Code of Ordinances Amendment_Utility Billing Assessments
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Ordinance Amendments - Utility Billing Assessments
DATE: September 12, 2012
Finance Director Ken TeKippe is recommending ordinance amendments that will
streamline the process to certify unpaid rates and charges to the County Treasurer by
assigning the responsibility to the Finance Director.
Current City practice has approval of such rates and charges to be made by the City
Council, usually quarterly. Delegation to the Finance Director will decrease the time
frame for processing assessments and should allow quicker collection of unpaid utility
bills and improve government efficiency. Statutory publication notice requirements will
remain intact.
Enabling State Legislation was passed in 2011.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Michael C. Van Milligen
MCVM:jh
Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
Ken TeKippe, Finance Director
THE CIiY OF Dubuque
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10: Michael C Van Millreen, City Manager
FROM: Ken TeKippe, Finance 0lrector
DATE: September 5, 2012
SUBJECT: Ordinance Amendments- Utility Billing Assessments
INTRODUCTION
Changes to Iowa Code 38404 allow city government to assign a designee to fairly unpaid rates and charges to the county
treasurer. Current city practice has approval of such rates and charges to be made by the city council, usually quarterly.
Delegation m the Finance Director will decrease the time lame for processing assessments and should allow quicker
inttraction of unpaid utility bills and Improve government efficiency Statutory publication nonce requirements will remain
act . Assistant sty Attorney Maureen Ouann and Utility Doling Supervisor Rase Koerner request a resolution to delegate
authority to the sty Finance Director and amendments to city codes Refolding to assessments.
I am submining the following for your approval and submission to the sty Council
• Resolution delegating authority to minty schedules of assessments mrectrym the county treasurer to the sry Finance
Director
• Amendment to ordinance 1 7 -0fo Include the new duty of Finance Director.
• Amendment to second tai C 4 outlining the procedure for processing water assessments.
• Amendment to second 13205 stating sewer charges will be processed same as water charges
• Amendment to second 13411 stating stormwater charges will be processed same as water charges.
• Amendment to section 136A7 sating solid waste charges will be processed same as water charges
An ahicte from Cityscape Magazine, published by Iowa League of Cities, relative to the proposed change is attached If you
have any questions on this request please feel free to contact me at your convenience.
Maureen Ouann Assistant City Attorney
Rose Koerner, Utility Billing Supervisor
Kevin Firnstahl, City Clerk
Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa includes provisions describing
the process by which city utilities and combined utility systems
may establish, impose, adjust and provide for collection of rates
and charges. The utility account collection process for cities pro -
vides for the certification of delinquent accounts to the county
treasurer. If the appropriate certification procedure is followed,
the result is a lien against the property in the amount of the
unpaid rates and charges which has precedence with ordinary
property taxes and can be collected in the same manner as prop-
erty taxes.
Iowa law clearly requires that there be a certification to the
county treasurer that the utility charges are delinquent. However,
delinquent charges that were incurred at a property before the
date that property is sold and the title is transferred cannot be
certified to the county treasurer after the date the title transfer is
recorded. Delinquent amounts which are not timely certified to
the county treasurer cannot be collected from a new owner of the
property.
The typical city process for certification of delinquent city
accounts concludes with the passage of a resolution by the city=
council which certifies that the accounts are in fact delinquent,
which resolution is then sent by the city clerk to the county
treasurer. Many cities do not have regular council meetings every
week, which can result in a delay in certification of delinquent ac-
counts. When that occurs, city efforts to collect delinquent utility
charges have at times been unsuccessful because the delinquent
accounts have not been certified before a property transfer has
been made. The failure to have alien against the property makes
the delinquent bills far more difficult to collect.
Recent improvements in computer billing technology have
enabled city utilities to process information concerning the status
of accounts much more swiftly. For that reason, legislation was
sought to take advantage of the ability to certify delinquent ac-
counts more rapidly.
House File 454, enacted in 2011, amends Code Section
384.84(4)(x)(1) by adding language that permits the governing
body of a city utility to pass a resolution delegating its authority
to certify unpaid rates or charges to designated personnel of the
city utility. The legislation also allows the city council of a city that
contracts with a city utility for joint billing or collection to enact
an ordinance delegating its authority to certify delinquent rates or
charges to the city utility or to designated personnel of the city
utility.
Once the city council has passed an appropriate resolution or
ordinance, the certification of delinquent utility accounts can oc-
cur as often and as quickly as makes good business sense. House
File 454 is a bill which creates efficiency in government, and al-
lows cities to do a better job of collecting unpaid bills.
Bruce Bergman isgeneral counsel for• the League. He gray be reached at
brucebergnran a iorvaleagite, or or (515) 244 -7282.
Septemner zu i i a-'Lyscape e,3
RESOLUTION NO. 260 -12
DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE FINANCE DIRECTOR -CITY TREASURER
TO PREPARE SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR DELINQUENT WATER,
SEWER, REFUSE AND STORMWATER ACCOUNTS AND TO CERTIFY THE
SCHEDULE OF ASSESSMENTS TO THE COUNTY TREASURER AND TO
PUBLISH NOTICE THEREOF
Whereas, the finance director -city treasurer prepares, at least quarterly,
Schedules of Assessments for delinquent water, sewer, refuse, and stormwater
accounts.
Whereas, the City Council approves, adopts and certifies such Schedules of
Assessments to the County Treasurer, and a lien on the real property identified with
such delinquent water, sewer, refuse, and stormwater accounts is assessed and levied
in the amount of the respective sums indicated in such Schedules of Assessments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA:
That pursuant to Iowa Code § 384.84 the finance director -city treasurer is hereby
directed to approve, adopt and certify said Schedules of Assessments to the County
Treasurer of Dubuque County, Iowa, and to publish notice of said certification once
each week for two consecutive weeks in the manner provided in Iowa Code § 362.3, the
first publication of which shall not be more than fifteen days from the date of filing of the
final schedule. On or before the date of the second publication of the notice, the finance
director -city treasurer shall also mail a copy of said notice to property owners whose
property is subject to assessments, as provided and directed in Iowa Code § 384.60.
