User fees shall be assessed to each property within the service
area for the purposes of retiring debt. User fees and formulas for
determining user fees shall be established in accordance with New
York State Town Law and may be modified from time to time by resolution
of the Town Board. User fees will be included on the tax bills for
each property within the service area, and payment for the same shall
be made at the same time and at the same place as specified for other
Town charges.
All persons utilizing water from the public water system shall
pay a water service charge based on the quantity of water so utilized,
which charge shall be collected as a water rent. Water rents shall
be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Town Board. Nothing
herein contained shall prevent the Town Board of the Town of Verona
from establishing separate schedules of rates for separate water districts.
Water bills shall be rendered quarterly for residential customers;
monthly for commercial, industrial, agricultural customers; and other
customers with usage significantly greater than that of a typical
single-family home, at the discretion of the Superintendent. Bills
shall be payable at such times and places as may be designated by
the Town Board. The Town Board may provide appropriate penalties for
nonpayment of bills, including a shutoff of the water supply.
Water bills shall be computed in accordance with water meter
readings. No deduction will be made for leakage. If the meter fails
to accurately record the quantity used, it shall be determined and
the charge made based upon the quantity used in the preceding billing
period, or the corresponding period of the preceding year, or upon
a corrected water bill as shown by a meter test, as the Superintendent
may, at his discretion, determine.