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(A) General.
(1) The rates and charges for water service shall be as established by the Board and shall be due and payable monthly.
(2) A copy of the current rates and charges shall be kept on file at all times in the office of the Clerk.
(B) Water rates.
(1) Flat rate inside town: $21;
(2) Flat rate outside town: $21;
(3) Plus: inside town, $4.23 per gallon; and
(4) Plus: outside town, $6.48 per gallon.
(1993 Code, § 50.18) (Ord. passed 7-1-2012; Ord. passed - -)
(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)
(A) When water service is discontinued and all bills are paid, including penalties, the deposit will be refunded.
(B) On discontinuance of service for non- payment of bills, the deposit will be applied toward settlement of the account. Any balance will be refunded to the consumer but if the deposit is not sufficient to cover the amount due and payable, the town may proceed to collect the balance in any way provided by law for the collection of debts.
(C) Service discontinued for non-payment of bills will be restored only after bills are paid in full. Any deposit that has been used has been replenished and a service charge has been paid.
(D) The town reserves the right to discontinue water service without notice for any one or more of the following additional reasons:
(1) To prevent fraud or abuse;
(2) Consumer’s willful disregard of the town’s rules and regulations;
(3) Emergency repairs;
(4) Insufficiency of supply due to circumstances beyond the town’s control;
(5) Legal process;
(6) Direction of public authorities; and/or
(7) Strike, riot, fire, flood, accident or any unavoidable cause.
(E) The town may, in addition to prosecution by law, permanently refuse service to any consumer who tampers with a meter or other measuring device.
(1993 Code, § 50.21) (Ord. 13-106, passed 11-3-2013) Penalty, see § 10.99