A. Develop, adopt and carry out procedures as needed to implement this code and to carry out other responsibilities of the utility, including, but not limited to, emergency management and operations plans, procedures pertaining to the billing and collection of water consumption charges, water service charges and all other fees and charges imposed pursuant to this code, and procedures for periodic adjustment of fees and charges imposed pursuant to this code;

B. Prepare, adopt, update, administer and enforce, as needed, engineering standards to establish minimum requirements for the design and construction of water facilities and requirements for protecting existing facilities during construction. The engineering standards shall be consistent with this code and adopted city policies;

C. Administer and enforce this code and all procedures relating to the planning, acquisition, security, design, construction, inspection, maintenance, management, operation and alteration of the public water system, including capital improvements, and relating to the design, construction and inspection of private water systems;

D. Enter into any contracts pursuant to Chapter 35.91 RCW, the Municipal Water and Sewer Facilities Act, including contracts which provide for the reimbursement of owners constructing facilities (latecomer agreements) and agreements with private property owners for the extension of the public water system (utility developer extension agreements);

E. Advise the city council, city manager and other city departments and commissions on matters relating to the utility;

F. Initiate and manage programs to further the water quality requirements and objectives of the utility, including inspection of public and private property to identify and eliminate potential sources of contamination of the public water system and including inspection of backflow prevention assemblies installed to separate or isolate premises from the public water system;

G. Develop and implement programs and restrictions related to water use, including the comprehensive water conservation program, landscape water budgeting requirements, irrigation system design and performance requirements, and a water shortage contingency plan to be implemented during water shortages caused by weather or by system failure;

H. Prepare and recommend the water system plan referenced in BCC 24.02.070, and revisions thereto, for adoption by the city council and implementation by the utility;

I. Carry out other responsibilities as required by this code or other city codes, ordinances or regulations consistent with the Bellevue comprehensive plan;

J. Shut off water to any utility customer who is violating any provision of this code to the extent permitted by law;

K. Perform or direct the performance of financial review and analysis of the utility’s revenues, expenses, indebtedness, rates and accounting and recommend budgets, rates and financial policy for adoption by the city council; and

L. Take enforcement action, to the extent allowed by law pursuant to Chapter 1.18 BCC. (Ord. 5963 § 1, 2010.)