The city is hereby authorized to place into effect on its monthly bills due for payment on October 1, 1994, the monthly rate schedule as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix A of this code for all customer types, residential, commercial, industrial and churches alike.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.901)
All outside city limit customers shall be charged a rate equal the standard rate plus twenty-five percent (25%) of said rate.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.902)
All rates described herein are net rates, gross rates being ten percent (10%) higher. In the event a current monthly bill is not paid within ten (10) days of the date of the bill, gross rates shall apply. Any account delinquent for more than ten (10) days is subject to disconnection. A reconnection fee as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix A of this code shall be charged to reconnect service to any account disconnected.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.903)
No summer disconnection of gas and no winter reconnection of gas will be done by city personnel.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.904)
The effective date of this division is August 15, 1994. The city administrator is directed to include in the monthly utility bills the aforesaid charges for gas each and every month, the first of which billing shall cover the period from August 15 to September 15, 1994, and monthly thereafter.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.905)
There shall be added to each monthly gas bill a charge representing a “working factor,” which shall be in the amount as provided for in the fee schedule found in appendix A of this code.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.906)
(a) 
Authorized.
(1) 
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the payment for services required hereunder may be deferred upon terms deemed to be in the best interest of the city administrator.
(2) 
Such scheduling of payments must be in writing and signed by the customer.
(3) 
No scheduling of payments shall be approved which allows more than ninety (90) days to pay the account in full or contains an initial payment of less than fifty percent (50%) of the total amount due within thirty (30) days of the original date.
(4) 
The schedule of payments policy shall be applied judiciously and in a nondiscriminatory manner.
(b) 
Appeals; restriction.
(1) 
Persons who are denied relief may appeal to the city council for review.
(2) 
In no event shall scheduling be allowed if in the opinion of the city administrator to do so would endanger the funds required to pay bond indebtedness in a timely manner.
(c) 
Applicability.
This section shall apply only for services used during the months of December, January and February and only in the event the total system usage exceeds one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the average for the immediate past five (5) years for a similar period.
(1994 Code, sec. 11.907)