[Amended 2-10-2016 by Ord. No. O-2016-02]
Sewer service charges shall be billed to each user on a monthly
basis. Such charges shall be payable to the Village not later than
20 days after the date of the bill unless the Village has extended
the time for payment. For any sewer services provided for which a
service charge was or was not charged, billing or credits for such
services shall be issued up to 24 months from the date of discovery
of such error.
A penalty equal to 1% per month of the delinquent amount shown on any bill for services shall be added to all bills not paid by the date fixed therein for final payment. In the event the amount of the bill is placed on the tax rolls pursuant to § 368-52B hereof, an additional penalty of 10% of the delinquent amount shall be imposed for each tax statement so issued.
A.
Suit. Sewer service charges, connection fees or other charges due
from any person or user shall be deemed to be a debt due to the Village
from that person or user. If sewer service charges, connection fees,
or other charges are not paid when due, the Village may commence an
action in a court of competent jurisdiction and recover from such
persons or user the amount of charges or fees, and damages, if any,
sustained by the Village as a result of such failure to pay, together
with attorneys' fees incurred in collecting said sums, court costs
and such other costs and expenses as may be allowed by law.
B.
Lien on property. As an alternative to Subsection A hereof, the Village Board may direct that unpaid sewer service charges, connection fees, or other charges due from any person or user shall be collected and taxed and shall be a lien upon the property served in the manner provided for in § 66.0821, Wis. Stats., as amended from time to time.
The obligation for payment of sewer service charges, connection
fees or other charges due the Village shall be a joint and several
obligation of the user and property owner, where the user and property
owner are not the same person. To the end that there may be attempts
at avoidance of payment of such charges and fees by no-property owner
users, and to overcome the same, the Village may send the bill for
such a user in care of the property owner.
All remedies provided for in this chapter are distinct and cumulative
to any other right or remedy under this chapter or any other ordinance
of the Village or afforded by law or equity and may be exercised concurrently,
independently, or so successively.
The amounts received from the collection of charges authorized
by this article shall be credited to a sanitary sewerage account which
shall show all receipts and expenditures of the sewerage system. Charges
collected for replacement expenses shall be credited to a segregated,
nonlapsing replacement account. These funds are to be used exclusively
for replacement. When appropriated by the Village, the credits to
the sanitary sewerage account shall be available for the payment of
the requirements for operation, maintenance, repairs, and depreciation
of the sewerage system consistent with Ch. NR 162, Wis. Adm. Code.
Any surplus outside the purview of Ch. NR 162, Wis. Adm. Cod , in
said account shall be available for the payment of principal and interest
of bonds issued and outstanding, or which may be issued, to provide
funds for said sewerage system, or part thereof, and all or a part
of the expenses for additions and improvements and other necessary
disbursements or indebtedness, and the district may resolve to pledge
each surplus or any part thereof for any such purpose.