The assessments may be paid in full or in part at the Utility Billing Office, City
Hall, 50 West 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa at any time within thirty (30) days after the
date of the first publication of the notice of filing of the Schedule of Assessments with
the County Treasurer. After thirty (30) days, unpaid assessments are payable at the
County Treasurer's Office, Dubuque County Courthouse, 720 Central Avenue,
Dubuque, Iowa and charges shall be collected in the same manner as general property
taxes against the respective parcels of the property set opposite the name of the
property owner.
17th
Passed, approved and adopted this _ day ofseptembev2012
Roy D /Buol, Mayor
Attest:
Prepared by: Maureen A. Quann, Esq. 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 583 -4113
ORDINANCE NO. 52 -12
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 1
ADMINISTRATION, CHAPTER 7 CITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, SECTION 7
FINANCE DIRECTOR -CITY TREASURER AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE
DIRECTOR -CITY TREASURER TO CERTIFY DELINQUENT UTILITY BILLING
CHARGES TO THE COUNTY TREASURER
Section 1. City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances §1 -7 -7 is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 1 -7 -7. Finance Director -City Treasurer:
H. Certification of Delinquent Utility Billing Charges: Pursuant to Iowa Code Section
384.84, the finance director -city treasurer will prepare, at least quarterly, an assessment
schedule listing all delinquent utility billing charges and late payment charges which
accrued in the prior month or since the last assessment schedule was prepared, and
the finance director -city treasurer is hereby delegated the authority, on behalf of the city,
to certify and file each such assessment schedule with the county treasurer.
Section 2. This Ordinance takes effect on publication.
Passed, approved and adopted the 17th day of September, 2012.
to
Roy D. -uol, Mayor
OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE NO.52 -12
AMENDING CITY OF
DUBUQUE CODE OF
ORDINANCES TITLE 1
ADMINISTRATION,
CHAPTER 7 CITY
OFFICERS AND .EM-
PLOYEES, SECTION 7
FINANCE DIRECTOR-
CITY TREASURER
AUTHORIZING THE
FINANCE DIRECTOR -
, CITY TREASURER TO
CERTIFY DELINQUENT
' UTILITY BILLING
CHARGES TO THE
COUNTY TREASURER
Section 1. City of
Dubuque Code of
Ordinances §1 -7 -7 is
amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 1 -7 -7. Finance
Director -City Treasurer.
H. Certification of
Delinquent Utility Bill-
ing Charges: Pursuant
to Iowa Code Section
384.84; the finance
director -city treasurer
will prepare, at least
quarterly, an assess-
ment schedule listing
all delinquent utility
billing charges and late
payment charges
which accrued in the
prior month or since
the last assessment
schedule was pre-.
pared, and the finance
director-city 'treasurer
is hereby delegated the
authority, on behalf of
the city, to certify and
.file each such
assessment schedule
with the county
treasurer.
Section 2. This
Ordinance takes effect
on publication.
Passed, approved and
adopted the 17th day
of September, 2012.
/s /Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest: /s /Kevin
Firnstahl, City Clerk
Published officially in
the Telegraph Herald
newspaper on the 22nd
day of September,
2012.
/s /Kevin S. Firnstahl,
CMC, City Clerk
1t 9/22 •
STATE OF IOWA {SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa
corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby
certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following
dates: September 22, 2012, and for which the charge is $14.63.
Subscribed to before me, a . ary Public i and for Dubuque County, Iowa,
,20/02- •
this day of
Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
MAC R K WESTERM
Commission Number 164686
iI ri
Prepared by: Maureen A. Quann, Esq. 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 583 -4113
ORDINANCE NO. 53 -12
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 13 PUBLIC
UTILITIES, CHAPTER 1 WATER USE AND SERVICE, ARTICLE C RATES, SECTION
4 PAYMENT OF BILLS PROVIDING THE PROCEDURE FOR DELINQUENT WATER
SERVICE CHARGES, ESTABLISHING A LIEN FOR NONPAYMENT OF SUCH
CHARGES, AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR -CITY TREASURER TO
CERTIFY SUCH DELINQUENT CHARGES TO THE COUNTY TREASURER
Section 1. City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances §13 -1 C -4 is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 13-1C-4. Payment of Bills:
C. Late Payments; Procedure Upon Delinquency:
1. If a bill remains unpaid twenty -five (25) days following the billing date,
there will be added to the bill a penalty of five percent (5 %) of the total utility bill
for late payment.
2. If bills are not paid within thirty (30) days following the billing date, the city
reserves the right to discontinue water service to the delinquent customer by
shutting off the water service. The water service will not be restored until all
current, delinquent, and penalty charges, in addition to a turn on charge, have
been paid.
3. If a delinquency exists for a rental property in excess of sixty (60) days,
the owner must assume responsibility for the future billings to such account.
D. Lien for Nonpayment:
1. The city will have a lien upon the real property served by the city's water
system for all delinquent charges. It is the duty of the finance director -city
treasurer to certify such delinquent charges, plus the costs of administration, to
the county treasurer and all such delinquent charges and costs will then
constitute a lien against said property and be collected with and in the same
manner as general property taxes on said property.
2. Bills for delinquent water service charges are subject to a delinquency lien
certification when the same are unpaid for a period of sixty (60) days after the
due date.
3. For all active water service accounts, if full payment of all charges billed,
including late payment charges, is not received within thirty (30) days after the
billing date, the city will send a notice of pending lien to the account holder in
whose name the delinquent charges were incurred. The notice must be sent at
least thirty (30) days prior to certification of the lien to the county to such persons
by ordinary mail to their last known addresses as reflected in the computer
database account records of the city or in the county auditor's real estate
computer data file. The notice must include the delinquent charge(s) and must
indicate that if payment of the total amount is not made by a certain date
(corresponding to the sixtieth (60th) day after the billing date for the delinquent
account), the delinquent charge(s) will be certified to the county as a lien against
the property or premises owned or rented by the account holder in whose name
the delinquent charges were incurred.
