A. Each customer whose electric service line is connected to a distribution line that is placed underground pursuant to Section 13.08.230 of this chapter shall pay a fixed monthly charge in an amount determined from time to time by resolution of the Village Council introduced at one meeting and enacted at a subsequent meeting.
B. The rates for discretionary undergrounding shall be in amounts sufficient to recover all direct costs of the undergrounding, including all labor, materials, financing and easement recording costs which the Director of Water and Electric and the Director of Finance estimate will be incurred in placing the high voltage primary lines, low voltage secondary lines and individual service lines underground. No customer shall be required to pay more than once for placing his or her individual service lines underground, and separate rates shall be established to the extent necessary for customers who have previously had their individual service lines placed underground.
C. The charge for discretionary undergrounding shall be added as a surcharge to every bill of each customer whose electric service line is connected to a distribution line that is placed underground pursuant to Section 13.08.230 of this chapter, until the full cost of the share of the total project cost attributable to the premises served has been paid. No surcharge shall be added if a customer pays his or her share of the total project cost in advance. The undergrounding surcharge shall be separately itemized and shown on the face of the customer's bill and shall be due and payable at the same time and in the same manner as the rest of the customer's bill. Failure to pay the undergrounding surcharge when due shall be considered nonpayment of a bill and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 13.08.060 of this chapter and any sanctions provided for in this chapter, including the discontinuance of service.
(Ord. MC-228-99 § 6 (part), 1999: Ord. MC-214-98 § 4, 1999: prior code § 9.24)