(A) Bills and notices relating to the conduct of the business of city will be mailed to the customer at the address listed on the application unless a change of address has been filed, in writing, with the city. The city shall not otherwise be responsible for delivery of any bill or notice nor will the customer be excused from the payment of any bill or any performance required in the notice.
(B) Meters will be read monthly.
(C) Bills for water service are due and payable at the City Hall, or to any designated agent, on the date of issue. Bills will be deemed due in full the fifteenth day of each month. Between the sixteenth day and the twenty-fourth day of each month, bills will be deemed delinquent and shall require a 10% penalty added to the bill. Any bill not paid by the close of business on the twenty-fourth day of each month shall require a $25 surcharge, in addition to the 10% late penalty fee, whether or not water service is cut off to the home or not.
(E) If a deadline date falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, the deadline shall not expire until the next succeeding secular day.
(F) When payment in full is not paid by the close of business on the twenty-fourth of each month, a surcharge of $50 will be added to the balance of the customer’s water service, but the reconnection will not be made until after all delinquent bills and other charges, if any, owed by the customer to the city have been paid.
(G) The city shall have the right to require that a deposit of $150 be placed on deposit with the city by a customer for the purpose of establishing or maintaining the customer’s credit or as assurance for the payment of water bills by the customer. Fifty dollars of the $150 shall be a non-refundable service fee and $100 shall be credited to the customer’s account when vacating the residence.
(Ord. 3-14-78-2, passed 3-14-1978; Ord. 2003-1, passed 3-11-2003; Ord. 2007-1, passed 5-24-2007; Ord. 2020-3, passed 11-19-2020)