(A) All bills are due and payable on or before the fifteenth of the month. A late charge of $7.50 will be assessed if the bill is not paid on or before the fifteenth of the month. However, if the meter is three inches or larger a late charge of 10% will be assessed. If the fifteenth of the month falls on a weekend or legal holiday, then the bill is due and payable on the following business day by 12:00 noon.
(B) Any bill not paid by the first day of the following month shall result in discontinuance of service by cut-off. Disconnection of service will be made by 12:00 noon on the first day of the following month. If the first day of the following month falls on a weekend or legal holiday, service will be disconnected by 12:00 noon on the following business day. To resume service, the customer shall be required to pay the delinquent bill, a $20 reconnection fee, and the $7.50 late charge.
(C) (1) Bills for water and sewer service are due and payable at the city hall, or to any designated agent, on their date of issue. Bills will be dated and mailed on the first day of each month.
(2) All bills not paid on or before the past due date shall be deemed delinquent, and the city shall serve a customer a written final notice of said delinquency, and of the fact that such customer is entitled, upon written request, to a hearing on the question of termination of service. If a delinquent bill is not paid by the first day of the following month after date of such final notice, and if no hearing is requested, or if a hearing is requested and timely held, and such customer’s delinquency is thereby established, the water supply to the customer may be discontinued without further notice. However, if, prior to discontinuance of service, there is delivered to the city, or to its employee empowered to discontinue service, a written certificate signed by a physician, a registered nurse, or a public health officer that, in the opinion of the certifier, discontinuance of service will aggravate an existing illness or infirmity on the affected premises, service shall not be discontinued until the affected resident can make other living arrangements or until ten days elapse from the time of the city’s receipt of said certification, whichever occurs first.
(3) If a deadline date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, such deadline shall not expire until the next business day.
(Ord. 10-1986, passed 10-9-86; Am. Ord. 3-1987, passed 1-8-87; Am. Ord. 17-1987, passed 10-28-87; Am. Ord. 2-1988, passed 1-28-88; Am. Ord. 7-1992, passed 9-14-92; Am. Ord. 11-2007, passed 1-14-08; Am. Ord. 10-2012, passed 12-12-12)