2017-08 Reorganization Amending City Code Chapters 9, 16, 64, 65, 66, 75

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ORDINANCE NO.2017-0 8 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 09—DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 16—PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CHAPTER 64—WATER SERVICE CHAPTER 65—WATERMAIN CONNECTION CHARGES CHAPTER 66—REGULATION OF LAKE DECATUR CHAPTER 75—WATER SERVICES AND CONNECTIONS BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Chapter 9 of the City Code of the City of Decatur be, and the same is hereby, repealed in its entirety. Section 2. That Section 6 of Chapter 16 of the City Code of the City of Decatur be, and the same is hereby, amended and modified so that said Section 6 of Chapter 16 shall provide as follows: 6. WATER FUND. All revenue or other moneys received by the Public Works Department or any other Department of the City for the furnishing of water, whether from service fees, connection fees or otherwise, and from any source whatsoever, shall be segregated into and placed in a separate fund of the City, which fund shall be designated as the Water Fund and which shall be expended only for purposes directly relating to the water works, and no portion thereof shall be expended for the purpose of any other department or for any other purpose of the City, except that those costs which should be reasonably and properly charged to the water works may be expended from said Fund. Section 3. That Sections 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20 and 23 of Chapter 64 of the City Code of the City of Decatur be, and the same are hereby, amended and modified so that said Sections 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20 and 23 of Chapter 64 shall provide as follows: 4. WATER METERS. Water furnished from the water system of the City shall be measured by meters tested and approved by the Public Works Department and furnished by the water user, which Department shall repair or replace all meters in services of one inch or smaller. Meters in services larger than one inch shall be tested, repaired or replaced in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the City Manager. Said rules may provide for the frequency of testing or inspection and the manner thereof; the cost or expense of or charges for testing, inspection, repair or replacement and the allocation thereof, the place of such operations and the responsibility for production of meters thereat, or of testing or repair equipment at meter sites; the limitation of the makes of meters to specific manufacturers which may be placed in service; the establishment of reasonable time limits for, and procedures to, carry out the mechanics of such testing, inspection, repair and replacement and the administration thereof.