(A) Meters will be read each month of the year. Bills for water shall be rendered by the first day of each month and said bills shall be payable when rendered at the office of the Town Council, and shall become past due after the fifteenth day of the month in which they were rendered. No further notice or billing shall be required. Under no circumstances shall a partial payment of a water bill be accepted.
(B) If a bill is not paid by the fifteenth of the month following rendition, a $10 service charge is added to the bill. If the bill is not paid by the first of the month following rendition, water service will be discontinued and if restored during normal working hours, is due along with the $10 service charge and a $15 reconnection fee. The after-hours (hours other than between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday) reconnection fee is $30 and must be paid along with the past due bill and the $10 service charge by 2:00 p.m. the following business day. If these charges are not satisfied within this time frame, water service will be disconnected a second time and an additional $60 will be added to the bill. If the total charges are not satisfied by 2:00 p.m. the following business day, the customer shall be mailed a registered or certified letter indicating meter removal and all payments and fees associated with the reinstallation along with all past due bills and an additional $100 reinstallation shall be charged. The Town Council by resolution shall establish and from time to time may revise “turn on” fees and meter reinstallation fees, which shall be charged in addition to the regular bill and mailing charges, before service is restored.
(Prior Code, § 20-11) (Ord. passed 3-19-1996; Ord. passed 7-15-2008)