Available for general domestic, commercial and industry sanitary sewer service.

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1 '1 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND FIXING RATES, FEES, CHARGES, AND DELAYED PAYMENT PENALTY CHARGES FOR SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS OF THE SEWAGE SYSTEM OF THE TOWN OF REEDSVILLE WHEREAS, the Town of Reedsville provides municipal sewerage service for its users through an agreement with the Town of Masontown; and WHEREAS, said service is operated in the State of West Virginia by The Sewage Board of the Town of Reedsville; and WHEREAS, the Town of Reedsville has made improvements to its sewerage infrastructure as required and must now meet its financial obligations; and WHEREAS, the Net Revenues of the Sewage Board which are generated pursuant to the Town of Reedsville's tariff are projected by the Board to be insufficient to meet the costs and the existing loan payments for the improvements to the infrastructure; and WHEREAS, the Sewage Board and the Town of Reedsville have caused to be prepared, financial projections recommending the below described tariff as being sufficient to meet said expenses; and WHEREAS, for the reasons set forth above, the sewer rates, fees and charges of the Town of Reedsville must be increased; NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF REEDSVILLE HEREBY ORDAINS: The following schedule of rates, fees, charges and delayed payment penalty to be charged are hereby fixed and determined as the rates, fees, charges and delayed payment penalties to be charged to customers of the sewage service of the Town of Reedsville throughout the entire territory served. A. APPLICABILITY..- *<~. 4 SECTION 1 - SCHEDULE OF RATES... Applicable within the entire territory served. B. AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE Available for general domestic, commercial and industry sanitary sewer service. C. THE RATES AND CHARGES SET OUT IMMEDIATELY BELOW WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE FOR ALL SEWERAGE DELIVERED INTO THE SYSTEM ON AND AFTER NOVEMBER 13,

2 yt; 1. RATES (customer with metered water supply) First 3,000 gallons used per month $16.67 per 1,000 gallons Next 3,000 gallons used per month $15.67 per 1,000 gallons Next 4,000 gallons used per month $13.22 per 1,000 gallons Next 10,000 gallons used per month $ per 1,000 gallons Over 20,000 gallons used per month $10.75 per 1,000 gallons 2. MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGE No bill shall be rendered for less than $50.01 per month. 3. LEAK ADJUSTMENT RATE The adjustment rate is hereby set as $6.76 per 1,000 gallons. To be used w reflects unusual consumption which can be attributed to eligible water le customer s side of the meter. This rate shall be applied to all such unusu above the customer s historical average usage when approved. 4. UNMETEREDKJNMEASURED RATES In the event the water supply is unmetered or otherwise unmeasurable, the unmetered rate shall be charged. The unmetered rate shall be $73.52 per month or equivalent to 4,500 gallons usage for residential customers 5. DELAYED PAYMENT PENALTY Ten percent (1 0%) penalty shall be added to all charges not paid within twenty (20) days from the date of the billing. This delayed payment is not interest and is only to be collected once for each bill where it is appropriate. If any bill is not paid when due, water service to the customer will be discontinued. Water service will not be restored until all past due water and sewer bills have been paid in full and all accrued penalties plus a reconnection charge have been paid. 6. MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY Apartment buildings and other multiple occupancy buildings shall be required to pay not less than the monthly minimum bill for each unit. Hotels and Motels shall be exempt from this multiple occupancy charge. House trailer or mobile home courts served through a single meter shall be required to pay not less than the monthly minimum bill multiplied by the number of units in place, regardless of occupancy, at the time the meter is read each month. 2

3 7. TAP OR CONNECTION FEE A tap or connection fee may be charged for all new or additional connections. Each tap or connection fee shall be based upon a single-family equivalent dwelling equal to an average usage of 300 gallons per day. The tap or connection fee for a single-family equivalent dwelling shall be in an amount not less than $350.00, plus any additional costs incurred by the system for installation of any new lines or extension of the lines necessary to make such connection. 8. WATER DISCONNECTRECONNECT FEES Whenever water service bas been disconnected for nonpayment of sewer bills, a sewer service disconnection fee of $20.00 shall be charged. Whenever water service, which has been previously disconnected, or otherwise withheld for nonpayment of sewer bill, is reconnected, a reconnection fee of $20.00 shall be charged. 9. UTILITY SERVICE TAX AND ADMINISTRATION FEE Two percent (2%) of the charge imposed. 10. RETURNED CHECK CHARGE If a check received in payment of a sewage bill is returned by the bank for any reasons, the bank s charge to the Sewage Board of Reedsville shall be the charge to the customer, and such additional charge to the customer shall not exceed $ SECURITY DEPOSIT Fifty dollars ($50.00) or two-twelfths (2112) of the average annual usage of the applicant s customer class, whichever is greater, shall be required as a security deposit. 12. SURFACE OR GROUNDWATER SURCHARGE Wherever the utility has discovered that a customer s roof drain, downspout, storm sewer, or other similar facilities conducting surface water have been connected to the utility s sewer system, and such customer has failed to take appropriate corrective action within thirty (30) days of receipt of a demand by the utility, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Public Service Commission, to calculated on the basis of the following formula: 3

