(A) A hook-up or reconnection fee shall be charged by MNG for any service where a request has been made for cut-off or discontinuation of services or where the occupant has caused the gas meter to be removed. The customer shall pay a fifty-dollar ($50.00) connection fee for initial turn-on or connect for each meter service requested in his or her name (water or gas). Customers shall pay a seventy-five-dollar ($75.00) reconnect fee when the service was disconnected due to non-payment. When reconnection is requested during the fall after being disconnected at the request of the customer for non-heating months, the reconnection fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). Customers will be exempt from the fifty-dollar ($50.00) connect fee per meter when a read and transfer work order is requested for new services. A returned payment service charge of fifty dollars ($50.00) will be assessed for checks returned by a bank or other financial institution for nonpayment. If the service is disconnected due to tampering with the metering equipment or intentional destruction of metering equipment, the actual cost of repair and reconnection shall be charged prior to service restoration.
(B) All such service reconnection or meter hook-up fees shall be established by the Director of Finance and Murray Natural Gas based upon cost of material, labor and equipment, and shall be approved by the City Council. All such service reconnection fees or meter hook-up fees shall be paid by 3:30 p.m. on the day service is to be restored or the service will not be restored until the next business day.
(Ord. 2022-1837, passed 12-8-22; Am. Ord. 2023-1856, passed 12-14-23)