8477 Utility BillingORDINANCE NUMBER 8477
(Published in The Salina Journalt1��`� k 1976)
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE BILLING AND COLLECTION FOR WATER AND
SEWERAGE SERVICE AND THE PROCEDURE FOR DISCONNECTION OF SAID WATER SERVICE FOR
NON-PAYMENT OF BILLS; AMENDING SECTION 35-64 OF THE SALINA CODE AND REPEALING
THE EXISTING SECTION.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 35-64 of the Salina Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"Section 35-64. Billing and collection; disconnection
service for non-payment.
Sec. 35-64 (1). All water meters, except those specifically
installed for the sole purpose of irrigating yards and lawns shall
be read and bills 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 rendering of such bill and if
not paid on or before the specified due date as shown on said bill,
such bill shall be considered delinquent.
A delinquency and termination notice shall be issued within
five (5) days after a bill is delinquent. The delinquency and
termination notice shall provide the customer of .record with the
following information: (1) the amount due on the unpaid balance;
(2) the customer's right to a hearing before the department;
(3) notice that service will be terminated in ten (10) days if the
bill remains unpaid. If the customer of record is not the occupant
where water service is provided, then the department shall provide
similar notification to the occupant. The request for a hearing
must be no later than three working days before the date of
discontinuance. Such hearings will be conducted by one or more
of the following representatives, Director of Utilities, Water
Office Manager, 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 water servi e
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.
If service to the property shall be disconnected, it shall
remain disconnected until such customer shall pay the full amount
of all water and sewer bills, including such cash deposit as the
Director of Utilities may require and a reconnection charge of
ten dollars ($10.00).
Sec. 35-64 (2). All water meters which are installed for the
sole and specific purpose of irrigating 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 through April, inclusive, shall be metered
and the meter read and 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 manner as
set forth in Section 35-64 (1) and the same procedure therein
provided for the collection, notification and disconnection of
service for delinquent accounts shall be applicable.
Sec. 35-64 (3). 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 disconnect service to any
customer who is in arrears for the period hereinbefore specified.
Section 2. That the existing Section 35-64 of the Salina Code is hereby
repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
(SEAL)
Attest:
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Introduced: March 15, 1976
Passed: March 22, 1976
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D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
Robert C. Caldwell, Mayor