For the purposes of this article, the following
definitions shall apply:
DELINQUENT AMOUNTS
Any delinquent real or personal property taxes, any delinquent
sewer assessments or usage charges or any delinquent water assessments
or usage charges, and any interest fees and charges thereon.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, partnership, association,
society, corporation, group or other entity.
No payment shall be made by the Treasurer of
the Town of Somers or by any other Town official, department head,
employee, board, commission or agency to any person who has sold goods
or provided services to the Town or to any board, office, department,
commission or agency thereof, if, at the time said payment is due,
it is determined that said person owes delinquent amounts to the Town,
provided that no such payment to be withheld shall exceed the delinquent
amounts owed at the time of withholding. Any such sums withheld pursuant
to this section shall be paid to the Tax Collector and applied against
the outstanding delinquent amounts owed by such person, first to any
outstanding interest, fees and charges and then to the outstanding
principal balance. This section shall not apply to the payment of
wages to employees of the Town of Somers or any board, office, department,
commission or agency thereof.
The Treasurer and Tax Collector of the Town
of Somers shall coordinate their activities so that the purpose and
intent of this article may be carried out. All other officials, department
heads and employees of the Town shall coordinate their activities
with those of the Tax Collector and Treasurer in a like manner.
Any person entering into any contract with the Town of Somers or doing business with the Town shall be deemed to have expressly consented and agreed to the terms of §
179-7 of this article, which terms shall become an integral part of the contract or agreement between such person and the Town, even if not specifically set forth in said contract or agreement.
All invitations to bid extended to prospective
bidders in the award of principal contracts shall include a reference
to this article; provided, however, that the failure of any invitation
to bid to include such reference shall in no way affect the validity
of the invitation or the applicability of this article.