(A) Bills and notices relating to the conduct of the business of the village will be mailed to the customer at the address listed on the application unless a change of address has been filed in writing at the business office of the village, and the Council shall not otherwise be responsible for delivery of any bill or notice, nor will the customer be excused from non-payment of a bill or from any performance required in the notice.
(B) Bills for sewer service are due and payable at the business office of the village or to any designated agent, on their date of issue. All bills not paid on or before the past due date shall be termed delinquent, and the village shall serve on the customer a written final notice of said delinquency. If a delinquent bill is not paid within 30 days after its date due, the water and/or sewer service to the user will be subject to discontinuance or other measures as State law will allow.
(C) Where the sewer service supplied to a customer has been discontinued for non-payment of a delinquent bill, the village reserves the right to request that a nominal sum be placed on deposit with the village for the purpose of establishing or maintaining such customer’s credit. The reconnection will not be made until after all delinquent bills and other charges, if any, owed by the customer to the village, have been paid.
(D) The village shall make all reasonable efforts to eliminate interruption of service, and, when such interruption occurs, will endeavor to re-establish service with the shortest possible delay. Whenever the service is interrupted for purpose of working on the collection system or the treatment equipment, all customers affected by such interruption will be notified in advance whenever it is possible to do so.
(E) The village may refuse to provide sanitary sewer service to an account, person or property if any rentals or other charges, including penalties for late payment, are not paid by the user thereof. Further, if such rentals or other charges are not paid when due, they shall, upon certification of such nonpayment to the County Auditor, constitute a lien upon the property so served, shall be placed by the Auditor upon the real property tax list and duplicate, and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes.
(Ord. 740, passed 5-16-94)