4. For all final water service accounts, if full payment of all charges billed,
including late payment charges, is not received within thirty (30) days after the
billing date, the city will send a notice of pending lien to the account holder in
whose name the delinquent charges were incurred. The notice must be sent at
least thirty (30) days prior to certification of the lien to the county to such persons
by ordinary mail to their last known addresses as reflected in the computer
database account records of the city or in the county auditor's real estate
computer data file. The notice must indicate that if payment of the total amount
is not made by a certain date (corresponding to the sixtieth (60th) day after the
billing date for that delinquent account), the delinquent charge or charges will be
certified to the county as a lien against the property or premises owned or rented
by the account holder in whose name the delinquent account charges were
incurred.
5. If full payment of all charges billed in an active water service account
billing statement, including late payment charges, is not received within sixty (60)
days after the billing date, the finance director -city treasurer, as the city's billing
and collection agent, will prepare an assessment schedule listing such unpaid
charges therein.
If full payment of all charges billed in a final water service account billing
statement, including late payment charges, is not received within sixty (60) days
after the billing date, the finance director -city treasurer, as the city's billing and
collection agent, will prepare an assessment schedule listing such unpaid
charges therein.
A five dollar ($5.00) administrative processing fee will be charged to each
delinquent account at the time it is included in the assessment schedule, which
amount will be separately identified on the assessment schedule and included in
the amount being assessed. The finance director -city treasurer will prepare an
assessment schedule at least quarterly, listing all delinquent water service
charges, and late payment charges, which accrued in the prior month or since
Ftr
the last assessment schedule was certified. Each such assessment schedule
must also identify each delinquent charge by name of the account holder in
whose name the delinquent rates or charges were incurred, must identify each
property for which water service charge is delinquent, and must show the
delinquent charges and the administrative processing fee to be assessed against
each such property owned or rented by the delinquent account holder. The
finance director -city treasurer is hereby delegated the authority, on behalf of the
city, to certify and file each such assessment schedule with the county treasurer
as provided in the Iowa Code Section 384.84.
6. Such lien will be enforced until payment in full of the delinquent charges
and the administrative processing fee shown on the assessment schedule is
made at the office of the county treasurer.
Section 2. This Ordinance takes effect on publication.
Passed, approved and adopted the 17th day of September, 2012.
Attest:
Kevi Firnstahl, Ci
y
Cle
Roy D,: uol, Mayor
OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION.
ORDINANCE NO.53 -12
AMENDING CITY OF
DUBUQUE CODE OF
ORDINANCES TITLE
13 PUBLIC UTILITIES,
CHAPTER 1 WATER .
USE AND . SERWCE,
ARTICLE C RATES,
SECTION• 4 p4YMEIIT
OF BILLS R.ROVIDINC
THE PROCEDURE FOR
DELINQUENT WATER
SERVICE CHARGES,
ESTABLISHING A LIEN
FOR. NONPAYMENT
OF SUCH CHARGES,
AND AUTHORIZING
THE FINANCE DIREC-
TOR -CITY TREASUR-
ER TO CERTIFY -SUCH
DELIN.QUE NT
CHARGES TO THE
COUNTY TREASURER
Section 1. City of
Dubuque Code of
Ordinances §13 -1C -4 is
amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 13 -1C-4. Payment
of Bills:
C. late Payments;
Procedure Upon Delin-
quency: -
1. If a bill remains
unpaid twenty-five (25)
days followmg,„ the
billing date, there will
be added to the bill a
penalty of five percent
(5%) of the total utility the lien to the county
bill for late payment to such, persons by
2 It,bills.are not paid ordipa yy ;mail, to their
within thirty (30) days last ".known addresses
following .. the billing as `• reflected in 'the'
date, the city - reserves computer "`t- 'database
the right to discontinue •ccount records of the
water service to the city or in ` the county
delinquent customer auditor's real estate
by shutting off the computer, data file. The
water service. The notice must indicate
water service will not that if payment of the
be restored until all total amount is not
current, - delinquent, made by a certain date
and penalty charges, in (corresponding to the
addition to a turn on sixtieth "(60th) day.
charge; have, been after the billing date
paid.. for that delinquent
3. If a •delinquency account); the delin-
exists for a rental gbent charge or
property in excess of charges - Will be
sixty (60) days, the certified to the co'Unty
owner must assume as a lien against the
responsibility; for the property or premises
future billings to such owned or rented by the
account. account holder in
D. Lien for Nonpay- whose name the
,meet:: delinquent account
L The city will ,have a charges Were incurred.
lien upon the real 5. If full payment of all
property served by the charges billed in an
city's water system for active water service
all delinquent charges. account billing state -
It is the duty of the ment, including late
finance director -city payment charges, is
treasurer to certify not received within
such delinquent sixty (60) days .after
charges, plus the costs the billing date, the
of administrating ito finance director -city
the county trreasu rer treasurer, as the city's
and all such delinquent billing and collection
charges and costs will agent, will prepare an
then constitute a lien assessment schedule
against said property listing such unpaid
and be collected . „with charges therein.
and in the same If full payment of all
manner as general charges billed in a final
property taxes on said water service account
property. billing statement,
2. Bills for delinquent including late payment
water service charges charges, is not
are _ subject to a received within sixty
delinquency lien certi- _ (60) days after . the
ficationwhen the same billing date, the finance
are unpaid for a period director -city treasurer,
of sixty (60) days after as the city's billing and
the due date. collection agent, will
3. For all active water prepare' an assessment
service accounts, if full schedule listing such
payment of all charges unpaid charges there -
billed, including late in.
