(A) (1) All bills for water, electricity, sewer, garbage, and all other monthly charges made by the city shall be payable to the City Clerk or such other person as is designated by the City Manager at the office of the City Clerk on the first day of each month.
(2) If a bill is not paid on or by the due date on the bill, the bill will be declared to be delinquent. A penalty of 5% of the amount due on any delinquent bill may be charged, and the City Clerk or other designated person is hereby directed to collect such penalty at the time the bill is paid. The utility bill shall not be considered paid in full until any penalties are also paid.
(B) If any bill is not paid by the date specified on the bill, a fee will be added to the bill and service may be discontinued beginning on the next day. The Superintendent of the Department or such other person as the City Manager may designate shall discontinue the city’s service to the premises after written notice. The utility service shall not be turned on again until all arrearages are paid in full together with the penalty as above specified and a fee as set by the Council for shutting off and turning on the city’s service.
(C) (1) If the Superintendent of the Department or other designated person goes to the premises to shut off the service and the occupant pays the Superintendent or person prior to his or her shutting off the service, there shall be added to the bill the sum as set by the Council for the trip made by the Superintendent or other person to shut off such services.
(2) All bills, penalties, and fees collected as herein above specified shall be paid over to the City Clerk. Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the city from instituting suit for the recovery of any delinquent accounts.
(D) The City Clerk may not accept payment of a water bill without payment of the sewer service charge, nor shall the Clerk accept payment of a sewer bill without payment of the water bill. The failure to pay any utility bill in accordance with divisions (A) and (B) above shall be grounds for discontinuing any or all of the utility services furnished to the customer whose bill is delinquent.
(Prior Code, § 50.05) Penalty, see § 50.99