After January 1 following its due date, the City Clerk will mark all unpaid tax bills in red ink “DELINQUENT” and add a penalty of ten percent (10%), as provided herein, and report to the City Council the number of unpaid bills and the amount thereof. The Mayor will check all tax bills and correct errors, if any, and deliver the tax books back to the City Clerk. The City Clerk will proceed with the collection of all delinquent taxes, penalties, and interest, and will report to the City Council at its regular meeting each month.
(Ord. 88-11, passed 9-19-88; Am. Ord. 89-13, passed 9-18-89; Am. Ord. 96-13, passed 9-16-96; Am. Ord. 97-11, passed 9-15-97; Am. Ord. 98-10, passed 9-21-98; Am. Ord. 99-12, passed 9-21-99; Am. Ord. 2000-09, passed 9-12-00; Am. Ord. 2001-10, passed 9-4-01; Am. Ord. 2002-06, passed 9-23-02; Am. Ord. 2003-16, passed 10-20-03; Am. Ord. 2004-10, passed 10-4-04; Am. Ord. 2005-13, passed 9-19-05; Am. Ord. 2006-11, passed 9-18-06; Am. Ord. 2007-11, passed 9-24-07; Am. Ord. 2008-10, passed 9-15-08; Am. Ord. 2009-09, passed 9-8-09; Am. Ord. 2010-12, passed 9-20-10; Am. Ord. 2011-05, passed 9-19-11; Am. Ord. 2012-07, passed 9-17-12; Am. Ord. 2013-10, passed 9-16-13; Am. Ord. 2014-08, passed 8-25-14; Am. Ord. 2015-07, passed 9-28-15; Am. Ord. 2016-22, passed 9-21-16; Am. Ord. 2017-13, passed 9-18-17; Am. Ord. 2018-12, passed 9-17-18; Am. Ord. 2019-07, passed 9-16-19; Am. Ord. 2020-7, passed 10-5-20; Am. Ord. 2021-08, passed 8-16-21; Am. Ord. 2022-06, passed 8-29-22; Am. Ord. 2023-09, passed 9-25-23)