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A. All City personnel authorized to receive fees or other payments for the City shall be responsible to account in detail for all fees, commissions, compensations or collected revenue.
B. It is the duty of all City personnel who are authorized to receive any fees for the City to keep a cash accounting, in which shall be entered an exact and full account in detail of all fees, commissions, compensations or collections, with the date collected, the name of the payer and the nature of the collection. (Ord. 17-17)
A. The City, in its sole discretion, may accept any form of legal payment for any amounts due to the City.
B. Electronic Payment Fees.
1. As used in this section:
ELECTRONIC PAYMENT means the payment of money to the City by electronic means, including by means of a credit card, charge card, debit card, prepaid or stored value card or similar device, or automatic clearinghouse transaction.
ELECTRONIC PAYMENT FEE means an amount of money to defray the discount fee, processing fee, or other fee charged by a credit card company or processing agent to process an electronic payment.
PROCESSING AGENT means a bank, transaction clearinghouse, or other third party that charges a fee to process an electronic payment.
2. The City may charge an electronic payment fee to defray the discount fee, processing fee, or other fee charged by a credit card company or processing agent to process an electronic payment.
3. Electronic payment fees shall be established by the Mayor and shall be itemized separately on the invoice, charge slip, or receipt, and shall be disclosed to the payer at the time the transaction occurs.
4. A payer making an electronic payment must pay the electronic payment fee established by the Mayor.
C. The City may charge a service fee against the drawer, maker or issuer of any method of payment in favor of the City if the payment is dishonored upon first presentment by the bank or institution upon which it is drawn. The service fee for dishonored checks, or debit or credit cards, shall equal twenty dollars ($20.00) or the service fee identified in Utah Code section 7-15-1(2)(b), or its successor, whichever is greater. Service fees may be added to the amount owing to the City, as represented by the dishonored instrument. The City may treat the bill or account sought to be paid by the dishonored instrument as unpaid until both the original billing and the service fee penalty amount have been received in cash or equivalent secure method of payment as may be required by the City. The assessment and collection of the service fee shall not preclude the initiation of appropriate civil or criminal proceedings against the issuer or maker of the dishonored instrument.
(Ord. 23-01: Ord. 17-17)
A. Any party tendering payment to the City whose method of payment is dishonored two (2) or more times within a one year period shall be restricted from making any further payments to the City, except in cash, cashier's check, money order, and credit cards or debit cards, as restricted hereunder, for the minimum period of one year following the City's receipt of the second dishonored payment. Restricted payments made with a credit or debit card must be made in person with the cardholder present and a signature obtained.
B. On expiration of the one year period provided in subsection A of this section, a party restricted under subsection A of this section may resume making unrestricted payments to the City provided, however, that if the party has made more than two (2) late payments within the one year restricted period, the party shall be subject to the same payment restrictions provided in subsection A of this section for an additional one year period. After expiration of the additional one year period, a party may make unrestricted payments if the party has incurred no more than two (2) late payments to the City within the additional one year period.
C. A tendering party who is notified that they are required to make payments in cash, cashier's check, money order, credit cards or debit cards shall have the right to appeal such requirement by filing a written appeal with the Director of Finance and Administration within thirty (30) days of being notified of such requirement, provided however, that the only grounds for appeal shall be a showing that the sole cause(s) underlying the dishonored payments that resulted in imposing the requirements of this section, are based on specific extraordinary or unforeseen circumstance(s). The Director's decision regarding the appeal shall be final. (Ord. 19-05: Ord. 17-17)
There is hereby established a program to provide limited assistance from City funds on a fiscal year basis (July 1 to June 30) with City utility bills (the "program") to individuals or families who are eligible for assistance under the State of Utah Home Energy Assistance Target Program ("HEAT Program" or "the program"). (Ord. 17-17)
Individuals or families are eligible for limited funds from the City under the City's HEAT Program to be applied to their City utility bills as provided in this chapter if:
A. The individual or family is, at the time of application, a resident of the City and eligible for assistance under the State of Utah Home Energy Assistance Target Program ("HEAT");
B. The individual or family, at the time of application, presents to the Director of Finance and Administration ("Director") or designee, written proof of eligibility under HEAT, to the satisfaction of the Director or designee, such as a copy of the HEAT voucher;
C. The individual or family provides to the Director or designee the amount of the HEAT grant the individual or family has been approved to receive under HEAT;
D. The individual or family has outstanding bills for one or more of the following City utility services: power provided under title 15, chapter 15.20 of this Code, water provided under title 13, chapter 13.08 of this Code, sewer provided under title 13, chapter 13.32 of this Code, garbage provided under section 7.04.030 of this Code, and stormwater provided under title 13, chapter 13.48 of this Code. (Ord. 19-05: Ord. 17-17)
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