Sec. 9-66 Collection of Deferred Payment Charges. 15

   All bills for water service not paid within fifteen (15) days from the due date thereof, as stated in such bills, shall be subject to a collection or deferred payment charge of ten percent (10%) on the first three dollars ($3.00) and three percent (3%) on the excess over three dollars ($3.00). Should termination of services occur due to non payment or vacancy, all unpaid amounts plus interest, security deposit and reconnection charges shall be collected prior to reinstituting service or placing service at that place in the name of another person or entity.

   The Clerk-Treasurer shall notify:

      1)   the Public Works Department; and

      2)   the user

when an account is not paid within forty-five (45) days from the date any portion of the outstanding balance was first due to be paid but is not then paid. The notice to the user is to be given by first class mail, with sufficient postage attached, at the address given by the user to the Clerk-Treasurer as the address at which bills are to be delivered. The Public Works Department shall, upon receipt of the notice, deliver a copy of the notice to the property by delivery to any adult found thereon and, failing to find an adult, affix the notice to what appears to be the primary entrance to the primary building on the premises and immediately thereafter shall certify to the Clerk-Treasurer of the delivery. If the Department of Public Works finds the premises vacated the Department shall so certify to the Clerk-Treasurer and the Clerk-Treasurer shall publish notice on one (1) occasion in the newspaper of general circulation in Lake County.

   The notice shall contain:

      a.   The name and address of the user;

      b.   A statement of the length of the delinquency and the amount of the delinquency;

      c.   That if the arrearage is not paid in full within twenty-one (21) days of notices’ mailing or publication, that the Town Schererville will disconnect the water service and, thereafter, so notify the Lake County Department of Public Health;

      d.   That the user may ask the Utility Board to reconsider termination of service, but such request must be by certified mail, addressed to the Utility Board, c/o Town Hall, Schererville, IN 46375, received no later than the fourteenth (14th) day after notice is mailed or, if published, date of publication, and include payment of all sums the Utility claims is due.

(Ord. No. 1257, § 2f, 11-10-93)

 

Notes

15	Ord. No. 1257 replaced the provisions of Ord. No. 1253 passed on 10-13-93 which addressed collection of delinquent accounts.