realization

Regarding that refund check I wrote about earlier:

I only just noticed that the accompanying bill says "FINAL UTILITY BILL" on it. I imagine this is the "final" bill because it's the last bill for my first one-year rental term, and any leftover money can't be carried over. That explains much. So in actuality, I'm not off the hook for either December or January: those bills will be considered the first two bills of a new one-year cycle. This explains why the town didn't simply carry over my money: they're not allowed to do that from one contract period to the next.


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