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1000.20 Rates and Charges. Attachment A <br />Subd. 1 Keeping Water Accounts. All water accounts shall be kept by the City Administrator by <br />house and street number and under the account number assigned thereto, and also by the name of <br />the owner. Bills and notices sent out by the City Administrator shall be sent to the house or street <br />number of the party. If nonresident owners or agents wish notice sent to a different address they shall <br />file an application therefor with the City Administrator. Any error in address shall be promptly reported <br />to the City Administrator. <br />Subd. 2 Water Rates. <br />A. The rate due and payable by each water user within the City for water taken from the water <br />system shall be as established by Ordinance adopted by the Council. <br />B. In case the meter is found to have stopped, or to be operating in a faulty manner, the amount <br />of water used will be estimated in accordance with the amount used previously in comparable periods <br />of the year. If no comparable period is available the City Administrator shall, with the consent of the <br />Council, set an estimated charge on the basis of his or her best judgment. <br />C. Where service is for less than a quarterly period, the quarterly charge shall be prorated on a <br />monthly basis. <br />D. Rates due and payable by each water user located beyond the territorial boundaries of the <br />City shall be determined by special contract. <br />E. In case a service pipe is connected to the stop box and laid into the building, but the property <br />owner does not wish to connect immediately to the building piping for use, the minimum rates shall be <br />charged as provided in Subpart A above. <br />F. In the event the water customer elects to discontinue use of municipal water the minimum <br />charge shall continue until such date as the service pipe is excavated and disconnected at the stop <br />box. The disconnection shall be inspected by an appropriate City official before backfilling occurs. <br />G. In addition to the above charges for water consumption, each water user within the City shall <br />pay an additional quarterly demand charge for the purpose of covering certain fixed costs of the City in <br />maintaining the municipal water system, which charges shall be as established in resolutions adopted <br />from time to time by the City Council. <br />H. The owner(s) of any premises shall be solely responsible for the payment of any water or <br />sewer usage or service charge, whether or not the water or sewer, usage or service, have been used <br />by the owner(s) or tenants. <br />Subd. 3 Payment of Charges. <br />A. Statements for total water charges for the preceding quarterly period shall be mailed by the <br />City Administrator to each property owner on or before the tenth day of the month following the rolling <br />billing area. <br />B. Such statements shall be due on the last day of the month following the quarterly period <br />covered by the statement. Any prepayment or overpayment of charges may be retained by the City <br />and applied to subsequent quarterly statements. <br />Subd. 4 Delinquency Penalties and Collection of Delinquent Charges. <br />A. A delinquency penalty of eight (8%) percent of the unpaid water bill for charges shall be <br />charged, effective thirty (30) days after the rolling billing quarter, in accordance with the following <br />schedule of billing dates: <br />For the first quarter April 30 <br />