4 L. S =A x R x x C S A R C The surcharge in dollar The area under roof and/or the area of any other water collection surface connected to the sanitary sewer, in square feet The measured monthly rainfall, in inches A conversion factor to change inches of rain x square feet of surface to thousands of gallons of water The utility s approved rate per thousand gallons of metered water usage. The utility shall not impose the surcharge unless, and until, the customer has been notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by hand delivery, that it has been established by smoking test, dye testing, or on-site inspection that rain or other surface water is being introduced into the sanitary sewer system at the customer s location, and that the customer has not acted within thirty (30) days from receipt of such notice to divert the water from the sanitary sewer system. Said surcharge shall be calculated and imposed for each month that said condition continues to exist. Failure to pay the surcharge and/or correct the situation shall give rise to the possible termination of water service in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. SECTION 2 - EFFECTIVE DATE The rates, fees, charges and delayed payment penalty charges provided herein shall be effective NOVEMBER 13,2015, which is more than forty-five (45) days after the enactment thereof. SECTION 3 - SEPARABILITY; REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES The provisions of this Ordinance are separable, and if any clause, provision, or section hereof be held void or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance. All resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are, to the extent that the provisions of this Ordinance do not touch upon the provisions of the prior resolutions, order, or parts thereof, the same shall remain in full force and effect. This Ordinance shall become effective NOVEMBER 13,2015. Adopted and approved this La 4% d ay of SC&& J~BL&,2015, A

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6 REEDSVILLE SANITARY BOARD CASH FLOW ANALYSIS JUNE30, 2014 Available Cash: Tariff NO. 7 33% &Lm& Per Books Adiusted Goino Level 8 $ s $ Metered Sales Forfeited Discounts Other Wastewater Revenuer , , ,825 4,825 4, interest Income Total Available Cash 176, , , ,429 Cash Requirements: Operation & Maintenance Expense5 Regulatory PSC Assessment 142, , , , Taxes Other Than Federal Income Taxer 2,481 2,481 2,481 2,481 Total Cash Requirement 145, , , ,425 Cash Available For Debt Seivice (A) 30,347 30,347 31,049 90,004 Debt Service Requirements: Bonds Payable - Interest Expense (Debt Setvice Sch) Principal 19,217 19, ,002 30,002 53,463 53,463 Sub-Total (6) 49,218 49, Debt Service Re~ewe Requirements 4,003 4,003 5, Renewai & Replacement Reserve 4,408 4, ,960 Total Debt Service and Reserve Requirements 57,630 57, ,256 PaybacktoGeneral Fund 3,600 Remaining Cash Surplus (Deficit) (27.283) (27.263) 151,729) Debt SeNIce Coverage Factor (ANI % 81 06% 42.91% % Minimum Bill

7 Tariff NO. 7 went into effect December 2014 Months Id" August September October November December January February March April May J"W Ad] Per Books Per Books Factor Going level ,159 14, ,542 15, ,625 14, ,964 13, ,473 13,647 1, ,647 12, ,565 13, ,355 15, ,189 14, , ,357 Per Books Revenues Forfeited Discounts Forfeited DiiCOuntD Rate Going Level Revenues Forfeited Discounts Rate Going level forfeited Discowti Per Books Revenuer PSC Asrerrment PSC Asesment Rate Going level Revenues PSC Arrerrment Rate Going Level PSC A ~~e~~ment , % 174, % , % 174, % 613 TARIFF 6 TARiFF 7 increase Mi N I M U M FiRST3M NEXT3M NEXT 4M NEXT 10M OVER ZOM Going Level Revenuer Increase Factor Proforma Revenues Proforma Revenuer Forfeited Discounts Rate Proforma Forfeited Discounts Proforma Revenues PSC Assessment Rate Proforma PSC Arresrment 174, , , % 6, % 815

