(A) The customer account balance must be paid in full before the customer qualifies to enroll in the budget billing option.
(B) The customer must be a resident of the village for a year prior to enrolling in the budget billing option and own the residence where he or she has been residing the prior year.
(C) In determining the history used for budget billing amounts January 1 through December 31 of the year just prior to the sign-up period will be used. The budget billing amount will be adjusted annually.
(D) The sign-up period will be from March 1 to April 15 of each year. If a customer requests budget billing at a time other than the sign-up period, the Clerk-Treasurer will receive the request and present it to the Board for approval.
(E) Payments must be received by the tenth of each month. If a payment is received after the tenth of the month, the budget billing option will be removed from the customer’s account.
(F) Over-payments will be credited to the billing month of January. Under-payments will be billed to the billing month of January.
(G) All utilities (electric, water, sewer and sanitation) must be purchased from the village.
(Prior Code, § 3-801) (Ord. 177, passed 1-4-2010)