(A) The Treasurer of the city may, from time to time in his or her discretion, prepare one or more lists of those certain service fee accounts for the previous period(s) which are reflected as delinquent in the city’s records and to be included for publication, which list shall be published as a Class I legal advertisement in compliance with W.Va. Code §§ 59-3-1 et seq., and the publication area for such publication shall be the county.
(B) The delinquent account information published or disclosed pursuant to this policy may show the name of any person(s) associated with the delinquent account, including business name and owners thereof (if applicable), address of, and the amount or amounts due from each delinquent account in the aggregate or by period. The published list shall display the applicable period(s) to which the delinquency relates. The list may be presented in any sequence, format or grouping the Treasurer may determine and may omit accounts with de minimus delinquencies.
(C) The Treasurer, after ascertaining which accounts are delinquent, shall, at least ten days prior to publication or release of a list, send notice to the last known name and address on record with the city associated with the account. The notice shall identify the delinquent account and/or responsible person(s) of last record, the applicable period(s) covered, aggregate amount due and the procedures for settling the account. Any account that is delinquent may be removed from the delinquent list prior to publication or release by paying the city the full amount of fees and all related costs owed by such account before the list is delivered for publication or release. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a regular fee billing statement showing that an account is more than 60 days overdue shall satisfy the notice requirement of this division (C).
(D) The Treasurer, prior to the delivering a delinquent list to the newspaper or otherwise releasing such list, shall review the same and be satisfied that the list is correct.
(Ord. 066, passed 9-20-2007)