If you don't pay Friday, the price rises.
City residents who pay for their own water usage, sewer service and garbage disposal are reminded today is the deadline for payment of those utility bills.
Failure to meet the deadline will result in a 10 per cent penalty.
Payments will be accepted at City Hall until it closes Friday at 5 p.m.
Commercial banks and credit unions will also accept payments. City staff remind customers to make sure the date stamped on those payments is April 5 or before.
The bill can also be paid through online banking services, but make sure you do that early in the day. Online clocks are sometimes based on Eastern Daylight Time and any payment made after a certain time in the day will be date-stamped for the following day and the late fee will apply.
Utility taxes, paid twice each year by Prince George residents, have increased 21 per cent over last year's rate and have climbed 58 per cent over the past three years.
Owners of single family dwellings are now required to pay a six-month bill that ranges from $417.28 (for a small garbage container) to $439.28 (medium container) to $459.28 (large container). The additional 10 per cent late charge, which would bump the rates to $459.01, $483.21 and $505.21 depending on the size of the garbage bin.
