Ordinance No 442 Village of Ewing

ORDINANCE NO. 442

VILLAGE OF EWING

AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF Ewing, NEBRASKA, AMENDING SEC­ TION 7-103 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE VILLAGE TO REQUIRE LAND­LORDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR UTILITY BILLS FOR THEIR RENTAL PROPER­ TIES; REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND VILLAGE BOARD AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. That Section 7-103 of the municipal code of the Village of Ewing be and hereby is amended to read as follows:

SECTION 7-103: BILLING AND COLLECTIONS

A. The village clerk shall send a combined bill for charges for water, sewer and solid waste collection service to each user on or about the first day of each month. Utility bills shall be due and payable on the 15th of each month at the office of the village clerk. All utility services to rental properties, whether single or multiple units, shall be the responsibility of, billed to and paid by the owner of each premises. It shall be the duty of the utility cus­tomers of the Village to pay their bills as and when the same are mailed or otherwise delivered to them. When the due date falls on a weekend or hol­ iday, bills are not delinquent until 5:00 p.m. the following workday. Pay­ments mailed to the village must be received on the due date and postmark dates are not considered. There is a night depository box by the village of­fice door, checked daily during the work week. Any account not paid by the 15th of the month shall be assessed a late fee as set by the village board and placed on file in the office of the village clerk.

SECTION 2. That ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same hereby are repealed.

SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall go into force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication as required by law.

Dated this 14th day of August, 2023.

Village of Ewing

James Ramold, Chairman

ATTEST:

Sharon Swails,

Village Clerk

CERTIFICATION:

I, Sharon Swails, clerk of the Village of Ewing, Nebraska, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of Ordinance No. 442 of said village, passed by the village board this 14th day of August, 2023.

Sharon Swails,

Village Clerk

Published September 14,2023

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