(A) Notice. Advance written notification by City Administrator or designee, to all sewer usage accounts, explaining ordinances, effective date of collection procedures and penalties that will occur if delinquency is determined.
(B) Monthly billing procedures.
(1) Sewer usage statements shall be mailed approximately last day of each month for which service is provided.
(2) One, or both, of the following notices shall be included in the message section of each monthly sewer usage statement:
(a) Payment is due by the fifteenth day of the following month; and/or
(b) Delinquent accounts are subject to penalty
(C) Delinquency determined. Accounts will be considered delinquent if they are 60 days past due.
(D) Penalty assessment. Penalty assessment fee to be set by resolution.
(E) Collection procedures.
(1) Once a sewer usage account is determined to be delinquent, a “utility delinquent notice” will be mailed on or about the tenth of the month. The notice will request remittance by the twenty-fifth day of the month, and will include the following:
(a) Account number, amount in arrears and date payment due.
(b) Balance due including assessed late penalties
(2) Interest will continue to accrue at the current assessed late penalty.
(3) Should all collection steps fail, the city may enforce the collection of delinquent sewer charges by any means provided by state and local law, and any delinquency may be certified to the Jackson County Department of Assessment and taxation for collection in the manner provided by state and local law. Thereafter, property owner will be mailed a “Notice of Tax Certification” requesting remittance prior to the date of certification and include the following:
(a) Account number, amount in arrears and date payment due.
(b) All accounts with outstanding balances of 90 days or more and have been properly noticed will result in the unpaid balances, including penalties, certified to the County Tax Assessor to be collected as other taxes are collected.
(Ord. 263, passed 5-17-2012)