A. 1. A head of household of the City of King Cove shall not be required to pay for the first two hundred dollars ($200.00) of his or her monthly electricity provided by the city to his or her principal place of residence after the head of household has attained the age of 75 years as of July 1, 2011. Documentation of this age requirement may be necessary in order to receive this exemption.
2. A head of household who has reached the age of 65 years as of December 31, 2012 shall not be required to pay for the first two hundred and twenty five dollars ($225.00) of their monthly electricity, water, sewer, and garbage provided by the city, subject to subsection A.3. effective July 1, 2013.
3. If eligibility is reached after December 31, 2012, program participants shall not be required to pay for the first two hundred and fourteen dollars ($214.00) of their monthly electricity, water, sewer, and garbage provided by the city, subject to subsection A.3. effective July 1, 2013.
4. The city administration shall prepare, in resolution form, a senior subsidy funding plan and allocation methodology that shall document the program's annual budget guidelines. This funding plan and allocation methodology shall be reviewed and amended, as may be required, by the city council every two years in resolution form.
B. The city council shall determine at the end of each fiscal year the senior citizen heads of households eligible for this program.
C. "Head of household" for this section shall mean the principal wage earner of a place of residence.
D. 1. The city council may determine and direct the city administration to deny this exception to qualified residents if the eligible senior citizen has any delinquent accounts with the city. Such accounts could be electricity, other city-owned utilities, harbor or other miscellaneous city fee services previously provided to the senior citizen.
2. However, in cases where this exemption is denied to any eligible senior citizen per the conditions in the above paragraph, the city council will authorize a $200 monthly amount to be deducted from the any/all delinquent accounts until such time as the debt is paid back to the city.
3. During this time, the senior citizen resident must remain current on all other active city accounts. If this does not occur, than any new additional debt and monthly finance charges will continue to accrue, as well as, the enforcement of all existing city policies on disconnecting electrical services and providing no other city services without a full, advance cash payment for these services.
4. After any "pre-senior citizen debt" has been fully reimbursed to the city, and all other city accounts are current, the senior citizen will commence to receive the $200 monthly subsidy for electricity within 30 days.
(Ord. 86-02 § 2, 1985; Ord. 93-3 § 2, 1992; Ord. 2004-14, 2004; Ord. 06-01 § 3, 2006; Ord. 13-02 § 3 (part), 2013)