(A) Unless waived or modified by the Clerk-Treasurer's Office for good cause shown, the following deposits shall be paid at the Clerk-Treasurer's Office prior to the furnishing of wastewater service. Further, any such waiver shall be reported at the next public Council meeting, and noted in the record of the proceedings of that meeting.
(B) Base deposit: $50.00.
(C) Surcharge deposits.
(1) Unless it is established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Clerk- Treasurer's Office that the person responsible for a meters billing (the customer) includes the owner of the premises to be served as shown in the records of the Huntington County Courthouse, the required customer deposit shall be surcharged in an amount equal to two times the base deposit shown above.
(2) If the person responsible for a meters billing (the customer) has a current unpaid, or within two years has a substantial and either recurring or longstanding delinquent account balance with the town, the required customer deposit shall be surcharged in an amount equal to two times the otherwise applicable meter deposit, except that the deposit shall in no event aggregate more than four times the otherwise applicable base deposit shown above.
(3) If the final customer billing is not paid in full by its due date, the customer base, and any surcharge, deposit shall be forfeited to the town's wastewater utility and be applied first against the customer's then unpaid account balance, with any remainder to be deposited in the general funds of the utility.
(Ord. 2004-9, passed 9-13-04)