The Village, or designee, shall compute all charges due pursuant to
this chapter.
Where possible, the Village may provide to the customers a nonbinding,
good-faith estimate of the annual charges anticipated for the next fiscal
year.
During each fiscal year, the Village shall bill its customers on or
before the last working day of each month, based on actual use and the factors
described in this chapter. All such charges shall be payable on or before
20 days from receipt of said bill. Invoices for charges shall be mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid to the customer's last known address or
the address of the property being served.
If a customer owing money to the Village fails to pay invoices when
due, the payment due shall be subject to late charges. Late charges will accrue
to past-due accounts at the rate of 1% per month or fraction thereof past
due. In addition to late charges, the delinquent party shall pay the Village
the reasonable attorney fees and legal costs incurred by the Village to collect
delinquent charges.
A.
The amounts received from the collection of charges authorized
by this chapter shall be credited to the Village and used to defray the Village's
and Commission's costs of operating and maintaining adequate wastewater facilities
for the Village as well as to provide sufficient funds for capital outlay,
debt service costs and capital improvements of the local and regional wastewater
facilities. The Village shall maintain records of all receipts and expenditures
of the Village.
B.
Charges collected for replacement expenses shall be credited
to a segregated, nonlapsing replacement account. These funds are to be used
exclusively for replacement. Other charges collected shall be credited to
the Village's general account and available for the payment of the requirements
for operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement consistent with Ch. NR
162, Wis. Adm. Code. Any surplus outside the purview of Ch. NR 162, Wis. Adm.
Code, in said account shall be available for the payment of principal and
interest of bonds issued and outstanding, or which may be issued, to provide
funds for said local or regional system, or part thereof, and all or a part
of the expenses for additions and improvements and other necessary disbursements
or indebtedness, and the Village may resolve to pledge such surplus or any
part thereof for any such purpose.
