provided by law.
D.
The lien established by this section may be enforced by cutting off service
until the entire delinquent account, rates, fees, interest and penalties,
including shut off and re-connection fees are paid. The service may be so cut
off when the delinquent account is only for water service, only for sewer
service, or for both.
E.
For unpaid sewer bills, the Town Clerk/Treasurer may prepare and file a written
lien notice in the form stated in R.C.W.
35.67.210 as it now exists and as it may hereafter be amended. This lien
shall be a charge against the real estate to which sewer service has been
provided.
F.
Delinquent sewer charges shall bear interest at the rate of eight percent per
year, compounded monthly. Interest shall run from the date the sewer charges
become delinquent until the charges, and interest, are paid in full.
G. The
sewage lien provided for in this section shall be effective for a total of not
more than one year’s delinquent service charges without the necessity of any
writing or recording of the lien with the county auditor. All filing costs,
including the release of lien, shall be added to such owner or occupant’s
delinquent account.
Section 3 Interruption of service.
A.
The water may at any time be shut off from the main, without notice, for
repairs or other necessary purposes, and the town will not be responsible for
any consequent damages.
B.
The town shall not be liable, under any circumstances, for a deficiency or
failure in the supply of water, whether by the shutting off of water to make
repairs or extensions, or for any cause whatsoever. While water is temporarily shut off from the
mains, the hot water faucets shall be kept open by the occupants of the premises,
to allow the steam to escape from the water heaters and to prevent bursting.
Section 4 Private Service.
No premises supplied at fixed rates
will be allowed to supply water to other premises.
Section 5 Maintenance.
(a) Public Works will maintain
private services from own mains in streets which are being graded or regarded
and will have such access to private property as shall be necessary to maintain
such pipes during the work, and shall as soon as practical upon the completion
of such work, relay said pipes in street.
(b) Owners shall maintain their
private pipes from the end of the town service to and into their property. When
necessary, Public Works may slope service in on property to conform to the
slope occasioned by the grading of a street and charge expense to owner of
service.
(c) All consumers shall keep in good
repair their service pipes and the meters installed by the Town to measure the
water used, and protect them from frost at their own expense, and no deductions
will be made from water rents on account of pipes being frozen or derangement
of service or repairs.
(d)
In the case of the failure or neglect of the owner of agent of any property
in the town of Rockford to promptly repair any service or fixture or to make
any changes or alterations required in this ordinance, Public Works is hereby
given the authority to order such owner or agent to immediately make such
proper repairs, changes or alterations as he may deem necessary and proper.
Otherwise, Public Works shall cut
off the water to such premises and it shall not be turned on again until all
charges accruing against such premises have been paid and until there has been
paid the further charge for shutting off and turning on such water service as
outlined in the Town’s current fee resolution.
Section 6 Turning off/on.
A.
All orders for turning water on or off must be made in writing to the town
treasurer, and must be signed by the owner or duly authorized agent of the
property from which the water is ordered shut off or turned on. When the water
is ordered turned on or shut off from the premises, all charges for water
supplied to such premises shall be immediately due and payable to the town and
the water will not be turned on until all of such charges are paid.
B. When water has been turned on at any premises
in accordance with this chapter, the same shall continue to be charged against
the premises until ordered turned off by the owner, or the owner’s duly
authorized agent; provided, if water is ordered shut off before the third day
of the month, there shall be no charge for that month. If water is ordered shut
off between the fourth and fifteenth days of the month, rental shall be charged
for one-half of that month, which shall be fixed at one-half the minimum rate as
determined from the previous month. If ordered turned off between the fifteenth
day and the last of the month, a full month’s rental shall be charged, which
shall be determined by using the rate of the previous month.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any owner of any premises connected with the town’s
water supply system to disconnect the water on said premises. The owner shall
file with the town treasurer a written request that the service of water to
said premises be discontinued, and shall pay all arrears of water rates for
said premises. When water has been shut off from the premises upon the
application of the owner thereof, or for nonpayment of water charges, or for
any such other cause, it shall be unlawful for any person again to connect such
premises with water except Public Works.
D. Whenever
the owner of any premises, or the owner’s duly authorized agent, shall desire
to use water from the town’s water supply, that owner shall notify Public Works
and request that the water be turned on to the said premises, and the owner or
the owner’s agent shall leave the owner’s portion of the service exposed in the
trench until the water is turned on by the Public Works Department, when the
owner or the owner’s agent shall immediately cover the pipe.
Section 7 Permitting unlawful use.
Where water has been shut off from
any premises for lack of payment, penalties or for any other cause, and the
person occupying said premises proceeds to take water from any other premises,
without first having secured permission from Public Works, such person shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person occupying any premises who permits
such taking of water will, by so doing, acknowledge the town’s right to collect
from him an amount equal to the amount of the fixed rate, or the minimum charge
for a metered service, if said service be on a meter.
Section 8 Duty to enforce.
The provisions of this chapter shall
in no case be willfully ignored by any Town official or employee. But when a
strict enforcement would work a gross injustice upon a consumer of water from
the town mains, Public Works is hereby authorized to suspend action in such
case until it shall be referred to the town council and acted upon by them.
Section 9 Payment of delinquent accounts.
No water or sewer service shall be
provided anew to any premises where any owner of the premises, or any person or
tenant in whose name(s) the account will be listed, has a delinquent
water/sewer account with the town.
Section 10 Accounts in owner’s name.
All accounts for water sewer/shall
be the responsibility of the owner(s) of the real property receiving the water/sewer
service. In the case of a mobile home, or other temporary or mobile structure,
the owner of the real estate shall be the responsible party. All accounts for
water shall be kept in the name of the owner of the property, when known, and
all charges shall be made against the real property as well as against the
owner thereof. No change in ownership or occupancy shall effect the application
of this section.
This
Ordinance amends Ordinances
158,186,81-8,92-8,94-6,97-3,05-11,06-02,08-04,08-05,08-06,11-1,11-2,11-3,12-02 and Resolution, 80-2R and Ordinance 94-6. This Ordinance combines and adds to
the collection fees, dates and sets responsibility of town and owners for
water/sewer rates.
Effective: This ordinance
shall take affect June 2013.
Passed by the Town
Council in regular session the 01st day of May, 2013.
Attested
____________________________
Micki Harnois, Mayor
__________________________John
Goyke Clerk/Treasurer 
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