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Council signals support to limit "lifetime" returned-check restriction; staff to draft five-year policy
2356631 · January 14, 2025
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Summary
Council members questioned a utility policy that requires customers with two returned checks or drafts to be forced into cash-only payments for the life of the account. Staff suggested a five-year sunset; council asked staff to draft language for later consideration.
Council members brought up the city's utility payment policy during the Jan. 14 meeting after a resident contacted a council member about the policy that converts an account to cash-only after two returned checks or drafts "for the lifetime of the account."
A council member said…
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