Adopt Resolution #19-213 Declaring Costs to be Assessed and Calling for a Public Hearing on Proposed Assessment for Past-Due Charges on Municipal Utility Bills (which may include water, sewer, street lighting, recycling, storm water charges and penalties incurred) and Current Services Rendered.

 
 

Annually, the city certifies to the following year's property tax, any accounts receivable (either utility or invoiced) that are more than sixty days delinquent as of September 1 and not paid by November of that same year. The number of accounts that will be receiving a delinquent notice with possible certification to property taxes increased in comparison to 2018 (1,041 accounts vs 1,066 accounts in 2018).  With the increase in the number of delinquent accounts from 2018 to 2019 the total delinquent amount to be assessed has increased approximately $34,781.  The increase could be attributed to the January 1, 2019 rate increases on water, sewer and storm water utilities and the fact that municipal utility bills stay with a property when it is sold and do not follow the homeowner like gas and electric bills do.

Utility bills are sent quarterly to all residents and commercial businesses within the city. If an account is more than 30 days past due, a follow up collection notice stating delinquency is sent. In September, the city follows up with a letter to respective delinquent properties (more than 60 days past due on September 1) outlining the process to cure the delinquent account and to avoid certification to the following years property tax. This letter was sent on September 5.