payment ctia4ges, is A five dollar ($5.00)
not received within administrative proces-
thirty . (30) days after sing fee will be
the billing date, the charged to each
city will send a notice delinquent account at
of pending lien to the the time it is included
account holder in in the assessment sche-
whose name the dule, which amount
delinquent charges will be separately
were incurred. The identified on the
notice must be sent at assessment schedule
least thirty (30) days and included in the
prior to certification of amount being asses -
the lien to the county sed. ' The finance
to such persons by director -city treasurer
ordinary mail to their will prepare an
last known addresses assessment schedule
as reflected in the at least quarterly,
computer database listing all delinquent
account records of the water service charges,
city or in the county and Jate'; :.;'payment
auditor's real estate charges, which accru-
computerdata file. The ed in the prior month
or since the last
assessment' schedule
was certified. Each
such assessment sche-
dule must also identify
each delinquent charge
by, name of tpe "account
holder in whose name
the delinquent rates or
charges were incurred,
must identify - each
property for which
water service charge is
delinquent, 'arid must
show the delinquent
charges and the admin-
istrative processing fee
to be assessed against
delinquent charges each such property
were incurred. ',owned;orrented,by the
4. For all final water delinquent - account
service accounts, if full holder. The finance
payment of all charges director - city "treasurer
billed, - including late . is hereby delegated the
notice mustinclude the
delinquent charge(s)
and Must indicate that
if payment ;Alta total
amount is not made by
a certain data (corm-,
sponding to the
sixtieth (60th); day
after the billing date
for the delinquent
account), the delin-
quent charge(s) will be
certified to the county
as a lien against the
property or premises
owned or rented by the
account holder in
whose name :the
payment charges, is
not received within
thirty (30) ,days after
the billing date, the
city willsen"it,.a.notice
of pending lien to the
account • holder in
whose name the
delinquent .charges
authority, on behalf of
the city, to certify and
file each such
assessment schedule
with ; , the" county
treasurer as provided
in the Iowa Code
Section 384.84.
6. Such lien will be
were incurred. ",The enforced until payment
notice must fie sent at in full of the delinquent
least thirty- (30) days charges and the admin-
prior to certification of istrative processing fee
shown on , the
assessment schedule
is made at the office of
the county treasurer. -
Section 2. This
' Ordinance takes effect
on publication.
Past, approved, and
adopted the 17th day
of September, 2012.
/s /Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest: /s /Kevin
Firnstahl, City Clerk
Published officially in
the Telegraph Herald
newspaper on the 22nd
day of ,September,
2012.
/s /Kevin S. Firnstahl,
CMC, City Clerk
1t 9/22
STATE OF IOWA {SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa
corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby
certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following
dates: September 22, 2012, and for which the charge is $64.66.
Subscribed to before me, a
this j'tf day o
Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa,
, 20 X,2—
otary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
,"" `•, MARY K. WESTERMEYER
s -r” 1< Commission Number 154885
Prepared by: Maureen A. Quann, Esq. 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 583 -4113
ORDINANCE NO. 54 -12
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 13 PUBLIC
UTILITIES, CHAPTER 2 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL, ARTICLE C RATES,
SECTION 13 -2C -5 LIEN FOR FAILURE TO PAY BY PROVIDING THE PROCEDURE
FOR DELINQUENT SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL CHARGES,
ESTABLISHING A LIEN FOR NONPAYMENT OF SUCH CHARGES, AND
AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR -CITY TREASURER TO CERTIFY SUCH
DELINQUENT CHARGES TO THE COUNTY TREASURER
Section 1. City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances §13 -2C -5 is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 13 -2C -5: Lien For Failure To Pay:
B. Certification Of Charges: It is the duty of the finance director -city treasurer to
certify the actual rates and charges plus the costs of administration to the county
treasurer as provided in section 13-1C-4 of this title, and all such costs will then
constitute a lien against said property and be collected with and in the same manner as
general property taxes on said property.
Section 2. This Ordinance takes effect on publication.
Passed, approved and adopted the 17th day of September, 2012.
Roy D uol, Mayor
Attest:
OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE NO. 54-12
AMENDING CITY OF
DUBUQUE CODE OF
ORDINANCES TITLE
13 PUBLIC UTILITIES,
CHAPTER 2 SEWERS
AND SEWAGE DIS-
POSAL, ARTICLE C
RATES, SECTION 13-
2C-5 LIEN FOR
FAILURE TO PAY BY
PROVIDING THE PRO-
CEDURE FOR DELIN-
QUENT SEWERS AND
SEWAGE DISPOSAL
CHARGES, ESTAB-
LISHING A LIEN FOR
NONPAYMENT OF
SUCH CHARGES, AND
AUTHORIZING THE
FINANCE DIRECTOR -
CITY TREASURER TO
CERTIFY SUCH DELIN-
QUENT CHARGES TO
THE COUNTY
TREASURER
Section 1. City of
Dubuque Code of
Ordinances §13 -2C -5 is
amended to read as
fol lows:
Sec. 13 -2C-5: Lien For
Failure To Pay:
B. Certification Of
Charges: It is the duty
of the finance director -
city treasurer to certify
the actual rates and
charges plus the costs
of administration to
the county treasurer as
provided in section 13-
1C -4 of this title, and
all such costs will then
constitute a lien
against said property
and be collected with
and in the same
manner as general
property taxes on said
property.
Section 2. This
Ordinance takes effect
on publication.
Past, approved, and
adopted the 17th day
of September, 2012.
/s /Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest: /s /Kevin
Firnstahl, City Clerk
Published officially in
the Telegraph Herald
newspaper on the 22nd
day of September,
2012.
/s /Kevin S. Firnstahl,
CMC, City Clerk
1t 9/22
STATE OF IOWA {SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa
corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby
certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following
dates: September 22, 2012, and for which the charge is $15.05.
Subscribed to before me, a
this ,z7' day
tri.."Yk—D
�oestary Public in
/
i
Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
d for Dubuque County, Iowa,
,20/02.
