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Page 2 of 6 F. In the event the water customer elects to discontinue use of municipal water the minimum charge shall continue until such date as the service pipe is excavated and disconnected at the stop box. The disconnection shall be inspected by an appropriate City official before backfilling occurs. G. In addition to the above charges for water consumption, each water user within the City shall pay an additional quarterly demand charge for the purpose of covering certain fixed costs of the City in maintaining the municipal water system, which charges shall be as established in resolutions adopted from time to time by the City Council. H. The owner(s) of any premises shall be solely responsible for the payment of any water or sewer usage or service charge, whether or not the water or sewer, usage or service, have been used by the owner(s) or tenants. Subd. 3 Payment of Charges. A. Statements for total water charges for the preceding quarterly period shall be mailed by the City Administrator to each property owner on or before the tenth day of the month following the rolling billing area. B. Such statements shall be due on the last day of the month following the quarterly period covered by the statement. Any prepayment or overpayment of charges may be retained by the City and applied to subsequent quarterly statements. Subd. 4 Delinquency Penalties and Collection of Delinquent Charges. A. A delinquency penalty of eight (8%) percent of the unpaid water bill for charges shall be charged, effective thirty (30) days after the rolling billing quarter, in accordance with the following schedule of billing dates: 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 otherwise provided in this section, the delinquency penalty shall be imposed upon and added to all unpaid water 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 after the first penalty date. C. The Council has noted that, under Subd. 3, section bills are due at the end of the billing month, and accordingly the delinquency charge shall be imposed consistent with the due date of a billing. D. Any amounts due for water charges in excess of 90 days past due, may be collected in a civil action brought for that purpose in the name of the City; or the City Administrator, upon direction by the Council, may certify to the county auditor the amount due, together with the legal