RES 943RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION amending Resolution 876 by revising the
procedures and policies for utility billings.
WHEREAS,the Council has heretofore adopted Resolution 606,which established
policies and procedures for utility billings,and
WHEREAS,the Council has heretofore adopted Resolution 876,which revised the
procedures and policies for utility billings as established in Resolution 606,and
WHEREAS,the Council desires to amend the procedures and policies for utility billings,
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Camas as
follows:
Section I
The City Council of the City of Camas hereby adopts the following procedures and
policies regarding utility billings:
A.Bi :Water-sewer-sanitary-recycling billings for most commercial and
all residential services shall be billed at the end of each odd month,due and payable on the fifth
day of the following month.Industrial and some commercial customers are billed every month.
B.Meter Reading:Water meters shall be read on approximately the 15th day of the
month.
C.Rental Properties:The City of Camas defines the legal owner of any real property as
the customer of the city’s utility services.Water-sewer-sanitary-recycling bills shall be the
responsibility of the legal owner of the subject property.The City shall not be responsible for
unpaid billings resulting from tenants moving in or out without paying charges due,nor the
collection thereof,and said charges shall be a lien on the property until paid.Other than
regularly scheduled reading of water meters,the meters shall be read only upon the sale of the
property.No meter shall be read between renters or lessees.Pro-ration of billings between
renters or lessees shall be the responsibility of the legal owner and will not be billed by the City.
D.Billing Addresses:Except as hereinafter provided,all billings for water-sewer-
sanitary-recycling services shall be mailed to the legal owner of the subject property at the legal
owner’s address.For rental properties,the legal owner may request that the billing be mailed to
a property manager at an address other than that of the legal owner.Such request shall be on a
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form provided by the Finance Department of the City,and completed by the legal owner of the
property.Such form shall provide in part that the legal owner agrees that he/she will be
responsible for any pro-rating of bills between tenants,any unpaid bills,and any disconnect
charges that may be due to delinquent bills left unpaid by a tenant.Under no circumstances shall
a billing be placed in the renter’s name.If the legal owner requests billings of non-owner
occupied property be mailed to the premise address,he/she must complete,sign and have
notarized (or provide positive identification)a form provided by the Finance Department
agreeing to the rules and statements provided therein.
E.:All residential and most commercial utility billings shall be billed at
regular intervals and shall be due and payable on the fifth day of each month following.Such
billings shall be delinquent on the twenty-sixth day of each even month.There shall be a penalty
fee assessed at the rate of five percent of the outstanding balance with a minimum of eight
dollars per delinquent utility account.
F.Pro-ration of Billings:Billings for water-sewer-sanitary-recycling service will be
pro-rated only upon sale of the subject real property.All services will be pro-rated to the date of
sale.Pro-rations of billings between tenants shall be the full responsibility of the owner.
G.Disconnections:At any time water service is disconnected,whether it be for
nonpayment or upon request of the legal owner,a disconnection fee based upon current
ordinances will be charged before water service is reconnected.
ices:Except as provided in subsection I (ExtendedH.
Absences),residential sanitary and recycling services are mandatory and may not be stopped
unless water and sewer services are also stopped.
I.Extended Absences:Residents shall be entitled to discontinue refuse and recycling
service without termination of water and sewer services for extended absences subject to the
following terms and conditions:
1.The residence must be vacant for a minimum of one month and a maximum of
six months.
2.Only the legal owner of the property is allowed to request extended absence
status.
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3.The legal owner of the property is required to provide the Finance Department
with both the stop and start dates at the time of stopping service.
4.The account must be current and in good standing at the time a request is
made.If the account is sixty or more days delinquent,then the property owner is not eligible for
extended absence status.
5.A property owner may request extended absence status up to three times in any
calendar year,but with a maximum of six months total.
6.If solid waste or recycling is found by the collectors to be placed out at the
residence during extended absence status,then the account will be billed for full service during
the entire time.
Section II
The Finance Department is directed to make copies of this resolution available to any
member of the public requesting a copy of the same.-qt^.
day ofADOPTEDataregularmeetingoftheCounciloftheCityofCamasthis
August,2002.
SIGNED:
Mayor
AVATTEST:
Clerk
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City/Attorney