_ %a -i /lam
MARY K. WESTERMEYER
Commission Number 154885
Ont+
Prepared by: Maureen A. Quann, Esq. 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 583 -4113
ORDINANCE NO. 55 -12
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 13 PUBLIC
UTILITIES, CHAPTER 4 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, SECTION 11 BILLING,
DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS AND COLLECTION PROCEDURES PROVIDING THE
PROCEDURE FOR DELINQUENT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT CHARGES,
ESTABLISHING A LIEN FOR NONPAYMENT OF SUCH CHARGES, AND
AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR -CITY TREASURER TO CERTIFY SUCH
DELINQUENT CHARGES TO THE COUNTY TREASURER
Section 1. City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances §13 -4 -11 is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 13 -4 -11. Billing, Delinquent Accounts And Collection Procedures:
A. Billing Procedure: The procedures for billing of the stormwater management
service charges provided in section 13 -4 -6 through 13 -4 -8 of this chapter and for the
collection of . delinquent stormwater management service charges are as provided in
section 13 -1 C -4 of this title.
B. Billing Directly For Stormwater Management Services: Contributors who are not
billed by the city for water, sanitary sewer or refuse will be directly billed for stormwater
management services by the city. In such instances, the billing and collection of
stormwater management charges is subject to the same rules and procedures as to
delinquency in payment, certification of delinquency, and property lien as provided in
section 13 -1 C -4 of this title.
Attest:
Section 2. This Ordinance takes effect on publication.
Passed, approved and adopted the 17th day of September, 2012.
Kevin Fir stahl, City Cler
sr
Roy D. 'uol, Mayor
OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE NO. 55-12
AMENDING CITY OF
DUBUQUE CODE OF
ORDINANCES TITLE
13 PUBLIC UTILITIES,
CHAPTER 4 STORM -
WATER MANAGE-
MENT, SECTION 11
BILLING, DELIN-
QUENT. ACCOUNTS
AND COLLECTION
PROCEDURES PRO -'
VIDING THE PROCE-
DURE FOR DELIN-
QUENT STORMWA-
TER MANAGEMENT
CHARGES, • ESTAB-
LISHING A LIEN FOR
NONPAYMENT OF.
SUCH CHARGES, AND
AUTHORIZING THE
FINANCE DIRECTOR -
CITY TREASURER TO
CERTIFY SUCH DELIN-
QUENT CHARGES TO
THE COUNTY TREA-
SURER
Section 1. City of
Dubuque Code of
Ordinances §13 -4 -11 is
amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 13 -4 -11. Billing,
Delinquent Accounts
And Collection Proce-
dures:
A. Billing Procedure:1
The procedures for
billing of the storm -
water management
service charges pro-
vided in section 13-4 -6
through 13 -4 -8 of this
chapter and for the
collection of delinquent
stormwater manage-
ment service charges
are as provided in
section 13 -1C-4 of this
title.
B. Billing Directly For
Stormwater Manage-
ment Services: Contri-
butors who are not I
billed by the city for
water, sanitary sewer
or refuse will be
directly billed for
stormwater manage-
ment services by the
city. In such instances,
the billing and
collection of storm -
water management
charges is subject' to
the same rules and
procedures as to
delinquency in pay-
ment, certification of
delinquency, and pro-
perty lien as provided
in section 13 -1C -4 of
this title.
Section 2. This
Ordinance takes effect
on publication. 'T
Past, approved, and
adopted the 17th day
of September, 2012.
/s /Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest /s /Kevin
Firnstahl, City Clerk
Published officially, in
the Telegraph Herald
newspaper on the 22nd
day of Septergber,
2012.
/s /Kevin S. Firnstahl,
CMC, City Clerk
1t 9/22
STATE OF IOWA {SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa
corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby
certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following
dates: September 22, 2012, and for which the charge is $19.50.
Subscribed to before me, a ary Public i d for Dubuque County, Iowa,
this � day of,,41, ,20/„7„. .
A6rW-Ztt.zde-e/l)
Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
MARY K. WESTERMEYER
Commission Number 154885
G.^a. t9lls, poi, 4, 0
14 r.
Prepared by: Maureen A. Quann, Esq. 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 583 -4113
ORDINANCE NO. 56 -12
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 13 PUBLIC
UTILITIES, CHAPTER 6 SOLID WASTE, ARTICLE A CITY OR PRIVATE
COLLECTION SERVICE, SECTION 13 -6A -7 CHARGES; BILLING AND
COLLECTION BY PROVIDING THE PROCEDURE FOR DELINQUENT SOLID
WASTE CHARGES, ESTABLISHING A LIEN FOR NONPAYMENT OF SUCH
CHARGES, AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR -CITY TREASURER TO
CERTIFY SUCH DELINQUENT CHARGES TO THE COUNTY TREASURER
Section 1. City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances §13 -6A -7 is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 13 -6A -7: Charges; Billing And Collection:
D. Certify Delinquent Accounts To County Treasurer: It is the duty of the finance
director -city treasurer to certify the actual rates and fees plus the costs of administration
to the county treasurer as provided in section 13 -1 C -4 and all such costs will constitute
a lien against said property and be collected with and in the same manner as general
property taxes on said property.
Section 2. This Ordinance takes effect on publication.
Passed, approved and adopted the 17th day of September, 2012.
