Such rates and charges shall be prepared, billed and collected by the Town in the manner provided by law and ordinance.
a. The rates and charges for all users shall be prepared and billed monthly.
b. The rates and charges may be billed to the tenant or tenants occupying the properties served, unless otherwise requested in writing by the owner, but such billing shall in no way relieve the owner from the liability in event payment is not made as herein required. The owners of properties served, which are occupied by a tenant or tenants, shall have the right to examine the collection records of the Town for the purpose of determining whether bills have been paid by such tenant or tenants, provided that such examination shall be made at the office at which said records are kept and during the hours that such office is open for business.
c. The Clerk-Treasurer shall notify:
1. the Public Works Department; and
2. the user when an account is past due more than thirty (30) days after the grace period for payment. Past due shall mean non-payment of any and all charges and surcharges, including but not limited to charges under the schedule of rates and charges, within the twenty-one (21) day grace period from the date of billing. 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 a newspaper of general circulation ins Lake County.
(Ord. No. 1248, § 2, 10-13-93)
d. The notice given, as described in paragraph b, shall contain:
1. The name and address of the user;
2. A statement of the length of the delinquency and the amount of the delinquency;
3. That if the arrearage is not paid in full within twenty-one (21) days of notice’s mailing or publication, then the Town of Schererville will disconnect the sewer service and, thereafter, so notify the Lake County Department of Public Health and, if the customer billing is for combined water and sewer, disconnect water service.
4. 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, do Town Hall, Schererville, IN 46375, and received no later than the fourteenth (14th) day after notice is mailed or, if published, date of publication.
(Ord. No. 1248, § 3,10-13-93)