§ 50.23. METER READINGS: BILLS.

(A)

All meters shall be read once a month and bills shall be mailed on or about the first day of each month and each monthly bill shall become due and payable in its entirety by the due date indicated on the bill without penalty. If bills are not paid by the due date indicated on the bill, a penalty of five dollars ($5.00) shall be added, and if any bill shall remain unpaid after the fifteenth day of the month following the due date by nine (9:00) a.m. (or the first working day after the fifteenth), a late charge of thirty dollars ($30.00) will be added to each outstanding bill. All bills that remain outstanding after this cut off deadline will be subject to discontinuance of service. Service to such user shall be forthwith discontinued until all remaining balances, including fees and charges, are paid.

(B)

All customers receiving only sewer service from the Town whose bills remain unpaid after the due date indicated on the bill shall be subjected to the same penalties as out lined in subsection (A) of this section. However, since the discontinuance of sewer service involves digging down to the sewer line and physically disconnecting and capping the customer's sewer line, additional costs will be added. Therefore, any customer whose sewer service is disconnected in this fashion will be charged an additional reconnection fee which shall be equal to the value of labor, parts, and supplies at prevailing rates plus a twenty percent (20%) administration fee. A deduction will be made for the thirty dollar ($30.00) fee imposed on the twenty-fourth (or first working day after the twenty-fourth) of the month. No such service will be reconnected until all remaining balances, including all fees and charges, are paid.

(C)

Notification of the discontinuance of sewer service, will be attempted by using the phone notification system or by certified mail.

(Ord. passed 7-8-80; Am. Ord. 41, § 1, passed 2-4-86; Ord. 126, passed 4-20-92; Ord. 318(B), §§ 1, 2, passed 3-3-97; Ord. 98-400, passed 10-5-98; Am. Ord. 2003-38, passed 9-2-03)