Attest:
Kevi S. Firnstahl, ity Clerk
Roy D. uol, Mayor
OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION
ORDINANCE NO. 56-12
AMENDING CITY OF
DUBUQUE CODE OF
ORDINANCES TITLE
13 PUBLIC UTILITIES,
CHAPTER 6 SOLID
WASTE, ARTICLE A
CITY OR PRIVATE
COLLECTION SER
" VICE, SECTION 13-6A-
7 CHARGES; BILLING
AND COLLECTION BY
PROVIDING THE PRO-
CEDURE FOR DELIN-
QUENT SOLID WASTE
CHARGES, ESTAB-
LISHING A LIEN FOR
NONPAYMENT OF
SUCH CHARGES, AND
AUTHORIZING THE
FINANCE DIRECTOR -
CITY TREASURER TO
CERTIFY SUCH DELIN-
QUENT CHARGES TO
THE COUNTY TREA-
SURER
Section 1: City of
Dubuque Code of
Ordinances §13 -6A -7 is
amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 13 -6A -7: Charges;
Billing And Collection:
D. Certify Delinquent
Accounts To County
Treasurer: It is the duty
of the finance director -
city treasurer to certify
the actual rates and
fees plus the costs of
administration to the
county treasurer as
provided in section 13-
1C -4 and all such costs
will constitute a lien
against said property
and be collected with
and in the same
manner as general
property taxes on said
property.
Section 2. This
Ordinance takes effect
on publication.
Past, approved, and
adapted the 17th day
of September, 2012.
/s /Roy D. Buol,Mayor
Attest: /s /Kevin
Firnstahl, City Clerk
Published officially in
the Telegraph Herald
newspaper on the 22nd
day of September,
2012.
/s /Kevin S. Firnstahl,
CMC, City Clerk
1t 9/22
STATE OF IOWA {SS:
DUBUQUE COUNTY
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
I, Suzanne Pike, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa
corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald,a newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby
certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following
dates: September 22, 2012, and for which the charge is $15.05.
Subscribed to before me, a
this a%tl day o
Public i and for Dubuque County, Iowa,
,201 —.
otary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa.
•.F MARY K. WESTERMEYER1
Otnl-R 14
Prepared by: Maureen A. Quann, Esq. 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 583 -4113
ORDINANCE NO. -12
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 1
ADMINISTRATION, CHAPTER 7 CITY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, SECTION 7
FINANCE DIRECTOR -CITY TREASURER AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE
DIRECTOR -CITY TREASURER TO CERTIFY DELINQUENT UTILITY BILLING
CHARGES TO THE COUNTY TREASURER
Section 1. City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances §1 -7 -7 is amended to read as
follows
Sec. 1 -7 -7. Finance Director -City Treasurer:
H. Certification of Delinquent Utility Billing Charges: Pursuant to Iowa Code Section
384.84, the finance director -city treasurer will prepare, at least quarterly, an assessment
schedule listing all delinquent utility billing charges and late payment charges which
accrued in the prior month or since the last assessment schedule was prepared, and
the finance director -city treasurer is hereby delegated the authority, on behalf of the city,
to certify and file each such assessment schedule with the county treasurer.
Section 2. This Ordinance takes effect on publication.
Passed, approved and adopted the day of 2012.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
Kevin Firnstahl, City Clerk
EFFECT OF AMENDMENT
Sec. 1 -7 -7. Finance Director -City Treasurer:
H. Certification of Delinquent Utility Billing Charges: Pursuant to Iowa Code Section - -- Formatted: a,:daed
384.84, the finance director -city treasurer will prepare, at least quarterly, an assessment
schedule listing all delinquent utility billing charges and late payment charges which
accrued in the prior month or since the last assessment schedule was prepared, and
the finance director -city treasurer is hereby delegated the authority, on behalf of the city,
to certify and file each such assessment schedule with the county treasurer.
Prepared by: Maureen A. Quann, Esq. 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 583 -4113
ORDINANCE NO. -12
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 13 PUBLIC
UTILITIES, CHAPTER 1 WATER USE AND SERVICE, ARTICLE C RATES, SECTION
4 PAYMENT OF BILLS PROVIDING THE PROCEDURE FOR DELINQUENT WATER
SERVICE CHARGES, ESTABLISHING A LIEN FOR NONPAYMENT OF SUCH
CHARGES, AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR -CITY TREASURER TO
CERTIFY SUCH DELINQUENT CHARGES TO THE COUNTY TREASURER
Section 1. City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances §13 -1 C -4 is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 13 -1 C -4. Payment of Bills:
C. Late Payments; Procedure Upon Delinquency:
1. If a bill remains unpaid twenty -five (25) days following the billing date,
there will be added to the bill a penalty of five percent (5 %) of the total utility bill
for late payment.
2. If bills are not paid within thirty (30) days following the billing date, the city
reserves the right to discontinue water service to the delinquent customer by
shutting off the water service. The water service will not be restored until all
current, delinquent, and penalty charges, in addition to a turn on charge, have
been paid.
3. If a delinquency exists for a rental property in excess of sixty (60) days,
the owner must assume responsibility for the future billings to such account.
D. Lien for Nonpayment:
1. The city will have a lien upon the real property served by the city's water
system for all delinquent charges. It is the duty of the finance director -city
treasurer to certify such delinquent charges, plus the costs of administration, to
the county treasurer and all such delinquent charges and costs will then
constitute a lien against said property and be collected with and in the same
manner as general property taxes on said property.
2. Bills for delinquent water service charges are subject to a delinquency lien
certification when the same are unpaid for a period of sixty (60) days after the
due date.
3. For all active water service accounts, if full payment of all charges billed,
including late payment charges, is not received within thirty (30) days after the
billing date, the city will send a notice of pending lien to the account holder in
whose name the delinquent charges were incurred. The notice must be sent at
least thirty (30) days prior to certification of the lien to the county to such persons
by ordinary mail to their last known addresses as reflected in the computer
database account records of the city or in the county auditor's real estate
computer data file. The notice must include the delinquent charge(s) and must
indicate that if payment of the total amount is not made by a certain date
(corresponding to the sixtieth (60th) day after the billing date for the delinquent
account), the delinquent charge(s) will be certified to the county as a lien against
the property or premises owned or rented by the account holder in whose name
the delinquent charges were incurred.
