HomeMy WebLinkAbout176 - 11/16/2004 - AMENDING THE CITY CODE RELATING TO BUDGET BILLING ORDINANCE NO. 176, 2004
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE XII
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TO BUDGET BILLING
WHEREAS,the City Council is empowered and directed by Article XII, Section 6, of the
Charter of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, to by ordinance from time to time fix, establish,
maintain and provide for the collection of such rates, fees or charges for utility services furnished
by the City as will produce revenues sufficient to pay the costs expenses and other obligations of
the such utility, as set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, Section 26-716 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins, permits single family
residential customers to average out the payment of their utility bills over a 12 month period through
a service referred to as budget billing; and
WHEREAS,staff has recommended that the budget billing provisions of Section 26-716 of
the Code be revised to ease administration of the program and better meet customer needs for
stability in their monthly utility payments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 26-716 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
See. 26-716. Budget billing.
Single-family residential users meeting the criteria of the budget billing program
may request that the Financial Officer estimate their average monthly utility charges
based upon the customer's historic use of utility services and bill the customer
accordingly. The monthly budget billing amount may be adjusted by the Financial
Officer to reflect changes in utility rates or changes in customer usage. The
Financial Officer may discontinue budget billing for any customer upon a
determination that customer usage patterns or customer payment history for a
particular customer indicate that the use of budget billing is not practicable.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of
October,A.D.2004,and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of November,A.D. 2004.
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of November, A . 2004.
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