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Chapter 04.24
Section 04.24.010
 

Title 04 Administrative Agencies and Procedures

Chapter 04.24 U-Help Advisory Board

Section 04.24.010 Purpose
  1. Recognizing that:
    1. there are a significant number of households in the community whose economic circumstances are such that payment of utility bills can result in hardship; and
    1. the existence within City government of a structure and process to ensure that donations and contributions will consistently and efficiently assist appropriate persons to pay for utility service will hopefully encourage such donations and contributions; and
    1. if the incidents of delinquencies in the City’s utilities accounts decrease, the City will save some administrative and financial costs;the City authorizes a utility service assistance, “U-Help”, program.
  1. There is established a U-Help advisory board to formulate policy and procedures and to exercise overall program oversight.

Date Passed: Monday, March 26, 2007

Effective Date: Sunday, May 6, 2007

Recodification ORD C33995 Section 1

April 29, 2024