Water rates or charges for water services shall be billed and payable bimonthly in the following manner:
A. Bimonthly Billing: Bills for water services shall be rendered for bimonthly readings ending February 28, April 30, June 30, August 31, October 31, and December 31 of each year. (Ord. 1173, 1-9-2002)
B. Penalty For Late Payment: The Village Treasurer shall mail billings to each owner, occupant or user between the first and fifteenth days of January, March, May, July, September and November, for the two (2) month period ending on the last day of the preceding month. A late charge of thirty dollars ($30.00) shall be added to any bill in which payment is not received within thirty (30) days of the date of mailing. If payment is not received by the due date, a "second and final bill before shutoff" will be generated, indicating the total amount due, with a due date no later than fifteen (15) days from date of mailing. The water supply may be suspended if the owner, occupant or user fails to remit timely payment to the Village as so specified in the "second and final bill" and the outstanding balance exceeds thirty one dollars ($31.00). The water service shall not be reinstated until any and all past water billings together with a one hundred dollar ($100.00) service charge is remitted to the Village Treasurer. The Village Treasurer shall indicate on the bill the date after which the late charge will be assessed. Billings for such services may be combined with billing for sewer service charges or garbage collection charges, if applicable, and payment of combined billing shall be applied first to sewer service charges, then to garbage collection charges, and finally to water service charges. (Ord. 1646, 6-26-2013)
C. Delinquency; Lien: In the event the charges for services are not paid within thirty (30) days after the date of mailing, such charges shall be deemed and are hereby declared to be delinquent, and thereafter such delinquencies shall constitute a lien upon the real estate for which service is supplied. The Village Clerk, upon being directed to do so by the Village Administrator, is hereby authorized and directed to file a notice of such lien in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County, as provided in 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/11-139-8. (Ord. 1596, 3-14-2012)
D. Authority To Discontinue Water Service; Notice; Fee: (Rep. by Ord. 1596, 3-14-2012)
E. Request For Meter Test; Fee: In the event any owner, occupant or user of Village water services is of the opinion that the water meter on the premises being served is not accurate, he may, by depositing fifty dollars ($50.00) with the Village Treasurer, request a test of said meter. If, upon such test, the meter is found to be accurate, said fee shall be forfeited to the Village as cost of such test, but if the meter is found to be inaccurate, said fee shall be returned to the property owner and the meter properly adjusted to register accurately.
F. Inaccurate Meter Reading; Billing Averaged: Whenever it is found that a meter has been registering inaccurately or has not registered since the last reading, the individual authorized to issue billings as provided in section 8-1-5 of this chapter, with the consent of the committee, shall render a billing based on the average for previous periods or based on water consumption of a similar water user. (Ord. 1173, 1-9-2002)