8.3 Utility BillingCITY OF SALINA
REQUEST FOR COMMISSION ACTION DATE TIME
4:00 P.M.
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AGENDA SECTION: ADMTNTSTRATION ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT: APPROVED FOR
NO. 8 AGENDA:
City Clerk
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NO. 3 BY: D. L. Harrison BY:
Second Reading Ordinance Number 8q-90q8 - providing the method of billing
and collection of combined bills for water and sewerage service; providing
for a delinquency penalty and the procedure for disconnection of service
for nonpayment; amending Section ql-93 of the Salina Code and repealing
the existing section.
This ordinance was introduced for first reading on November 5, 198q.
COMMISSION ACTION
MOTION BY SECOND BY
TO:
ORDINANCE NUMBER 84-9048
(Published in The Salina Journal
· 198q)
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THE METHOD OF BILLING AND
COLLECTICN OF COMBINED BILLS FOR WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICE;
PROVIDING FOR A DELINQUENCY PENALTY AND THE PRCCEDURE FOR
DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE FOR NONPAYMENT; AMENDIHC SECTION
~49-93 OF THE SALINA CODE AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION.
BE IT ORDAIHED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina', Kansas
Section 1. That Section 41-93 of The Saline Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"Sec. u, 1-93. Billincj and collection; penalty for delinquent
acccounts; disconnection of service for
nonpayment.
(a). Ail water meters, except those specifically
installed for .the sole purpose of irrigating yards and
lawns, shall be read and biits for water ,and sewerage
service (or either.) rendered monthly· and such bills shall
be collected as a combined bill for water and sewerage
service furnished each customer. Each bill shall be
payable upon the renderin9 of such bill and if not paid on
or before the specified due date as shown on the bill, such
bill shall be considered delinquent and subject to a
delinquency penalty.
(b). Alt bills unpaid fifteen (15) d~ys after date of
~issue shall be ,considered delinquent and subiect to an
additional charge of ten percent (10%) on the gross amount
of the biltin9.
(c). if the rendered bill and delinquency penalty are
not paid within ten (10) days after the bill is declared
delinquent, then a termination notice shall be issued.
The termination notice shall provide the customer of record
with the followin9 information:
(1) The amounf, due on.the unpaid balance;
(2) The customer's right to a hearing before
the department; provided such request is
made at least three {3) workin9 days prior
to termination date;
(3) Notice that service will be terminated in
seven (7) days if the bill remains unpaid,
If the customer of record is not the occupant where ·
water servi.ce is provided, then the department shall provide
similar notification to the occupant. The request for a
hearin9 must be no later than three (3) workin9 days before
the date of discontinuance. Such hearir'gs will be conducted
by one or more of the following representatives: director
of utilities, water office supervisor, or such other
representative of' similar management grades as may be
appointed, by the director of utilities. The department is
authorized to discontinue and disconnect wa(er service for
any customer who shall be delinquent in the payment of bills.
Customers are responsible for furnishing the department with
their correct address for billing purposes.
(d). If the service to the property shell be
disconnected, .it shall remain disconnected until suct~
customer shall pay the fuji amount of ail water and sewer
bills, including such cash deposit as the director of
utilities may require and a service charge of ten dollars
($10.00).
(e). All water meters which are installed for the soie
and specific purpose of irrigatin9 yards and lawns shall be
read and bills for such water service rendered monthly
during the months of May through October, inclusive, water
consumed during the months of November :brough April,
inclusive shall be metered and the meter read and the bill
for such water consumed during this period rendered with
the May reading. Payment for such water service furnished
would be due and payable in the same procedure therein
provided for the collection, notification and disconnection
of servi~e for delinquent accounts shall be applicable.
{f). It shall be the duty of the representative of
the city at the time in charge of the collection of water
and sewerage service rates, to notify the director, of
utilities of all delinquencies in the payment of monthly
bills, and said director shall proceed immediately to
qisconnect service to any customer who is in arrears for
the period hereinbefore specified."
Section 2. That the existing Section ~1-93 of The Salina Code is
hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after Jan6ary 1, 198.5,
Introduced: November 5, 1984
Passed: November 19, !984
[.SEAL]
ATTEST:
Charles B. Roth, Mayor
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk