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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

Payment is due on day 25 after the bill date; the Village’s published timeline applies a 10% penalty on day 26.

Late-fee calculation

A 10% penalty is added after the day-25 due date. A $60 account service fee applies when the account remains unpaid at the close of business on day 45; an additional $150 service fee applies when reconnection occurs outside Village Hall business hours.

Disconnection timeline

The published timeline is: bill dated day 1, payment due day 25, 10% penalty day 26, $60 account service fee at the close of business on day 45, and service termination on day 46 if unpaid.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The Village’s published customer timeline identifies the late-fee and account-service-fee milestones before termination. The reviewed page did not describe a separate automated call, text, or door-hanger protocol.

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

$60 account service fee applies to delinquency over 45 days; reconnection outside Village Hall business hours carries a $150 after-hours account service fee. An adult must be present at the premises before service is resumed.

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 Village of Mundelein Water Billing 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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