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Section 6 -1 -15 Delinquency; Cutoff and Cut -on fee
(a) Bills for water service and sewer service shall be rendered bimonthly on or about the first day
of even numbered months, and shall be due and payable immediately. These bills shall set forth a
separate charge for water service and a separate charge for sewer service. Billings for sanitation
services may also be included in the water and sewer service billings. The total of all charges
must be shown, and the total amount due must be paid. No discounts for pre - payment or prompt
payment are allowed, but a delinquency fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be assessed on all
billings for which payment is not received by 3:00 PM on the last day of the
even month at the city cashier's office. The delinquency fee may be waived by the City Manager
only in cases when a sworn affidavit is provided by the utility customer that no billing was
received due to circumstances beyond their control.
(b) Water service shall be discontinued whenever the total billing for water service, sewer
service, and sanitation service (if included in the utility billing) is not paid in full and received at
the city cashier's office by 3:00 PM on the first (1st) day of the odd month following the
assessment of the delinquency fee. An exception to this provision is when the amount is equal to
or less than one delinquency fee. Discontinuation of service shall occur on the second (2nd) day
of the odd month, or within the next several days following the second (2nd) day of the odd
month. When any service is discontinued due to delinquency, it shall not be restored until the
delinquent bill is paid in full, including a service charge. The Cut -off cut -on service charge shall
be twenty -five ($25.00) dollars when City water department personnel are dispatched to a water
customer' address for purposes of notification of service discontinuation, or for actual service
discontinuation; and shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00) when service is resumed after normal
working hours. The city may provide additional notice to the customer, or at the service
address /location, that a discontinuance of service is planned or has occurred, with the providing
or not providing of such notice having no effect on the charges rendered or actions taken
regarding service discontinuation.
(c) The city has the right pursuant to Section 6 -1 -17 to place a lien on the property. If such
occurs, additional cost of fifty -eight dollars ($58.00) shall be assessed and must be paid prior to
resumption of service.
(d) When service is discontinued, the city shall have placed on the water box of that consumer a
seal, tag or notification, which must not be removed prior to full payment to the bill. Any
consumer whose seal, tag or notification has been unlawfully removed, or whose water supply
has been illegally reconnected, shall be charged an additional $25.00 cut - off /cut -on service
charge, plus be subject to the penalties provided in code Section 1 -1 -8.
Adopted this 12 day of January. 2006
1 Reading 12/8/05
2" Reading 1/12/06
Attest l�r Jason Bman
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Clerk of Council
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