ORDINANCE NO. 2023-13
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 10, SECTION 2, “RETURNED CHECKS; FEE AND PROCEDURE”
ADOPTED BY THE
VILLAGE BOARD
OF THE
VILLAGE OF WATERMAN
THIS 10th DAY OF OCTOBER 2023.
Published in pamphlet form by authority of the Village Board of the Village of Waterman, DeKalb County, Illinois, this 10th day of October 2023 A.D.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Village President and the Board of Trustees of the Village of Waterman, DeKalb County, Illinois, that:
SECTION 1. Title 1, Chapter 10, Section 2, “Returned Checks; Fee and Procedure”, of the Village of Waterman Municipal Code is hereby amended said section as follows:
A twenty-five-dollar ($25.00) fee shall be assessed for any form of payment that is returned to the Village for any reason. Upon receipt of the returned payment, the Village shall notify the customer, and such customer shall have seventy-two (72) hours after such notification to make the required payment, including all penalties, fines, and returned payment fee, by certified funds or cash. If the customer fails to make the payment as required, the bill shall be considered late and delinquent as the case may be, and additional late fees may be assessed.
If the Village receives two or more returned payments for water, sewer, and/or trash services, you will no longer be eligible to submit check, debit or credit card, or ACH electronic payments. Only payments in the form of cash, money order, or certified check will be accepted.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after it passage, approval, and publication, as is provided by law.
ADOPTED this 10th day of October 2023, pursuant to roll call vote as follows:
AYE NAY
FEITLICH: __________ __________
PEARSON: __________ __________
GENSLINGER: __________ __________
RADTKE: __________ __________
JOHANNINGSMEIER: __________ __________
SEDLACEK: __________ __________
APPROVED this 8th day of August 2023 A.D.
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Peter Robinson, Village President
ATTEST :
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Abigail Pool, Village Clerk
CERTIFICATE
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF DEKALB )
I, Abigail Pool, certify that I am the duly appointed and acting municipal clerk of the Village of Waterman, DeKalb County, Illinois.
I further certify that on JULY 11, 2023, the Corporate Authorities of such municipality passed and approved Ordinance No. 2023-07, entitled AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 7, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10F, “WATER USE RATES”, which provided by its terms that it should be published in pamphlet form.
The pamphlet form of Ordinance No. 2023-07 including the Ordinance and a cover sheet thereof prepared, and a copy of such Ordinance was posted in the Village Hall, commencing on July 11, 2023, and continuing for at least ten days thereafter. Copies of such an Ordinance were also available for public inspection upon request in the office of the municipal clerk.
Dated at Waterman, Illinois, this 10th day of October 2023.
(SEAL)
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Abigail Pool, Village Clerk