4. For all final water service accounts, if full payment of all charges billed,
including late payment charges, is not received within thirty (30) days after the
billing date, the city will send a notice of pending lien to the account holder in
whose name the delinquent charges were incurred. The notice must be sent at
least thirty (30) days prior to certification of the lien to the county to such persons
by ordinary mail to their last known addresses as reflected in the computer
database account records of the city or in the county auditor's real estate
computer data file. The notice must indicate that if payment of the total amount
is not made by a certain date (corresponding to the sixtieth (60th) day after the
billing date for that delinquent account), the delinquent charge or charges will be
certified to the county as a lien against the property or premises owned or rented
by the account holder in whose name the delinquent account charges were
incurred.
5. If full payment of all charges billed in an active water service account
billing statement, including late payment charges, is not received within sixty (60)
days after the billing date, the finance director -city treasurer, as the city's billing
and collection agent, will prepare an assessment schedule listing such unpaid
charges therein.
If full payment of all charges billed in a final water service account billing
statement, including late payment charges, is not received within sixty (60) days
after the billing date, the finance director -city treasurer, as the city's billing and
collection agent, will prepare an assessment schedule listing such unpaid
charges therein.
A five dollar ($5.00) administrative processing fee will be charged to each
delinquent account at the time it is included in the assessment schedule, which
amount will be separately identified on the assessment schedule and included in
the amount being assessed. The finance director -city treasurer will prepare an
assessment schedule at least quarterly, listing all delinquent water service
charges, and late payment charges, which accrued in the prior month or since
the last assessment schedule was certified. Each such assessment schedule
must also identify each delinquent charge by name of the account holder in
whose name the delinquent rates or charges were incurred, must identify each
property for which water service charge is delinquent, and must show the
delinquent charges and the administrative processing fee to be assessed against
each such property owned or rented by the delinquent account holder. The
finance director -city treasurer is hereby delegated the authority, on behalf of the
city, to certify and file each such assessment schedule with the county treasurer
as provided in the Iowa Code Section 384.84.
6. Such lien will be enforced until payment in full of the delinquent charges
and the administrative processing fee shown on the assessment schedule is
made at the office of the county treasurer.
Section 2. This Ordinance takes effect on publication.
Passed, approved and adopted the day of 12012.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
IG[iiml
Kevin Firnstahl, City Clerk
EFFECT OF AMENDMENT
Sec. 13 -1 C -4. Payment of Bills:
C. Late Payments; Procedure Upon Delinquency:
1. If a bill remains unpaid twenty-five (25) days following the billing date,
there shall -will be added to the bill a penalty of five percent (5 %) of the total utility
bill for late payment.
2. If bills are not paid within thirty (30) days following the billing date, the city
reserves the right to discontinue water service to the delinquent customer by
shutting off the water service. The water service s14a4will not be restored until all
current, delinquent, and penalty charges, in addition to a turn on charge, have
been paid.
3. If a delinquency exists for a rental property in excess of sixty (60) days,
the owner 64a4must assume responsibility for the future billings to such account.
D. Lien for Nonpayment:
1. The city shallwill have a lien upon the real property served by the city's
water system for all delinquent rates and charges. It ig "tea the duty of the
rnaRage-rfinance director -city treasurer to certify such delinquent sgstw rges,
plus the costs of administration, to the county treasurer and all such costs
sha4will then constitute a lien against said property and be collected with and in
the same manner as general property taxes on said property.
2. Bills for water service charges areshall subject to a delinquency lien
certification when the same are unpaid for a period of sixty (60) days after the
due date.
3. For all active water service accounts, if full payment of all charges billed,
including late payment charges, is not received within thirty (30) days after the
billing date, the city will send a notice of pending lien to the account holder in
whose name the delinquent charges were incurred. The notice must be sent at
least thirty (30) days prior to certification of the lien to the county to such persons
by ordinary mail to their last known addresses as reflected in the computer
database account records of the city or in the county auditor's real estate
computer data file. The notice must include the delinquent charge(s) and must
account), the delinquent charge(s) will be certified to the county as a lien against
the property or premises owned or rented by the account holder in whose name
the delinquent charges were incurred.
4. For all final water service accounts, if full payment of all charges billed,
including late payment charges, is not received within thirty (30) days after the
billing date, the city will send a notice of pending lien to the account holder in
whose name the delinquent charges were incurred. The notice must be sent at
least thirty (30) days prior to certification of the lien to the county to such persons
by ordinary mail to their last known addresses as reflected in the computer
database account records of the city or in the county auditor's real estate
is not made by a certain date (corresoondina to the sixtieth (60 "') day after the
billing date for that delinquent account), the delinquent charge or charges will be
certified to the county as a lien against the property or premises owned or rented
by the account holder in whose name the delinquent account charges were
incurred.
5. If full payment of all charges billed in an active water service account
billing statement, including late payment charges, is not received within sixty (60)
days after the billing date, the finance director -city treasurer, as the city's billing
and collection agent, will prepare an assessment schedule listing such unpaid
charges therein.
If full payment of all charges billed in a final water service account billing
statement, including late payment charges, is not received within sixty (60) days
after the billing date, the finance director -city treasurer, as the city's billing and
collection agent, will prepare an assessment schedule listing such unpaid
charges therein.
A five dollar ($5.00) administrative processing fee will be charged to each
delinquent account at the time it is included in the assessment schedule, which
amount will be separately identified on the assessment schedule and included in
the amount being assessed. The finance director -city treasurer will prepare an
assessment schedule at least quarterly, listing all delinquent water service
charges, and late payment charges, which accrued in the prior month or since
the last assessment schedule was certified. Each such assessment schedule
must also identify each delinquent charge by name of the account holder in
whose name the delinquent rates or charges were incurred, must identify each
property for which water service charge is delinquent, and must show the
delinquent charges and the administrative processing fee to be assessed against
each such property owned or rented by the delinquent account holder. The
finance director -city treasurer is hereby delegated the authority, on behalf of the
city, to certify and file each such assessment schedule with the county treasurer
as provided in the Iowa Code Section 384.84.
