Are tenants or landlords paying sewer bills?

[Ric Ernst]

One of my Indianapolis properties is in the Ben Davis Conservancy district which assesses a separate bill for sewage. This is a small unique part of Indy that charges a separate sewage bill unlike the rest of the city. When I rented the property out, I arranged to have the bills sent to the tenant and asked my PM to notify the tenants that this was their responsibility. However, my tenant has been ignoring the bills for a year and the district is coming after me for back payment. Unlike water, power or gas, non-payment does not result in a shut-off. After a year of this, my PM is suggesting that this bill has been my responsibility all along. Anybody else have property in this area? If so, are your tenants paying the bill or are you?