(a) The City of Napoleon does hereby establish a utility “Caring Fund” to assist needy Napoleon utility customers with the payment of their Napoleon utility bills.
(b) The City does hereby establish a utility billing “Rounding Up” program for its utility bills, which means that each bill of any City utility customer opting into the program will be “rounded-up” to the next whole dollar.
(c) All monies generated as a result of the City utility billing “Rounding-Up” program, and any other donations received for the same purpose, shall be deposited into a separate caring fund which shall be called the City of Napoleon “Caring Fund”, and said funds shall be kept by the City, or contracted out to a third party for holding in trust and/or expense, either as deemed by the City’s Finance Director.
(d) All monies deposited into the City of Napoleon “Caring Fund” shall be utilized to assist needy Napoleon utility customers with the payment of their City utility bills.
(e) Any City utility customer that does desire to participate in the City of Napoleon utility billing “Rounding -Up” program shall have the right to “opt” the program. The City Finance Director shall establish regulations relating to the program.
(f) The City of Napoleon utility billing “Rounding-Up” program shall commence with the December, 2013, utility bills.
(Ord. 045-13. Passed 10-7-13.)