Your contract with the City of Perry
By signing below, I agree to follow the rules and regulations of the City of Perry and/or any ordinances that currently exist or may exist in the future. I have read and understand the City of Perry Code Section 25-2-Bills, Penalties, and Accessibility of meters.
{a) Bills to customers for utility services shall be mailed out on such a day or days of each month as may be determined to be desirable and the amount due shall be payable in fifteen (15) days from the date thereof. Failure to receive a bill does not entitle delayed payment. If a bill is not paid by 5:00 p.m. on the due date, a ten (10) percent penalty will be added to the past due balance.
(b) If the account is not paid within seven (7) days after the due date, all utility services shall be subject to disconnection without further notice.
{c) The utility service customers shall maintain the area immediately surrounding utility meters free of debris, shrubbery, .weeds or tall grass to make such meter readily accessible to utility service personnel. Customers who do not meet the above requirements shall be subject to an administration charge as now or hereafter established by the mayor and council. It is unlawful for any person to tap, connect with, disturb, damage, turn on or off any main service connection or meter of any public utility in the city, whether such devise is within the public ways, or on private premises, unless such person is acting with the consent of or under direction of the utility owning such property. No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover or tamper with any meter(s), automated meter readings systems (AMR), AMR telephone cables, connections, lines, pumping stations, purification plants, wells, equipment or any appurtenances to each structure named above which are a part of the city's water and sewer system. Damage to any city utility property shall be charged to the property owner or other individual as may be appropriate at the full cost of repair, including overhead in addition to a penalty.
The garbage mobile-toter shall be placed at street-side no earlier than 3:00 p.m. on the day before the scheduled collection day and be removed from street-side no later than 8:00 a .m. on the day after collection
