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Date: February 10, 2003
Item/Subject Ordinance, Amending the Sewer and Drains Code of the City of Bangor,
Chapter 252 §252-25, Abatement of and Discounts to Sewer Use
Charge
Responsibie Department: Engineering
The attached Ordinance amendment imrolves modification of our sewer abatement policy.
Occasionally situation arise when an abatement is allawec, but the ratepayer multl have past due balances
on one or more sewer accounts.
With the proposed changes, abatements for either lost water or through the submeter program, would
first be applied to unpaid sewer user balances before refunds for overpayment are issued.
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Assigned to Councilor Farrington February 10, 2003
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) Ordinance, Amending the Sewer and Drains Cade of the City of Bangor,
Chapter 252 §252-25, Abatement of and Discounts to Sewer Use
Charge
BElT0RDA7NEDBY7NECf7YDFB4N60& as fo/lows:
THAT §252-25, Abatement of and Discounts to Sewer Use Charge, is hereby amended
through the addition of the following:
§ 252-25
E. When an abatement is granted, the Superintendent shall be responsible for taking
the necessary steps to correct the appropriate billing records to reflect the
abatement or to process a credit where the sewer use charge in question has
been paid. Abatements granted shall be used to credit rest due balances oldest
first) on anv sewer bill(sl owed by the Aoolicant oris to issuance of a refund for
ovemament
§ 252-25
H.(3) The ratepayer shall be responsible for reporting to the Superintendent or his or
her designee the reading on the secondary meter. This report must be made no
later than three working days after the date the ratepayer's primary water meter Is
normally read. Failure to report the reading in a timely matter will result in any
adjustment appearing on the ratepayers next quarterly bill subject to the
provisions of § 252-25 (E.). above. If adjustment Is applied to next quarterly bill,
the adjustment will not exceed the quarterly sewer bill.
NOTE: Additions are underlined.
IN CITY CODNCIL
February 10, 2003
First Reading
CI CL
IN CITY CONNCIL
February 26, 2003
lotion Nade and Seeonded
for Passage
vote: 9 yes
Councilors voting yes:
Allee, Crowley, Parnham,
Farrington, Greene, Nealley,
Palmer, Ashman amd Tremble
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(TITLE,)Anendmg the Newer and Draiaa Cade
of the Elty of Bangor, Chapter 252 9 252-25
Abetenent of the Discounts to Sever Use Charge.
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