8 ~ Certificate 6,._ -. I, Carol Peters, the undersigned A&e&ng 'ri, Manager of The Preston County JouzpaF;.a waly newspaper of general circulation, published at Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia, do hereby certify that the notice sewer ordinance a copy of which notice is hereto annexed, was published in said paper for two successive weeks, beginning with its issue of 9/15/15 and expiring with its issue of 9/22/15 And, I do further certify that on 9/24/15 I posted and left posted, a copy of said notice at the front door of the Courthouse of said county../3 ADVERTISING MANAGER Subscribed and sworn to before me this the ay of 5c 8 A,-A 6-,20& My commission expires ' publishing notice hereto $ ADVERTISING MANAGER

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10 Certificate of Publication I, Carol Peters, Advertising Ivmrlwer %The Preston County News, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published at Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia, do hereby certify that the annexed public notice TOWN OF REEDSVILLE SEWER ORDINANCE has been published for One successive weeks in said newspaper, beginning with its issue of one and expiring with the issue of 9/18/15 And, I do further certify that on 9/Z I /15 Sworn to and subscribed before me this the day of,2ol- My commission expires NOTARY PUBLIC

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12 PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE IN RATES BY MUNICIPALITIES

13 Town of Reedsville 207 South Robert Stone Way PO Box 397 Reedsville, WV Phone: (304) Fax: (304) September 9,2015 Preston Publications 208 West Main Street Kingwood, WV Re: Sewer Ordinance to be published as a Class 11-0 legal advertisement Dear MadamlSir: The Town of Reedsville is asking if you could publish the attached documents as a Class 11-0 legal advertisement in the Preston County Journal on Wednesday, September 16,2015 and the Preston County News on Friday, September 18,2015. Also, we would like to request an affidavit of publication from the newspaper. Thank you! Respectfully, Town of Reedsville Reedsville Sewer Service "THIS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM. DISCRIMINATION IS PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW. COMPLAINTS OF DISCRIMINATION MAY BE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, USDA, WASHINGTON, "

14 Town of Reedsville 207South RobertStone Way PO Box 397 Reedsville, WV Phone: (304) Fax: (304) NOTICE.a,?> r., TOWN OF REEDSVILLE Notice is hereby given that the Town of Reedsville, a municipal corporation, will hold a hearing before the final vote on a proposed ordinance, the principal object of which is the increase of sewer rates for customers of the sewer system operated by the Town of Reedsville. The title of such ordinance is An Ordinance Establishing and Fixing Rates, Fees, Charges, and Delayed Payment Penalty Charges for Service to Customers of the Sewage System of the Town of Reedsville. The rates and charges being proposed are: THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF REEDSVILLE HEREBY ORDAINS: The following schedule of rates, fees, charges and delayed payment penalty to be charged are hereby fixed and determined as the rates, fees, charges and delayed payment penalties to be charged to customers of the sewage service of the Town of Reedsville throughout the entire territory served. SECTION 1 - SCHEDULE OF RATES A. APPLICABILITY Applicable within the entire territory served. B. AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE Available for general domestic, commercial and industry sanitary sewer service. 1. RATES (customer with metered water supply) First 3,000 gallons used per month $16.67 per 1,000 gallons Next 3,000 gallons used per month $15.67 per 1,000 gallons Next 4,000 gallons used per month $13.22 per 1,000 gallons Next 10,000 gallons used per month $ per 1,000 gallons Over 20,000 gallons used per month $10.75 per 1,000 gallons 2. MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGE THIS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM. DISCRIMINATION IS PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW. COMPLAINTS OF DISCRIMINATION MAY BE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, USDA, WASHINGTON,

