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1701. - Sewer commission [designated].#
The town shall have the authority pursuant to applicable state law and subject to applicable rules and regulations of the state and federal governments to operate, maintain, extend, and improve a sewage disposal system for the town or any part or parts thereof. There shall be a sewer commission for the town which shall be the town council. The sewer commission shall exercise the powers of the town in relation to all matters pertaining to sewers in the town as set forth in this section and in applicable state law, and also in relation to the extension of said sewer system to and the collection and treatment of all sewage from the state and any other municipal or quasi-municipal corporation or any private party under any contract or contracts it shall have entered into with such parties for said purposes or shall enter into [in] the future.
1702. - Powers of sewer commission.#
The sewer commission shall have the powers to: (1)
Enter into contracts with the state, other municipal or quasi-municipal corporations, or private parties, under which it shall agree to collect and treat sewage from such contracting parties under terms set forth in such contracts; provided, however, that no such contract shall be for a period exceeding forty (40) years;
(2)
Set and apportion sewer assessments and sewer use charges in the manner prescribed by applicable law;
(3)
Prescribe rules and regulations effective within the town regulating or requiring the connection of estates and buildings with sewers; for the inspection of the materials; [and] the construction, alteration, and use of all connections into such sewers; and may prescribe penalties in accordance with local and State law for violation of each rule or regulation; and each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense; provided, however, that all such rules and regulations shall not be effective prior to their publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the town;
(4)
Issue bonds and temporary notes for the purposes set forth in Section 1701 and [this section] 1702, in the manner and subject to the limitations set forth on [in] applicable state law, and to make application for, receive, and apply to the purposes set forth in the said sections, monies from the federal and state governments;
(5)
Exercise any and all such additional powers as are conferred upon it by applicable state law, and any amendments thereof.
Editor's note— Subsection (3) of this section was amended by Question 12 approved at the June 19, 2001, Special Election.
1703. - Sewer department.#
(A)
In addition to those powers as set forth herein and pursuant to Public Laws 1920, Chapter 2005, as amended, the Town Council for the Town of West Warwick, acting as sewer commission, shall be vested with the power and authority to plan, acquire, construct, operate, maintain, extend, and improve a sewage disposal system for the Town or any part or parts thereof.
(B)
The Town Council shall also have the power to employ a Superintendent of Sewers upon the recommendation of the Town Manager and to prescribe his or her duties. The Town Manager shall have the power to employ such other assistants, employees and advisers as may be necessary for the efficient operation of the sewer system, and, through the Town Manager and Superintendent of Sewers, shall be responsible for the management and operation of said system.
Editor's note— This section was amended by Question 1 approved at the February 8, 1994, Special Election; Question 13 approved at the June 19, 2001, Special Election.