The chief clerk in each City utility department shall have the authority in his or her own sole discretion in any instance to refuse or to accept a personal check in payment of an outstanding utility bill.
(a) Such clerk may refuse a tendered check when there is reason to believe that the check would not be paid by the drawee bank because of insufficient funds.
(b) Such clerk may accept a check in payment of an outstanding utility bill only on the condition that the check is a certified or cashier's check.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as prohibiting the payment of utility bills by personal check.
(Ord. 16-80. Passed 5-12-80.)