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Page 5 of 6 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. The City Administrator may include in the statements the costs and charges authorized in Subd. 14 above. 1030.03 Delinquencies. Subd. 1. A delinquency penalty of eight (8%) percent of the unpaid bill for charges effective on the date stated shall be charged, effective (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. Subd. 2. Except as provided in Section 1030.03, the delinquency penalty shall be imposed upon and added to all unpaid 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. Subd. 3. Utility bills are due at the end of the billing month, and accordingly, the delinquency charge hereunder will be imposed more than a month after the due date of a billing. 1030.03 Collection. Any unpaid amounts due for utility charges and any utility-related work performed by the City or at the direction of the owner 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 description of the premises served, and the City Administrator in so certifying, shall add to the amount as a separate item, in addition to the delinquency penalty an additional delinquency penalty of eight (8%) percent of the original unpaid amount, inclusive of any previous delinquency penalty. The county auditor shall enter the amount as part of the tax levied on the premises to be collected during the ensuing year. No additional delinquency penalties shall be added to unpaid bills after certification to the county auditor. SECTION 4. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. §412.191, in the case of a lengthy ordinance, a summary may be published. While a copy of the entire ordinance is available without cost at the office of the City Clerk, the following summary is approved by the City Council and shall be published in lieu of publishing the entire ordinance: Section 1030 – Rates and Charges is added to the City Code to combine the regulations relating to rates and charges for utility systems and add authority to impose costs and charges on owner for City utility-related work performed by the City or at the direction of the owner on private property.