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Delinquency and service protection

Understand the shut-off process before it reaches your door

The safest time to ask about a past-due balance, payment arrangement, or hardship protection is before the final notice. This page translates the provider’s published rules into a practical checklist.

Notice and timing

How delinquency is handled

Grace period after the due date

Bills are due on the 10th. The current 2026 account packet adds a 10% penalty to payments not received on time. A cutoff notice supplies the final date before disconnection; the packet does not publish a universal day-count beyond that notice.

Late-fee calculation

A 10% penalty is assessed after the 10th. Returned checks incur a $35 fee. A $25 administrative fee is charged to reinstate utilities after cutoff. Customers may request the Average Payment Plan for balanced billing, but the packet does not state a delinquency waiver.

Disconnection timeline

Bills are mailed at month-end and due on the 10th; late accounts receive a mailed cutoff notice; service is disconnected if the bill is not paid by the date on that notice; reinstatement requires the $25 administrative fee. If the 10th falls on a weekend or holiday, a payment in the City drop box before the next business day opens is considered timely.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

Cutoff notices are mailed to every account not paid on time and state the final payment date. Online reminders can also notify customers of due, past-due, and pending-cutoff status. The reviewed sources do not specify colored paper, automated calling, SMS cutoff notices, or door hangers.

If a notice seems wrong

Document the account balance, payment confirmation, notice date, and any household medical or accessibility concern. Then call the provider using the contact information on its official bill or profile before the stated deadline.

Restoring service

Reconnection costs and timing

$25 administrative fee to reinstate utilities after a nonpayment cutoff. No separate after-hours reconnection price is published; after-hours emergencies are handled through the City's answering service.

Need a payment arrangement?

Ask before the shut-off date

Tell the customer-service representative that you are responding to a delinquency notice and ask specifically about installment plans, hardship protection, charity referrals, and the amount required to stop the disconnection order.

Customer protection guide

What to do when a bill becomes urgent

A delinquency notice from City of Flatonia Utility Department should be treated as a time-sensitive account document. Read the exact due date, amount required, notice method, and contact instructions on the notice, then compare them with the provider details in this guide.

If you have already paid, gather the confirmation number and posting date. If you cannot pay the full amount, call before the stated shut-off date and ask about arrangements, hardship protections, agency referrals, and the minimum amount needed to pause action.

Keep the conversation specific: ask what will stop the order, when the payment must post, whether a reconnection fee applies, and whether the utility requires a separate request for medical, accessibility, or household-protection status.

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