[Ord. No. 88, § 1, 8-10-2000]
It shall be at the Board of Aldermen's discretion to allow
out-of-town residents water service. If the out-of-town service is
allowed, the City of Ellsinore will provide the necessary lines and
meter, at the cost of time and material, to be paid by the property
owner and to be installed at City specifications.
[Ord. No. 88, § 2, 8-10-2000]
The Superintendent of Utilities shall have the right to inspect
the water lines and meters for repairs or replacement and meter readings.
It shall be the responsibility of out-of-town property owners to whom
service is being rendered for all maintenance work on water lines
and meters outside of the City limits of Ellsinore. The City of Ellsinore
shall have the right to disconnect a service line if needed repairs
are not done as soon as possible.
[Ord. No. 2017-7, 12-18-2017[1]]
The following shall be the schedule of the monthly charges for
rural water service furnished by the waterworks of the City of Ellsinore,
Missouri, to wit:
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0 to 1,000 gallons
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$22.50
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1,001 gallons and over
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$1.00 per thousand gallons
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Editor's Note: This ordinance provided an effective date of
1-29-2018.
[Ord. No. 88, § 4, 8-10-2000]
The meter shall be read on the first of the month and bills
entered as monthly services accrue; that all bills shall be due and
payable from the date such bills are rendered at the City Hall during
regular hours of business.
[Ord. No. 88, § 5, 8-10-2000; Ord. No. 88-01, 7-11-2002]
If any bill for water service shall be and remain due and unpaid
after the 15th of the next succeeding month in which service was rendered,
an additional charge of ten percent (10%) thereof shall be added thereto.
[Ord. No. 88, § 6, 8-10-2000]
If any bill for water service shall be and remain as long as
the fifth of the second month succeeding the month in which service
was rendered, past due and unpaid, service to such customer shall
be discontinued and shall not be reconnected until all of the bill
is paid in full, together with a reconnection charge of thirty dollars
($30.00). It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to notify the Superintendent
of the City's waterworks of such delinquency and such Superintendent
shall proceed immediately to disconnect water service.
[Ord. No. 88, § 7, 8-10-2000; Ord. No. 88-06, 7-11-2008]
A.
Application for water service to premises never before connected
with the City's water system shall be made to the City Clerk
or other person designated by the Board of Aldermen by the owner or
the occupant of the property to be served and, upon the deposit of
fifty dollars ($50.00) to be known as a "meter deposit," the owner
or the occupant may be connected with the City's waterworks system.
[Ord. No. 88-05, 11-13-2007]
In addition to the meter deposit, there shall be a non-refundable
service connection fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to turn on
the water meter.
