FLINT, MI -- City finance director Jody Lundquist said Flint customers should expect to see water credits this week as part of a $30 million state plan to reimburse bills dating back two years.

Lundquist discussed the move during a special Flint city council meeting Monday evening during which Mayor Karen Weaver announced work had begun on the 2017 budget year process.

The water credits for active residential customers between April 2014-April 2016 are based on 65 percent of the water consumption and monthly water service fee on their bills.

"They automatically will be applied to the accounts. We'll apply (the credits) to the oldest balances first, so for those that are current it will go to the total bill," said Lundquist. "Potentially someone that is current has that credit, as they move forward they might not have to pay for any number of months until it's fully exhausted."

The credit also will be applied at a 20 percent rate for commercial customers as well, Lundquist said.

Gov. Rick Snyder announced the Flint Water Relief Fund plan in February and signed off on it during a Feb. 26 ceremony at the Riverfront Banquet Center in Flint.

There are approximately 30,000 active customers in the city of Flint, Lundquist said. The city previously suspended utility billing until credits and adjustments were finalized.