The sewer authority accepts credit and debit cards for sewer payments. The quarterly rate is $146.00 for 1 Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU).
In 2020, Council voted to hire Portnoff Law to collect delinquent sewer payments. Amounts totaling $450 or more are now handled by Portnoff Law.
Bills are mailed in March, June, September and December each year. Rate payers have a 30 day grace period to pay their bill without a late charge. Rate payers who pay for the full year in advance receive a discounted rate. A table of computations of EDUs follows:
Table of Equivalent Dwelling Units
Classification of Property – Equivalent Dwelling Units
Two Family Dwelling – 2
Trailer –1
Apartment House, per rental unit – 1
Hotel, per (3) rental rooms – 1
Boarding house, per 3 single occupancy rooms –1
Boarding house, per 3 double, or more, occupancy rooms – 2
Restaurant, Club, Tavern, – 1
per 8 seats up to 40 seats and 1 Equivalent Dwelling
Unit per 32 seats thereafter
Church, Fire Company – 1
Service Station, Automobile Repair Garage – 2-1/2
Barber or Beauty Shop, – 1
two chairs or less
ea. additional (2) chairs – 1/2
Laundromat, per (5) washers – 1-1/2
Retail Store, Office, Business or Industry
(8) or less employees – 1
ea. additional (6) employees – 1/2
Public School,
Elementary (per 20 students) – 1
Secondary (per 15 students ) – 1
Private School, per,
each 10 resident pupils – 1
plus each (15) day pupils – 1
Any user having a commercial (i.e., 3/4 horsepower or
greater) garbage grinder, per each such grinder,
additional – 1