Water/Sewer/Garbage Billing
The City of Ossian provides water and sewer services to it's residents along with contracted garbage pickup. Charges for those services are billed to residents and businesses on a monthly basis. The bills are mailed sometime around the 20th of each month . They are then due by the 10th of the following month. When the 10th falls on the weekend they are due the Monday following the weekend.
Payments can be dropped in the mail slot found on the door of the city clerk's office, mailed or automatically withdrawn from your checking account. The form for the automatical withdrawal can be picked up at the city clerk's office or printed by clicking below.
Monthly Water Rates
Within the City Limits:
- Improvement Fee $6.00
- 0 - 1000 Gallons $8.00 (Minimum Bill)
- All Over 1000 Gallons $2.75/1000 Gallons
Outside the City Limits:
- Improvement Fee $6.00
- 0 - 1000 Gallons $11.00 (Minimum Bill)
- 1001 - 9999 Gallons $7.00/1000 Gallons
- All Over 10,000 Gallons $2.00/1000 Gallons
Monthly Sewer Rates
Sewer rates are based on water consumption.
Within the City Limits
- Improvement Fee $16.00
- 0 - 1000 Gallons $ 9.00 (Minimum Bill)
- All Over 1000 Gallons $ 6.40/1000 Gallons
Outside the City Limits
- Improvement Fee $16.00
- 0 - 1000 Gallons $ 9.00 (Minimum Bill)
- All Over 1000 Gallons $ 7.40/1000 Gallons
Monthly Garbage Rates
All residents are required to have garbage pickup. The contracted garbage hauler for the City is Malcom Enterprises Inc. Residents south of Hwy 52 have their garbage picked up on Monday mornings and residents north of Hwy 52 garbage is picked up on Wednesday mornings. If you have problems concerning your garbage pickup you can contact Malcom Enterprises; 563-382-4497.
Residential Rate: $10.25 plus a fuel surcharge which may vary from $.75 to $1.75. (The fuel surcharge is based on the cost of
fuel and may be periodically adjusted.)
Business Rate: The rate for each business is determined by the garbage hauler.