A. Rendition And Payment Of Bills; Liability For Service:
1. Rates or charges for service shall be payable monthly.
2. The owner of the premises, the occupant thereof and the user of the service shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for the service to such premises, and the service is furnished to the premises by the city only upon the condition that the owner of the premises, occupant and user of the services are jointly and severally liable therefor to the city.
3. Bills for water service shall be sent out by the water collector on the fourth day of the month succeeding the period for which the service is billed.
4. All water bills are due and payable ten (10) days after being sent out. A penalty of ten percent (10%) shall be added to all bills not paid by the fifteenth day of the month.
B. Shut Off Of Water For Delinquent Payments: If the charges for such services are not paid within the ten (10) days as hereinabove mentioned after the rendition of the bill for such services, such services shall be discontinued with notice and shall not be reinstated until all claims are settled.
C. Lien Provisions:
1. Lien Claim And Notice: Whenever a bill for water remains unpaid for twenty (20) days after it has been rendered, the city treasurer may file with the county recorder of deeds a statement of lien claim. This statement shall contain the legal description of the premises served, the amount of the unpaid bill and a notice that the authority claims a lien for this amount as well as for all charges subsequent to the period covered by the bill. If the user whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises and the city treasurer has notice of this, notice shall be mailed to the owner of the premises if his address be known to the treasurer, whenever such bill remains unpaid for the period of forty five (45) days after it has been rendered. The failure of the city treasurer to record such lien or to mail such notice or the failure of the owner to receive such notice shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien for unpaid bills as mentioned herein.
2. Foreclosure Of Lien: Property subject to a lien for unpaid charges shall be sold for nonpayment of the same, and the proceeds of the sale shall be applied to pay the charges, after deducting costs, as is the case in the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be by bill in equity in the name of the city. The city attorney is hereby authorized and directed to institute such proceedings in the name of the city in any court having jurisdiction over such matters against any property for which the bill has remained unpaid forty five (45) days after it has been rendered.
D. Revenues:
1. All revenues and monies derived from the operation of the water system shall be deposited in the water account of the water fund. All such revenues and monies shall be held by the city treasurer separate and apart from his private funds and separate and apart from all other funds of the city, and all of said sum, without any deductions whatever, shall be delivered to the city treasurer not more than ten (10) days after receipt of the same, or at such more frequent intervals as may, from time to time, be directed by the mayor and city council.
2. The city treasurer shall receive all such revenues from the water system and all other funds and monies incident to the operation of such system as the same may be delivered to him and deposit the same in the account of the fund designated as the "water fund of the city". The treasurer shall administer such fund in every respect in the manner provided by statute of the revised cities and villages act, effective January 1942 1 .
E. Accounts: The city treasurer shall establish a proper system of accounts and shall keep proper books, records and accounts in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions relative to the water system, and at regular annual intervals, he shall cause to be made an audit by an independent auditing concern of the books to show the receipts and disbursements of the water system.
F. Notice Of Rates: A copy of this section, properly certified by the city treasurer, shall be filed in the office of the county recorder of deeds and shall be deemed notice to all owners of real estate of the charges of the water system of the city on their properties. (Ord., 4-4-1982; amd. 2009 Code)
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