PUBLIC NOTICE: Resolution Establishing Certain Sewer Service Fees

TOWNSHIP OF HILLSBOROUGH MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY

PUBLIC NOTICE

BY THE TOWNSHIP OF HILLSBOROUGH MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CERTAIN SEWER SERVICE CHARGES AND CONNECTION OR TAPPING FEES

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given by The Township of Hillsborough Municipal Utilities Authority (hereinafter called the “Authority”) that at 6:00 P. M. prevailing time on the 22nd day of May, 2024, at a meeting of the Authority at the offices of the Authority at 220 Triangle Road, Suite 234, Hillsborough, New Jersey, the Authority will consider the rates, fees, or other charges to be charged to the users of the sewerage services or facilities of the Authority, and that it will consider or may take action and prescribe such charges in accordance with the Municipal Utilities Authorities Law, and TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that at such time and place aforesaid, a Public Hearing will be held by the Authority with respect to such charges at which time all persons interested may appear and will be heard. The following amended resolution will be considered at the time aforesaid.

RESOLUTION BY THE TOWNSHIP OF HILLSBOROUGH MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY ESTABLISHING CERTAIN SEWER SERVICE CHARGES AND CONNECTION OR TAPPING FEES

WHEREAS, the Township of Hillsborough Municipal Utilities Authority, (hereinafter the “Authority”) is required by law and by Section 303 of its Service Contract with The Township of Hillsborough to promulgate certain uniform charges and connection or tapping fees or charges so that the revenues therefrom will at all times be adequate to pay the expenses of operation and maintenance of the utility system, including reserves, insurance, extensions and replacements, and to pay the principal of and interest on any bonds required by the terms of any contract or the municipal authority or as it may deem necessary or desirable:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by The Township of Hillsborough Municipal Utilities Authority that it hereby adopt, prescribe and establish the following amendment to the Resolution Establishing Certain Sewer Service Charges and Connection or Tapping Fees, the same to become effective and commencing at 1:00 A.M. on June 1, 2024.

SECTION I. is hereby amended as follows:

SECTION I. ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES

The annual service charge shall be calculated on the basis that one Equivalent Dwelling Unit (“EDU”) is 300 gallons per day.

The annual service charge for each “EDU” (300 gallons per day) shall be $480.00.

The annual service charge shall be calculated for various uses utilizing the flow criteria set forth in Schedule 1 attached hereto.

The annual service charge for all non-residential uses shall be, as a minimum, one

“EDU”, and the user shall be billed $480.00 for each “EDU” or part thereof.

The annual service charge for facilities with combined uses shall be determined by the summation of all appropriate flow values.

The annual service charge for all other industrial, research commercial or mixed uses not specifically mentioned in Schedule 1 shall be determined by the following formula:

(a factor to be determined by the Authority Engineer taking into Account the excess Biochemical

Estimated Daily Flow (gallons) X $480.00 X Oxygen Demand (B.O.D.) and

Suspended Solids (S.S.) of the Sewerage.)

In utilizing this formula:

All analysis shall be in accordance with the current edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater” published by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation, which methods and definitions are adopted by reference herein. A copy of said edition shall be on file with the Executive Director of the Authority.
The estimated daily flow shall be determined by the Authority Engineer according to accepted engineering standards and practices, and this determination shall be filed with the Authority.

Where the Authority determines that any customer, residential or non-residential, is discharging a combination of sewerage and storm water or drainage or water from any source into the lines of the Authority in excess of the estimated basic standard of 300 gallons per day for an EDU, the Authority shall determine the quantity of such excess and may charge therefor $480.00 per year for each 300 gallons per day or part thereof of such estimate or actual flow which is in excess of the aforesaid basic standard. Such charge shall be in addition to the annual charge to such customer set forth in Schedule 1 hereof and will be added to the billing of such customer for the next quarter following the quarter when such excess has been determined.

The estimated average daily flow shall be determined by the Authority on the basis of the factors specified in N.J.S.A. 40:B-22 and such other data and information made available to the Authority from its consulting engineer and the results of its other investigations and studies. Any such determination shall be filed with the Executive Director of the Authority and shall be available for public inspection. The charge may, if the Authority so shall determine, be in the nature of an estimated charge which shall be subject to revision after the installation or construction is completed. In no event shall the connection or tapping fee be reduced from the original charge.

As used in the above paragraph, the phrase “estimated average daily flow” shall be based on that consecutive period of three months which had the highest total flow within the first calendar year provided that there is no change in use.

THE TOWNSHIP OF HILLSBOROUGH
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY

Richard Nunn, Chairman

SCHEDULE 1