15 No bill shall be rendered for less than $50.01 per month. 3. LEAK ADJUSTMENT RATE The adjustment rate is hereby set as $6.76 per 1,000 gallons. To be used when the bill reflects unusual consumption which can be attributed to eligible water leakage on the customer s side of the meter. This rate shall be applied to all such unusual consumption above the customer s historical average usage when approved. 4. UNMETEFWDKJNMEASURED RATES In the event the water supply is unmetered or otherwise unmeasurable, the unmetered rate shall be charged. The metered rate shall be $73.52 per month or equivalent to 4,500 gallons usage for residential customers 5. DELAYED PAYMENT PENALTY Ten percent (10%) penalty shall be added to all charges not paid within twenty (20) days from the date of the billing. This delayed payment is not interest and is only to be collected once for each bill where it is appropriate. If any bill is not paid when due, water service to the customer will be discontinued. Water service will not be restored until all past due water and sewer bills have been paid in full and all accrued penalties plus a reconnection charge have been paid. 6. MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY Apartment buildings and other multiple occupancy buildings shall be required to pay not less than the monthly minimum bill for each unit. Hotels and Motels shall be exempt from this multiple occupancy charge. House trailer or mobile home courts served through a single meter shall be required to pay not less than the monthly minimum bill multiplied by the number of units in place: regardless of occupancy, at the time the meter is read each month. 7. TAP OR CONNECTION FEE A tap or connection fee may be charged for all new or additional connections. Each tap or connection fee shall be based upon a single-family equivalent dwelling equal to an average usage of 300 gallons per day. The tap or connection fee for a single-family equivalent dwelling shall be in an amount not less than $350.00, plus any additional costs incurred by the system for installation of any new lines or extension of the lines necessary to make such connection. 8. WATER DISCONNECTlRECONNECT FEES Whenever water service has been disconnected for nonpayment of sewer bills, a sewer service disconnection fee of $20.00 shall be charged. THIS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNllY PROGRAM. DISCRIMINATION IS PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW. COMPLAINTS OF DISCRIMINATION MAY BE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, USDA, WASHINGTON,

16 ii b.?3ph -y. ~,y Whenever water service, which has been previously disconnected, or otherwise b.. withheld for nonpayment of sewer bill, is reconnected, a reconnection fee of $20.00 shall be charged. 9. UTILITY SERVICE TAX AND ADMINISTRATION FEE Two percent (2%) of the charge imposed. 10. RETURNED CHECK CHARGE If a check received in payment of a sewage bill is returned by the bank for any reasons, the bank s charge to the Sewage Board of Reedsville shall be the charge to the customer, and such additional charge to the customer shall not exceed $ SECURITY DEPOSIT Fifty dollars ($50.00) or two-twelfths (2112) of the average annual usage of the applicant s customer class, whichever is greater, shall be required as a security deposit... > 12. SURFACE OR GROUNDWATER SURCHARGE Wherever the utility has discovered that a customer s roof drain, downspout, storm sewer, or other similar facilities conducting surface water have been connected to the utility s sewer system, and such customer has failed to take appropriate corrective action within thirty (30) days of receipt of a demand by the utility, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Public Service Commission, to calculated on the basis of the following formula: S =A x R x x C S A R C The surcharge in dollar The area under roof and/or the area of any other water collection surface connected to the sanitary sewer, in square feet The measured monthly rainfall, in inches A conversion factor to change inches of rain x square feet of surface to thousands of gallons of water The utility s approved rate per thousand gallons of metered water usage. The utility shall not impose the surcharge unless, and until, the customer has been notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by hand delivery, that it has been established by smoking test, dye testing, or on-site inspection that rain or other surface water is being introduced into the sanitary sewer system at the customer s location, and that the customer has not acted within thirty (30) days from receipt of such notice to divert the water from the sanitary sewer system. THIS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM. DISCRIMINATION IS PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW. COMPLAINTS OF DISCRIMINATION MAY BE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, USDA, WASHINGTON,

17 Said surcharge shall be calculated and imposed for each month that said condition continues to exist. Failure to pay the surcharge and/or correct the situation shall give rise to the possible termination of water service in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. SECTION 2 - EFFECTIVE DATE The rates, fees, charges and delayed payment penalty charges provided herein shall be effective more than forty-five (45) days after the enactment thereof. SECTION 3 - SEPARABILITY; REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES The provisions of this Ordinance are separable, and if any clause, provision, or section hereof be held void or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance. All resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are, to the extent that the provisions of this Ordinance do not touch upon the provisions of the prior resolutions, order, or parts thereof, the same shall remain in full force and effect. The final vote on adoption of said proposed ordinance shall be Held in the Council Chambers of the Town of Reedsville, Town Hall, 207 South Robert Stone Way Reedsville, West Virginia on Monday, September 28,2015 at four o clock (4:OO) p.m. Interested parties may Appear and be heard at such time with respect to the passage of the Proposed ordinance. Copies of the proposed ordinance are available At the Office of the Clerk, Town Hall, in Reedsville.. THIS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM. DISCRIMINATION IS PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW. COMPLAINTS OF DISCRIMINATION MAY BE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, USDA, WASHINGTON,