(A) All usage charges shall be calculated on the basic monthly water readings, subject to the complaint procedure set forth in § 50.013. Water and sewer charges detailed herein will be deemed to be 1 bill.
(B) All bills are due and payable upon receipt and are delinquent after the tenth of each month, and the service will be cut off after the twenty-fifth of each month, in accordance with § 50.013. There will be a late charge for all bills delinquent and an additional service charge for reconnection service during normal business hours, or a service charge for reconnection at other than normal business hours (see Appendix). If a customer's history shows no previous cut-offs in the last 12 months, the cut-off fee will be waived and the water not turned off. A customer will not be cut-off for a late fee balance of $6 or less. A customer who will be out-of-Town may request in writing that his or her water be turned off. When the meter is turned back on, an administrative fee as shown in Appendix A of this chapter will be charged to the account.
(C) Yard meters, which are defined as meters that are not connected to any device or appliance that is connected to the sewage system and that on which no sewer charge is imposed, may not be disconnected seasonally. In order to continue to qualify for the sewer charge exemption, the user must pay a minimum water bill year around.
(D) Standard connection charges will be made for connection to the water or sewer system to partially defray the cost of materials and labor, overhead in setting up an account, billing, recording location on maps, administrative, and the like. all materials, and labor will be furnished by the town in compliance with this division. No credit will be given for work or materials by others as specifically set forth herein. Standard connection charges and related material and labor charges are specified in the fee schedule and adjust automatically July 1 each year based on the annual average increase in the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, detailed expenditure category, for water and sewerage maintenance for the time period between April of the previous calendar year to April of the current calendar year.
(E) Water and sewer bills paid via electronic funds transfer will be given a rebate of $.50 per month per account.
(1989 Code, § 50.05) (Ord. passed 3-13-1984; Am. Ord. passed 2-9-1993; Am. Ord. passed 4-12-1994; Am. Ord. 575, passed 10-10-1995; Am. Ord. 1183, passed 6-14-2005; Am. Ord. 1586, passed 10-13-2015; Am. Ord. 1942, passed 7-13-2021; Am. Ord. 3068, passed 9-10-2024)