(A) A service deposit in an amount as established by the village by resolution shall be paid by all customers of the Municipal Water Department. If a customer fails to pay for water charges, delinquent water charges shall be deducted from the customer’s service deposit. The service deposit shall be collected by the Clerk-Treasurer who shall keep said funds for the customers of the Municipal Water Department. Said trust funds shall be put out at interest separate and apart from other funds. Interest arising therefrom shall be expended solely for the repair of equipment and property of the Municipal Water Department.
(B) If a customer of the Municipal Water Department terminates water service for any reason, and then asks to be reconnected to water service at the same location or a different location within the municipality, then a new service deposit in an amount as established by the village by resolution shall be required.
(C) If the water service is interrupted for less than ten days, the Village Board may, in its absolute discretion, waive the requirement of a new service deposit prior to reconnection of water service.
(D) In the event a water service customer has received water service from the village for more than three years, the Village Board may, in its absolute discretion, return the security deposit to the water service customer if the customer has maintained three years of uninterrupted and presently current, continued service with the village. All forfeited deposits shall go to the village’s water deposit account.
(Prior Code, § 3-108) (Ord. 619, passed 5-9-2018)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 17-537