P.O. Box 487 - 757 2nd Street (308) 874-2401
Chappell, Nebraska 69129 Fax (308) 874-2508

UTILITIES GENERALLY; DEPOSIT, RETURN OF DEPOSIT, RECONNECTION FEE

Any customer desiring service shall be required to make a joint service deposit for all Municipal Utilities. Such deposit for residential service shall be in the amount of $100.00. Such deposit for commercial service shall be in the amount of one and one half (1 ½) times the average monthly bill, such average being computed on the basis of the previous twelve (12) month period of business being sold and purchased, unless it is a new business in which case the deposit shall be in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200.00).
At the beginning of every month the City Clerk shall review those deposits, which have been held by the City Clerk for a period of twelve (12) months. If a customer has not been delinquent in the payment of his or her utilities/rural trash bill for the previous twelve (12) months, then such deposit shall be returned to the customer in whose name such deposit was made, without interest. If a customer was delinquent in the payment of his or her utilities/rural trash bill for any one (1) or more month(s) in the previous twelve (12) month period, the City Clerk shall hold such deposit for an additional twelve (12) months, and at the end of such additional period the City Clerk shall once again review such customer’s payment record to determine if such customer was delinquent in the payment of his or her utilities/rural trash bill. Such utilities deposit shall not be returned to such customer until the customer can establish a payment record in which he or she was not delinquent in the payment of his or her utilities/rural trash bill for the previous twelve (12) month period.
If, after the return of a utilities deposit, a customer becomes delinquent in the payment of his or her utilities/rural trash bill, the City Clerk shall require such customer to make a deposit in the amount as set in this section, such deposit to be held as forth in this section for a twelve (12) month period. The City Clerk shall once again review such customer’s payment record to see if such customer has been delinquent in the payment of his or her utilities/rural trash bill for the previous twelve (12) months before return of such deposit, without interest. In the event that a customer fails to make such deposit after ten (10) days notice from the City Clerk, such customer’s utilities shall be disconnected, or in the case of rural trash customers, there dumpster will be picked up until he or she has made such deposit.
There shall also be a reconnection fee or pick up fee for dumpsters of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to be charged each time the utilities/rural trash service is reconnected or dumpster is dropped back off to a customer after disconnection of such utilities /rural trash service for nonpayment of his or her bill.

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