The City Treasurer, with the approval of the City Manager, be and is hereby authorized and empowered to designate and employ the owners or operators of such number of business establishments as he shall deem necessary and desirable, located at convenient points within the City, as agents for the collection at said establishments of the current bills of the various utilities of the City for services due the City on account of light, water, garbage and sewer charges.
(Ord. 15571 § 1, 1956-03-26)
The conditions for the employment of any person, firm or corporation designated and employed by the City Treasurer for the purpose set forth in Section 12.04.010 hereof are as follows: coverage shall be required in an amount satisfactory to the City Treasurer as an employee under the blanket fidelity bond which the City now has or may hereafter procure covering other employees of the City and such employees shall pay to the City the actual cost for such individual coverage. All moneys collected or received shall be forwarded with receipted stubs to the Treasurer in sufficient time to insure that the same will be in the Treasurer's Office prior to 9:00 a.m. of the next business day following collection. The agency shall mark each receipt “paid” on the reverse side of the bill, with the date of payment indicated. Any corrections or changes shall not be made except when the customer presents the previous billing showing payment thereof and when so made shall be so indicated on the bill in red pencil marks. Where payments on account are received, the same shall be clearly shown on the billing with definite indication of the service or services to be credited. The agency agrees to indemnify and save harmless the City Treasurer and the City of Tacoma against any loss or damage to the Treasurer or the City resulting from or arising on account of such agency, whether the same shall result from the acts of the agent or from any of the agents or employees thereof.
(Ord. 15571 § 2, 1956-03-26)
There shall be paid by the City Treasurer to any person, firm or corporation appointed in the manner and for the purpose hereabove specified, the sum of $0.30 for each separate billing collected. The City Treasurer shall charge and collect from the various utilities the cost of making such payments on a pro rata basis, based upon the number of items collected for each utility.
(Ord. 15571 § 3, 1956-03-26; Ord. 17634 § 1, 1964-06-23; Ord. 19393 § 1, 1971-07-06; Ord. 21938 § 1, 1979-12-05; Ord. 23139 § 1, 1984-03-27)