(A) Billing duties. It is hereby made the duty of the Director of Finance or his or her designee to render bills for service and for all rates and charges in connection therewith and to collect all monies due thereon.
(B) Manner of billing.
(1) Said rates or charges for service shall be payable bimonthly depending upon the classification of service for which bills are rendered. The owner of the premises, the occupant thereof, and the user of the service shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for the service to such premises, and the service is furnished to the premises by the village only upon the condition that the owner of the premises, occupant, and user of the services are jointly and severally liable therefor to the village.
(2) All sewer bills are due and payable 21 days after being sent out.
(C) Late penalty fee. A 10% late penalty shall be assessed to the account if payment is not received prior to issuance of the next bill.
(D) Non-sufficient funds fee. A penalty sum of (established in the annual fee schedule) for any check returned for non-sufficient funds shall be added to any bill to which attempted prior payment was made by such non-sufficient check. If there are two checks returned from the bank within a one-year time period, no further checks shall be accepted from the customer unless the checks are certified, until there is an acceptable payment history for a further one-year period.
(E) Whenever a bill for utility service remains unpaid for three consecutive billing cycles after it has been rendered it shall be deemed and is hereby declared delinquent, as provided by law. The Director of Finance or his or her designee may, in his or her discretion, send the unpaid invoices to a collection agency, proceed with utility service termination, file with the county recorder of deeds a statement of lien claim or proceed with any other remedy available to the village under this code or state or federal law.
(F) Disconnection/termination of service.
(1) If the rates or charges for service or industrial cost recovery are not paid for three consecutive billing cycles, the Director of Finance or his or her designee, is hereby authorized to notify in writing the owner of the premises, the occupancy thereof, and the user of the service, that such delinquency exists and that service shall be disconnected without further notice.
(2) The Director of Finance or his or her designee shall also cause a disconnection notice to be posted on the property.
(3) Ten days after the shut off notice has been posted, and payment not received, all applicable utility services shall be terminated.
(G) Discontinuing service. Any person wishing to discontinue service shall give notice to the Director of Finance or his or her designee prior to the expiration of the time for which payment has been made or become due and remaining unpaid; otherwise, he or she shall be liable for the charge for the ensuing billing period.
(Ord. 03-19, passed 10-20-2003; Am. Ord. 22-29, passed 6-6-2022)