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 sewer 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 sewer 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, design, construction, inspection, maintenance, management, operation and alteration of the public sewer system, including capital improvements, and relating to the design, construction and inspection of private sewer systems;

D. Enter into contracts pursuant to Chapter 35.91 RCW, the Municipal Water and Sewer Facilities Act, including contracts that provide for the reimbursement of owners constructing facilities (latecomer agreements) and agreements with private property owners for the extension of the sewer 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. Prepare and recommend the sewer system plan referenced in BCC 24.04.070 for adoption by the city council and implementation by the utility;

G. 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;

H. Develop and implement programs related to sewer use, including an industrial waste management program for protection of the public sewer system and a septic system management program;

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

J. Take enforcement action, to the extent allowed by law, pursuant to Chapter 1.18 BCC. (Ord. 5964 § 1, 2010.)