(A) Water and electric meters will be read and bills rendered monthly but the town may vary dates or length of period covered, temporarily or permanently, if necessary or desirable.
(B) (1) Bills for water and electric will be determined in accordance with the rate schedule then in effect and will be based on the amount consumed for the period covered by the meter readings.
(2) The amount payable for each billing period shall not be less than the minimum charge prescribed in the schedule of rates.
(C) Charges for service commence when the meter is installed and connection is made, whether used or not.
(D) Bills for water and electric service are due when rendered and are delinquent after the fifteenth of the month in which billed; as of 12:00 noon on the sixteenth of that month, a service charge, in an amount determined by the Board of Commissioners, shall be added to the bill and shall be paid by the customer in the month owed.
(E) Partial payments shall not be accepted by the town and any partial payments paid to the town shall not stop the discontinuation of service.
(F) Bills unpaid by the close of business on the twenty-fifth of the month in which billed shall cause disconnection of service, subject to the same procedures set forth in § 52.02(D).
(G) Delinquent notices shall be hung on customer doors no more than two working days prior to cutoff services.
(H) Failure to receive bills mailed or notices delivered shall not prevent the bills from becoming delinquent, nor relieve the customer from payment.
(1993 Code, § 50.20) (Ord. 13-106, passed 11-4-2013)