Water bills shall be due and payable monthly at the office of the Municipal Clerk. The Utilities Superintendent shall read or cause to be read water meters monthly between the nineteenth day and the twenty-fifth day of the month. It shall be the duty of the customers of the Water Department to present themselves monthly at the office of the Municipal Clerk to pay their bills in net cash. The Utilities Superintendent shall direct the Municipal Clerk to charge and collect from each customer the amount of water consumed since the last examination together with any other charges, properly itemized, due the Water Department. Bills shall be due on the first day of each month and shall be payable by the tenth of each month. There shall be a 10% penalty applied to all accounts which are unpaid at the close of the business on the twentieth day of the month following the billing period. Bills not paid by the twenty-fifth day of each month shall be deemed to be delinquent. Upon being deemed to be delinquent, as herein defined, the Municipal Clerk shall give a written notice to the customer of such delinquency and shall demand payment immediately. In the event that the bill is not paid within seven days after the sending of said notice, it shall be discretionary with the Superintendent to cut off service at any time; provided, that if the delinquent customer is a known welfare recipient, it shall be the duty of the Municipal Clerk to notify the customer and the County Welfare Department by certified mail of the proposed termination. The Utilities Superintendent shall assess an additional fee set by resolution of the governing body and on file at the office of the Municipal Clerk, in the event that water is shut off for the nonpayment of any water bill, to compensate the municipality for the additional hook-up necessary to again provide water service to the delinquent customer. For provisions on water meter deposits, see § 3-1105.
(Ord. 911, passed 11-5-2019)
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Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-542 and 70-1605