City of Attica

CITY OF ATTICA

APPLICATION

NAME OF CUSTOMER:______

ADDRESS OF PREMISE TO BE SERVICED: ______

MAILING (BILLING) ADDRESS IF DIFFERENT: ______

TELEPHONE #: ______SOCIAL SECURITY #: ______

DRIVER’S LICENSE #: ______EMPLOYER: ______

WORK PHONE #: ______CELL PHONE #: ______

SPOUSE OR OTHER ADULTS LIVING AT PREMISES/RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVICE:

NAME: ______SOCIAL SECURITY OR DRIVER’S LICENSE#: ______

NAME OF OWNER(LANDLORD): ______

MAILING ADDRESS: ______

TELEPHONE #: ______

PREVIOUS ADDRESS OF CUSTOMER:______

HAVE YOU EVER HAD UTILITIES WITH THE CITY OF ATTICA? ____YES _____NO IF YES WHEN? ______

THE FOLLOWING DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED. A CUSTOMER MUST PAY ½ OF THE DEPOSIT FOR THE UTILITIES REQUESTED THEN THE REMAINING BALANCE CAN BE BILLED IN 2 PAYMENTS ON THEIR NEXT 2 UTILITY BILLS. ONE LETTER OF CREDIT FROM A CUSTOMER’S PREVIOUS UTILITY PROVIDERS CAN BE ACCEPTED IN PLACE OF$150 WITH APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU WANT TO USE A LETTER OF CREDIT, PLEASE ATTACH IT TO THIS APPLICATION.

CUSTOMERSSERVICE

$300 DEPOSIT OR 1 LETTER OF CREDIT FROM FORMER UTILITY COMPANY WITH A $150 UTILITY DEPOSIT

$100-WATER

$200-ELECTRIC

CUSTOMERS AND OWNER ARE JOINTLY LIABLE FOR PAYMENT OF UTILITY SERVICES. IF OWNER IS DIFFERENT THAN CUSTOMER, BOTH MUST SIGN THE APPLICATION.

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CITY OF ATTICA, KANSAS

CONTRACT FOR UTILITY SERVICE

Agreement entered into on ______, 20____, between the City of Attica, Kansas a municipality, and ______(customer).

For and in consideration of the mutual covenant contained herein, the parties agree as follows:

1)City shall furnish Customer with such utilities as may be required to meet Customer’s needs at the rates established by city ordinance.

2)This agreement shall be in effect until canceled in writing by either party or by the City for nonpayment of services. In the case the City seeks to terminate service for non payment, the Customer is entitled to a hearing as set forth in the city ordinances.

3)The City shall have the right to discontinue all of its utility service to the Customer, on due notice, and remove its property from the Customer’s premises, in case the Customer fails to comply with or perform any of the conditions or obligations hereof.

4)The City shall not be liable for damages resulting to the Customer or the third persons from the use of utilities or from the presence of the City appliances on the Customer’s premises, unless due to willful fault or neglect on the part of the City.

5)The City will, at all times, exercise care and diligence in operating utilities as to furnish the customer as nearly as practicable, a continuing supply of utilities. If the City shall be prevented from delivering the utilities herein contracted for, because of injuries to, or breakdown, transmission, pumping, distribution, or other equipment, of for necessary repairs thereto or because of acts of God, civil disturbance, war of the consequences thereof, action of public authorities, litigation, or any act or thing which is beyond reasonable control, such interruptions shall not constitute a breach of this agreement, nor shall a cause of action for damages against the City accrue to the Customer, provided that the City shall proceed with diligence to restore service as soon as practicable after receiving notice of interruption of failure. In case a shortage of capacity should develop for any reason in the utility, and beyond a reasonable control of the City, the City shall have the right to curtail, schedule, limit, or interrupt service to the Customer during peak load periods or at other critical times when in the judgment of the City be required to apportion the available capacity to more central services.

6)If the Customer fails to pay for the utilities when payment is due, the Customer and property owner (landlord) are jointly and severally liable, for all payments due to the City, pursuant to City ordinance.

Both customer and owner, if different than customer, must sign.

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CUSTOMER CITY OF ATTICA PROPERTY/LANDLORD

IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR UTILITY BILL

1)DEFINITIONS:

a)Bill or billing means the monthly statement which evidences the customer’s money obligation to the City for utility services furnished by the City during the period ending in the previous month.

b)Customer means one or more persons who apply to and agree to pay the City for utility services to any premises.

c)Occupant/Tenant means one or more persons who reside at the premiseare connected to utility services.

d)Utility service means electrical service, water service and/or sanitary sewer service.

e)Owner means person/persons or legal entity holding legal title to the premises.

f)Only one item listed will be allowed when considering good credit. 1-Bad check or 2 delinquent notices.

2)Bills for utility services will be prepared and mailed on or before the 10th day of each month. All bills will be due and payable to the City, at the office of the City clerk, on the 20thday of the month, and must be paid in full by the 1stday of that following month. Bills are delinquent if not paid before the 21st day of the month following the month services were provided.

3)To receive utility service, each customer must complete an application form and make the appropriate deposit. If the customer is a tenant, the owner of the property must also sign the application and contract. The owner is jointly liable for payment of utility services in the event the occupant/tenant does not pay. (Section 102 and 103, Article 15, City Code of Attica, Kansas)

4)Service can be disconnected without notice under some circumstances, for example, giving false information on the application or for emergency or safety reasons.

5)One letter of credit from the customer’s previous utility providers can be used in place of half the deposit upon approval of the city council.

6)Utility deposits shall be kept in separate accounts showing date received, customer’s name and amount, and shall draw interest at the rate established by the KCC pursuant to K.S.A. 12-822. After three years continuous service a customer will be able to request their deposit back. A deposit request form must be filled out. Customers will have their deposit plus interest credited back to their account if they have had no late payments in the previous 12 months. A check will only be issued for customers who no longer have utility service. If service is terminated for nonpayment of a bill, any cash deposit will be applied to the outstanding balance and a cash deposit will be required before service is reestablished.

A separate deposit is required for each premise and cannot be transferred from one premise to another. New service at different premises may be refused if the customer or landlord owes a balance for utility services. Additionally, all outstanding balances and reconnection fees, if any, must be paid in full before service is reestablished.

7) For purposes of determining whether or not a delinquency exists, a check or draft received in payment for utility service which is returned “not sufficient funds”, “no account” or “refused” and returned without payment for any cause shall be deemed a nonpayment on the utility bill.

8) It is the City’s policy to hold a refusal/disconnection hearing with respect to every refusal to provide utility service and with respect to disconnection of utility services. Such hearing shall be scheduled on the date of the next regular meeting of the City Council after notice. Please see Section 106, Article 15 of the City Code of Attica, Kansas for details on the hearing procedure.

9) The City has the right to disconnect services for nonpayment at any time during the year, after following the procedures set for in the City Code of Attica, Kansas.

City of Attica

PO Box 421

Attica, KS 67009

Phone #:620-254-7216

Fax #:620-254-7866