A. All bills, except the connection fee, shall be included in the bill for city water service. Customers receiving the sewer service, but who do not receive water service, shall be billed separately. All bills shall be mailed on or before the fifth (5th) day of each month.

B. Each bill entered shall be due upon receipt. If the bill is not paid by the twenty-fifth (25th) day of the month in which it is mailed, or twenty (20) days after the date the bill is mailed, whichever is later, the account shall be considered delinquent.

C. If the date upon which a bill would be considered delinquent falls on a day that the city does not conduct business, the bill will become delinquent at the end of the next day that the city conducts business.

D. Payments sent by mail and postmarked on or before the day that a bill would be considered delinquent will not be considered delinquent.

E. Allowances for late payments from circumstances that delay normal payment of bills and delays in the mail, such as bad weather, volcanic eruptions or national emergencies, can be made by appropriate city staff.

F. Customers shall have ninety (90) days beyond the current payment due date for any corrections or adjustments. [Ord. 09-13 § 2; Ord. 02-10 § 4; Ord. 93-38 § 4; Amd. 10 to Ord. 85; prior code § 11.12.090(1), (2).]