[Amended 12-3-2013 by Ord. No. 646]
A.
Rates or charges for service shall be payable in monthly or quarterly
installments depending on the classification of service for which
bills are rendered. The owner of the premises shall be billed for
service to the premises. Tenants, while jointly and severally liable
for the service, shall not be allowed to obtain service in their name.
Only the landlord shall be able to procure service for the premises
and the landlord shall be billed accordingly. The landlord shall not
put the service in the tenant's name. The owner of the premises, the
occupant thereof and the user of the service shall be jointly and
severally liable to pay for the service to such premises and the service
is furnished to the premises by the Village only upon the condition
that the owner of the premises is billed and the owner, occupant and
user of the services are jointly and severally liable therefor to
the Village.
B.
Bills for service shall be sent out by the Village Treasurer on the
first day of the month or quarter succeeding the period for which
the service is billed.
C.
All bills are due and payable 15 days after being sent out. A penalty
of 10% shall be added to all bills not paid by the 15th day after
they have been rendered.
If the charges for such services are not paid within 60 days
or 60 days hereinabove mentioned after the rendition of the bill for
such services, such services shall be discontinued without further
notice and shall not be reinstated until all claims are settled.
A.
Whenever a bill for service remains unpaid for 30 days for monthly
service or 30 days for quarterly service after it has been rendered,
the Village Treasurer shall file with the County Recorder of Deeds
a statement of lien claim. This statement shall contain the legal
description of the premises served, the amount of the unpaid bill,
and a notice that the Village claims a lien for this amount as well
as for all charges subsequent to the period covered by the bill.
B.
If the user whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises
and the Village Treasurer has notice of this, notice shall be mailed
to the owner of the premises, if his address is known to the Treasurer,
whenever such bill remains unpaid for the period of 45 days for a
monthly bill or 105 days for a quarterly bill after it has been rendered.
C.
The failure of the Village Treasurer to record such lien or to mail
such notice or the failure of the owner to receive such notice shall
not affect the right to foreclose the lien for unpaid bills as mentioned
in the foregoing subsection.
Property subject to a lien for unpaid charges shall be sold
for nonpayment of the same, and the proceeds of the sale shall be
applied to pay the charges, after deducting costs, as is the case
in the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be by
bill-equity in the name of the Village. The Village Attorney is hereby
authorized and directed to institute such proceedings in the name
of the Village in any court having jurisdiction over such matters
against any property for which the bill has remained unpaid 45 days
in the case of a monthly bill or 105 days in the case of a quarterly
bill after it has been rendered.
A.
All revenues and moneys derived from the operation of the water system
shall be deposited in the water account of the water fund. All such
revenues and moneys shall be held by the Village Treasurer separate
and apart from his private funds and separate and apart from all other
funds of the Village Treasurer not more than 10 days after receipt
of the same, or at such more frequent intervals as may from time to
time be directed by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village.
B.
The Village Treasurer shall receive all such revenues from the water
system and all other funds and moneys incident to the operation of
such system as the same may be delivered to him and deposit the same
in the account of the funds designated as the "water fund of the Village."
The Treasurer shall administer the fund in every respect in the manner
provided by the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/1-1-1 et seq.).[1]
The Village Treasurer shall establish a proper system of accounts
and shall keep proper books, records and accounts in which complete
and correct entries shall be made of all transactions relative to
the water system, and at regular annual intervals he shall cause to
be made an audit by an independent auditing concern of the books to
show the receipts and disbursements of the water system. In addition
to the customary operating statements, the annual audit report shall
also reflect the revenues and operating expenses of the water facilities,
including a replacement cost. The financial information to be shown
in the audit report shall include the following:
The IEPA and USEPA or its authorized representative shall have
access to any books, documents, papers and records of the Village
which are applicable to the Village system of user charges for the
purpose of making audit, examination, excerpts and transcriptions
thereof to ensure compliance with the terms of the (special and general
conditions to any state grant) (loan agreement and rules of any state
loan).
The rates and service charges established for user charges in
this Part 5 shall be effective for usage beginning January 1, 2003.
Notice of the adoption of this Part 5 and such notices as are
necessary to be given to the Village of Mark and Oak Park Estates
shall be given by the Village President and Clerk. Additionally, a
certified copy of this Part 5 shall be served upon the Village of
Mark and Oak Park Estates by United States mail within five days from
and after the adoption of this Part 5.
The method for computation of rates and service charges established for user charges in Article I of this Part 5 shall be made available to a user within 30 days of receipt of a written request for such. Any disagreement over the method used or in the computations thereof shall be remedied by the Village within 30 days after notification of a formal written appeal outlining the discrepancies.
