There shall be a charge determined by the Director of Public Service and Safety for each check returned unpaid by a drawee bank because of insufficient funds. The charge set by the Director of Public Service and Safety shall be published in a list of charges referred to as the City of Jackson Utility charges and said list shall be maintained in the City of Jackson Utility Office. This charge shall be assessed against the drawer of the unpaid check and shall be in addition to any charge for actual utility usage. This charge may be added to the amounts regularly billed to the utility customer and may be collected by any means presently used to collect utility charges, including turn-off. Notice of this charge for unpaid checks shall be prominently posted at the place or places at the City office provided for utility customers to pay their utility bills.
(Ord. 11-21. Passed 3-22-21.)