[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 23.01]
The Council shall have the management and control of the electric
and waterworks systems of the City, and of the assessment of electric
and water rates and the collection of revenue therefrom. The Council
shall enforce the performance of all contracts and work and have charge
and custody of all books, property and assets belonging to or pertaining
to such plant and systems. The Council may make reasonable rules and
regulations to require deposits or other securities of customers and
to enforce collection of its bills, and may require the City attorney
to bring suit thereon.
[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 23.05]
The Council shall pay for the installation and maintenance of
its streetlights and the current therefor shall be furnished by the
City-owned electric system.
[Gen. Ords. 1959, § 23.06]
All funds accruing to the City from the electric or the waterworks
system shall be kept in the depository selected by the City as provided
by law, this Code or other City ordinance, and shall be separately
accounted for in manner and form provided by law.
[Ord. No. 8564, § 1, 11-21-1996; Ord. No. 9400, § 1, 5-20-2004; Ord. No. 10025, § 2, 8-4-2011]
(a)
The Director of Finance is authorized in his discretion to include
all charges for electric service, water service, business licenses,
inspections, garbage and rubbish collection, ambulance service, and
other charges/fees due the City of Kirkwood chargeable to a single
customer on a single bill, stating thereon for each of the separate
services the current amount thereof and the total of such current
amounts, and stating as a single sum the total of all delinquencies
from all sources combined without itemization.
(b)
In the event the Director of Finance shall use a single bill, as provided in Subsection (a), and any customer shall pay less than the total amount shown due thereon, the Director of Finance, for bookkeeping purposes, shall prorate the payment among the services for which the charges were made. Any delinquency in the payment by a customer for electric service, water service or garbage and rubbish collection service, ambulance service, and other charges/fees resulting from the proration of a less than full payment amount being received from the customer, shall be construed a failure to pay for the service and the Director of Finance, in such a case, is authorized to follow the procedures as provided by this chapter for cutting off or terminating said service.
[Ord. No. 7163, § 1, 3-1-1984; Ord. No. 8564, § 2, 11-21-1996; Ord. No. 10025, § 2, 8-4-2011]
(a)
Any customer of the City Utility Department may designate a third
person to receive copies of all notices from the City pertaining to
overdue statements, a proposed cut off of services due to nonpayment,
required access to Department personnel for purposes of meter reading
or servicing, and such other times as in the judgment of the Utility
Department or Director of Finance such notice is desirable.
(b)
The City shall use its efforts to comply with such requests. However,
in no event shall the City be liable for failure of such notice to
be sent to such designated person. The designated person shall assume
no liability with respect to any obligation of the customer nor shall
such designation in any way relieve the obligations of the customer
to the City appertaining to the purchase of electrical energy or water
from the City.
[Ord. No. 8153, § 1, 9-3-1992]
Customers who are permanently retired or are at least 62 years
old may be eligible for a due date extension upon written request.
[Ord. No. 9130, § 1, 2-7-2002]
