[1943 Code, §§ 220.01, 804.02]
The superintendent of water shall have special charge of the
assessment and collection of all water rates and assessments.
All assessments shall be made by the water department from reports
of regularly qualified inspectors or meter readers and no increase
or decrease, except such as is certified by such inspectors, shall
be entered in any meter book or other book of the water department.
[1943 Code § 804.01; Ord., 12-19-1949, § 2; Ord. 90-22, 10-15-1990, eff. 10-22-1990, § 1; Ord. 2001-2, 2-5-2001, § 1; Ord.
2002-44, 10-21-2002, § 1; Ord. 2008-23, 10-6-2008, § 2]
It shall be the duty of the water department to cause an inspection
to be made of each water meter once during each billing period and
from such inspection to calculate the volume of water passing through
such meter during the period preceding such inspection. The billing
period shall be bimonthly for all consumers.
Bills shall be rendered at the rate established herein and it
shall be the duty of the water department to prepare and deliver a
statement of water charges on the respective dates thereof at least
once every two months to each consumer of water.
Whenever any such bill shall remain unpaid for a period of more
than 45 days from the date of statement, a written notice of discontinuance
of water service shall be served upon the consumer, either by personal
service or certified mail, return receipt requested. The notice shall
contain the following information:
(a)
The date by which payment or other action must be made to avoid discontinuation
of service, which discontinuation shall not be less than seven days
after service of the notice of discontinuation;
(b)
The name, address and phone number of the Village Manager, or his
designee, to contact for a hearing on the discontinuance of water
service. The consumer shall have seven business days from the date
the notice of discontinuance was mailed or personally served to request
a hearing to contest water service discontinuance. If no request for
hearing is made as herein provided, water service may thereafter be
discontinued. No service shall be discontinued on a holiday or weekend
day. If a hearing is requested, water service shall be continued pending
the outcome of the hearing. The hearing shall be convened within seven
business days of the date of request for hearing is received by the
Village; and
(c)
There shall be a charge of $100 for the resumption of water service.
[Ord. 90-21, 10-1-1990, § 1]
Whenever any real property to which water is supplied by the
Village is sold or title to such real property is transferred to another
person, partnership, corporation, association or other entity, the
owner or occupant of said property shall be required to request a
final reading of the water meter. The Village shall calculate the
amount due up to and including the date of the final meter reading
by prorating the regular billing rate for that portion of the regular
billing period prior to the final reading.
[Ord. 11-19-1973, § 1; amended by Ord., 3-21-1977, § 1; Ord., 4-4-1981, § 1; Ord. 87-10, 10-6-1987, § 1; Ord.
89-12, 6-5-1989, § 1; Ord. 91-7, 7-15-1991, § 1; Ord. 91-28, 12-16-1991, § 1; Ord. 96-06, 3-4-1996, § 1; Ord.
97-05, 4-21-1997, § 1; Ord. 2000-3, 3-6-2000, § 1; Ord. 2002-31, 5-6-2002, § 1; Ord.
2004-16, 5-17-2004, § 1; Ord. 2004-25, 12-20-2004, § 1; Ord. 2007-12, 7-16-2007, § 1; Ord.
2007-21, 12-3-2007, eff. 1-1-2008; Ord. 2011-23, 12-5-2011; Ord. 2012-12, 8-6-2012; Ord. 2015-51, 12-7-2015; 5-4-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-17; 6-7-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-36; 5-2-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19; 6-5-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-31]
The rate of charge for water and sewer services supplied to
any building, structure or premises, the water supply of which is
measured and registered by meter, shall be as follows:
[Ord. 91-7, 7-15-1991, § 2; Ord. 2002-44, 10-21-2002, § 2]
(a)
The water rates or charges as established in Section 51-45 of this chapter shall be paid bimonthly at the office of the water department. The bimonthly payments of water rates or taxes assessed shall be due and payable within 20 days of the time specified in the foregoing section for the payment of bills.
(b)
All owners, occupants or tenants of any building, structure or premises
shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of water rates
or charges for water supplied to the building, structure or premises
for all periods when such person owned, occupied or had a tenancy
in said building, structure or premises.
[1943 Code § 805.02B; Ord. 2008-23, 10-6-2008, § 3]
Charges for water shall be a lien upon the premises served as
provided by state statute. Whenever a bill for water service remains
unpaid 30 days after it has become due, the Village shall file with
the recorder of deeds of the county 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 the amount then due plus any and all charges for water
served subsequent to the period covered by the then due bill.
If the consumer of water whose bill is unpaid is not the owner
of the premises, and the Village has notice of this, notice shall
be mailed to the owner of the premises, if his or her address be known
to the Village, whenever the bill remains unpaid for a period of 30
days after it has been rendered.
The failure of the Village to record the lien claim, or to mail
the notice, or the failure of the owner to receive such notice shall
not affect the right to foreclose the lien for unpaid water bills
as herein set forth.
Property subject to a lien for unpaid water charges shall be
sold for nonpayment of the charges, and the proceeds of such sale
shall be applied to pay the water charges, after deducting costs,
as is the case in the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure
shall be a bill in equity in the name of the Village. The Village
Attorney is authorized to institute such proceedings, in the name
of the Village and in any court having jurisdiction over such matters,
against any property for which a water bill has remained unpaid, a
statement of lien claim has been filed as set forth in this section
and a period of 30 days has elapsed since the filing.
Whenever any water bill shall remain unpaid after its due date,
there shall be a penalty applied to the amount owed in an amount equivalent
to 5 1/2% of the gross amount of said bill.
Upon payment of any unpaid water bill for which a lien has been
recorded by the Village, there should be a charge imposed upon the
consumer in the amount of $150, which charge shall reimburse the Village
for its expenses for the preparation and recordation of the lien and
the preparation of any release of lien, which charge shall be paid
to the Village in consideration for the Village delivering a release
of such lien.
