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accurately measure water consumption, shall be of a type approved by the director of public works, shall be maintained in good operating condition without expense to the City, and access thereto shall be given to employees of the City at all reasonable times for the purpose of testing or making readings. E. If the director of public works determines that a portion of the water measured by the water meter does not and cannot enter the municipal sanitary sewer system, then the City may permit or require the installation of other additional meters in such a manner that the quantity of water which actually could enter the sewer system may be determined. F. The owner of the property shall supply the City, upon request, with such information as the City may reasonably require related to the use of a private water system. G. The owner(s) of any premises shall be solely responsible for the payment of any sewer usage or service charge, whether or not the sewer, usage or service has been used by the owner(s)or by tenants. Subd. 2 Payment. Statements for total sewer charges for the preceding quarterly period shall be mailed to each customer on or before the tenth day of the month following the rolling billing quarter. The balances shown due shall be due and payable at the office of the City Administrator on or before the last day of the month. Prepayments or overpayments of charges may be retained by the City and applied to subsequent quarterly statements. The City Administrator by direction of the Council, may designate another office to mail notices and receive payments under this subsection. Subd. 3 Delinquencies. A. A delinquency penalty of eight (8%)percent of the unpaid sanitary sewer bill for charges effective on the date stated shall be charged, in accordance with the following schedule of billing for specific districts: For the first quarter April 30 For the second quarter July 31 For the third quarter October 31 For the fourth quarter January 31 If the delinquency date falls on a nonbusiness day for the City Hall, the penalties shall be imposed on the next business day, but first crediting payments received on that day. B. Except as provided in Subd. 4 below, the delinquency penalty shall be imposed upon and added to all unpaid sanitary sewer bills by the City Administrator and mailed in the usual course at the next regular billing date, showing in the same bill the current billing.