(A) Enforcement and collection procedures. Payment of the bill and delinquency charges may be enforced in any or a combination of the following ways:
(1) By bringing a civil action against the property owner in the name of the town in accordance with I.C. 36-9-23-31;
(2) By attaching a lien to the property to which sewage service was rendered in accordance with I.C. 36-9-23-32, 36-9-23-33; or
(3) In the manner provided by division (B) of this section.
(B) Disconnection of water service to affected property; procedure. In accordance with its powers under I.C. 8-1.5-3-4( d), the Town Council reserves the right, at its discretion, to direct the appropriate authorities of the municipal water utility to discontinue water service to any property served by the water utility and for which any portion of the bill (including applicable delinquency charges) for municipal sanitary services also rendered to the property has remained unpaid for more than 30 days after the date when it is due. The Town Council shall cause the affected water customer to be given at least ten days prior written notice, sent by certified mail to his or her last known address, of its intent to discontinue water service under this section. It does not bar the issuance or execution of an order under this section that the person receiving or benefitting from the water service may be different from the person responsible for the payment of the overdue sewer bill. The Town Council may stay its order if it is shown to its satisfaction that the failure to pay the sewer bill is due to financial hardships or other extraordinary causes and that the person owing the sewer bill intends in good faith and will be able to pay same within a reasonable further period of time acceptable to the Council. Otherwise, water service will be resumed only when the sewer bill and any delinquency charges are fully paid.
(C) The Clerk-Treasurer is authorized to write-off delinquent wastewater service accounts if all the following conditions have been satisfied:
(1) A lien has been filed against the real estate by the town's sewer system;
(2) The outstanding balance is not more than $500; and
(3) All reasonable means of collecting the account have been exhausted and that account is more than 180 days delinquent.
(`86 Code, § 2-3-19) (Ord. 86-C1, passed 7-15-86; Am. Ord. 117-2006, passed 2-21-06 ; Am. Ord. 5-17- 2016, passed 6-21-16; Am. Ord. 4-23-2018B, passed 5-21-18)