6. Such lien will be enforced until payment in full of the delinquent charges
and the administrative processing fee shown on the assessment schedule is
made at the office of the county treasurer.
Prepared by: Maureen A. Quann, Esq. 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 583 -4113
ORDINANCE NO. -12
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 13 PUBLIC
UTILITIES, CHAPTER 2 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL, ARTICLE C RATES,
SECTION 13 -2C -5 LIEN FOR FAILURE TO PAY BY PROVIDING THE PROCEDURE
FOR DELINQUENT SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL CHARGES,
ESTABLISHING A LIEN FOR NONPAYMENT OF SUCH CHARGES, AND
AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR -CITY TREASURER TO CERTIFY SUCH
DELINQUENT CHARGES TO THE COUNTY TREASURER
Section 1. City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances §13 -2C -5 is amended to read as
follows
Sec. 13 -2C -5: Lien For Failure To Pay:
B. Certification Of Charges: It is the duty of the finance director -city treasurer to
certify the actual rates and charges plus the costs of administration to the county
treasurer as provided in section 13 -1C -4 of this title, and all such costs will then
constitute a lien against said property and be collected with and in the same manner as
general property taxes on said property.
Section 2. This Ordinance takes effect on publication.
Passed, approved, and adopted the day of 2012.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
U irmi
Kevin S. Firnstahl, City Clerk
EFFECT OF AMENDMENT
Sec. 13 -2C -5. Lien For Failure To Pay:
B_Certificaton Of Charges: It shall apis the duty of theme inance• -- Formatted: Justified
director -city treasurer to certify the actual rates and charges tQ th@ Gty ^' °F'- Whe ^
hirn shall nohify 6619h ,.^^+^ plus the costs of administration to the county treasurer as
provided in section 13 -1C -4 of this title, and all such costs 6 al-will then constitute a lien
against said property and be collected with and in the same manner as general property
taxes on said property.
Prepared by: Maureen A. Quann, Esq. 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 583 -4113
ORDINANCE NO. -12
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 13 PUBLIC
UTILITIES, CHAPTER 4 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, SECTION 11 BILLING,
DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS AND COLLECTION PROCEDURES PROVIDING THE
PROCEDURE FOR DELINQUENT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT CHARGES,
ESTABLISHING A LIEN FOR NONPAYMENT OF SUCH CHARGES, AND
AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR -CITY TREASURER TO CERTIFY SUCH
DELINQUENT CHARGES TO THE COUNTY TREASURER
Section 1. City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances §13 -4 -11 is amended to read as
follows
Sec. 13 -4 -11. Billing, Delinquent Accounts And Collection Procedures:
A. Billing Procedure: The procedures for billing of the stormwater management
service charges provided in section 13 -4 -6 through 13 -4 -8 of this chapter and for the
collection of delinquent stormwater management service charges are as provided in
section 13 -1 C -4 of this title.
B. Billing Directly For Stormwater Management Services: Contributors who are not
billed by the city for water, sanitary sewer or refuse will be directly billed for stormwater
management services by the city. In such instances, the billing and collection of
stormwater management charges is subject to the same rules and procedures as to
delinquency in payment, certification of delinquency, and property lien as provided in
section 13 -1 C -4 of this title.
Section 2. This Ordinance takes effect on publication.
Passed, approved and adopted the day of 2012.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
Kevin Firnstahl, City Clerk
EFFECT OF AMENDMENT
Sec. 13 -4 -11. Billing, Delinquent Accounts And Collection Procedures:
A. Billing Procedure: The procedures for billing of the stormwater management
service charges provided in sections 13 -4 -6 through 13 -4 -8 of this chapter and for the
collection of delinquent stormwater management service charges &4a44 -beare as
provided in section 13- 2S1C -�5-4 of this title.
B. Billing Directly For Stormwater Management Services: Contributors who are not - -- Formatted: a,:daed
billed by the city for water, sanitary sewer or refuse &ha4 -will be directly billed for
stormwater management services by the city. In such instances, the billing and
collection of stormwater management charges shall beare subject to the same rules and
procedures as to delinquency in payment, certification of delinquency, and property lien
as provided in section 13-291 C -4-4 of this title.
Prepared by: Maureen A. Quann, Esq. 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 583 -4113
ORDINANCE NO. -12
AMENDING CITY OF DUBUQUE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 13 PUBLIC
UTILITIES, CHAPTER 6 SOLID WASTE, ARTICLE A CITY OR PRIVATE
COLLECTION SERVICE, SECTION 13 -6A -7 CHARGES; BILLING AND
COLLECTION BY PROVIDING THE PROCEDURE FOR DELINQUENT SOLID
WASTE CHARGES, ESTABLISHING A LIEN FOR NONPAYMENT OF SUCH
CHARGES, AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR -CITY TREASURER TO
CERTIFY SUCH DELINQUENT CHARGES TO THE COUNTY TREASURER
Section 1. City of Dubuque Code of Ordinances §13 -6A -7 is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 13 -6A -7: Charges; Billing And Collection:
D. Certify Delinquent Accounts To County Treasurer: It is the duty of the finance
director -city treasurer to certify the actual rates and fees plus the costs of administration
to the county treasurer as provided in section 13 -1 C -4 and all such costs will constitute
a lien against said property and be collected with and in the same manner as general
property taxes on said property.
Section 2. This Ordinance takes effect on publication.
Passed, approved, and adopted the day of 12012.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Uffiiml
Kevin S. Firnstahl, City Clerk
EFFECT OF AMENDMENT
Sec. 13 -6A -7. Charges; Billing And Collection:
D. Certify Delinquent Accounts To County Treasurer: It ig "tee the duty of the sift'
maRageginance director -city treasurer to certify the actual rates and fees to the City
plus the costs of administration to the county
treasurer as provided in section 13 -1 C -4 and all such costs will°"gll thp-n constitute a
lien against said property and be collected with and in the same manner as general
property taxes on said property.