§ 50.115 PAYMENTS AND BILLING PERIODS FOR INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY.

   For the purpose of industrial cost recovery, the year shall be divided into quarterly periods, said periods to begin on the first day of July, October, January, and March, and all industrial users of the City of Mt. Vernon shall pay the cost as determined for industrial cost recovery and such payment shall be made quarterly on the fifteenth day of the month immediately following the expiration of the quarterly period for which service has been supplied, and such charge shall be payable within ten (10) days after rendition thereof, and in the event such bills are not paid within said ten (10) days, a service charge of ten percent (.10010) shall be added thereto.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))

§ 50.116 DELINQUENCY AND TERMINATION OF SERVICE.

   (A)   In the event the charges for industrial cost recovery are not paid within ten days after the rendition of that bill, then such service charges shall be deemed and are hereby declared to be delinquent, and thereafter such delinquent charge shall constitute a lien upon the real estate for which such sewer services were supplied.

   (B)   The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed each quarter to file sworn statements showing such delinquencies in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Jefferson County, Illinois, and the filing of such statements shall be deemed notice of a lien for the payment of such charges for sewer service. If the delinquency in the payment of the recovery cost continues for a period of more than sixty (60) days, the sewer service shall be discontinued.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))

§ 50.117 TIME OF FIRST PAYMENT.

   The initial payment made by an industrial user which is connected to a public sewer after the start-up of the treatment works or sewer line constructed with a Federal Grant, shall be made by the next scheduled due date as defined above and shall be equal to one quarter of the amount due.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))

§ 50.118 ADJUSTMENT OF CHARGE DUE TO PLANT IMPROVEMENT UTILIZING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS.

   If there is an expansion or upgrading of the treatment works utilizing a Federal Grant, each existing industrial user’s share shall be adjusted accordingly.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))

§ 50.119 NO CHARGE FOR UNUSED OR UNRESERVED CAPACITY.

   An Industrial user’s portion of any Federal Grant shall not include any portion of the grant amount allocable to unused or reserved capacity.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))

§ 50.120 COMMITMENT FOR INCREASED USE.

   An industrial user’s portion of any Federal Grant shall include allowance for the cost of any firm commitment to the City of Mt. Vernon for any increased use by such user.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))

§ 50.121 PAYMENT TO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REQUIRED.

   The City of Mt. Vernon shall retain fifty percent (50%) of the amounts recovered from industrial users. The remainder, together with any interest earned thereon, shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States Anti-Pollution Fund on an annual basis.

(Prior Code, Art. 16, § 16.7(u))