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(A) Billing for sewer service charges shall be made to the sewer customers of the WPCA by the town annually. Those persons without water meters or with a source of water supply other than the Regional Water Authority will be billed quarterly.
(B) All sewer user charges shall be due and payable on or before ten days after the date of the mailing of the bill to the persons. Any sewer use charge not paid within 30 days of due date shall be delinquent and shall bear interest from the due date at the rate and in the manner provided by the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut for delinquent property taxes. There shall be indicated on each bill the last date on which the same may be paid without becoming subject to the interest charge, together with a statement to the effect that if the bill is not paid within 30 days from the due date, it will become subject to interest from the due date at the applicable rate. The town shall exercise due diligence to collect the full amount due. The town may consider accounts, in its discretion, uncollectible.
(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)
(A) Any unpaid sewer user charges shall constitute a lien upon the real estate against which such charge was levied from the date it became delinquent. Each such lien may be continued, recorded and released in the manner provided by the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut for continuing, recording and releasing property tax liens and encumbrances except taxes, and may be foreclosed in the same manner as a lien for property taxes. The WPCA, with the approval of the Legislative Council, shall designate a person as the collector of the sewer use charges, and such collector may collect such charges in accordance with the provisions of the General Statutes, aforesaid, for the collection of property taxes. The town official will prepare a list of accounts deemed uncollectible in whole or in part with recommendations as:
(1) Write off as uncollectible. Said list shall be submitted to the WPCA for review and approval.
(2) Delinquent unpaid sewer user charges shall be increased to include all fees and charges applicable to the unpaid sewer use charges.
(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)
(A) In the event any adjustment in a water bill affects the basis on which the town sewer charge is levied for the same period, an appropriate adjustment in the sewer use charge shall be made by a credit or additional charge on the next bill. In all cases, the General Manager shall certify to the WPCA the validity of each adjustment.
(B) The WPCA may permit adjustments to a user's sewer bill for various reasons under provisions of rules, regulations and guidelines that may be adopted from time to time by the WPCA with the approval of the Legislative Council.
(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)
Any person failing or refusing to pay the charges provided for in this chapter, or to deposit the proper sum in the event of a dispute as to the amount of such charges in the time and manner provided, and who continues to discharge wastewater from his property into the sanitary sewer systems of the town, shall be guilty of an offense. Each and every day that such violation continues shall constitute separate offense and shall be punishable as such. The conviction of a person for such an offense shall not be a bar to the institution by the WPCA of a suit for the collection of the delinquent charges and for an injunction to enjoin such person from discharging waste into the sanitary sewer system of the town without complying with the provisions of this subchapter and paying the charges established hereby.
(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)
There shall be no separate sewer fund in the town outside of the normal accounting methods used by the town's Finance Office. All notes, bonds and any other funds for the purpose of the town's sewerage system shall be allocated in the same manner as any other borrowing prescribed by the Town Charter with the recommendation and approval of the town's fiscal authority, the Legislative Council.
(Ord. 397, passed 10-25-99)
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