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Sweetwater Authority committee approves Jamabed LP bill adjustment under prior policy
Summary
The Finance & Administration Committee voted unanimously to apply an earlier billing-adjustment policy to a Jamabed LP account after discussion about timing and fairness; the difference between the older and newer policy was cited as roughly $2,540.
The Sweetwater Authority Finance & Administration Committee on March 3 voted unanimously to apply the authority's previous customer billing-adjustment policy to an adjustment request from Jamabed LP, a customer in National City.
Committee members said the customer made the adjustment request before the board approved an updated policy and that applying the older policy would avoid penalizing the customer for delay. The committee's motion to grant the adjustment under the prior policy passed on a 3-0 roll call.
The issue before the committee was whether to calculate the credit under the policy in place when Jamabed LP submitted its request or under the updated policy adopted later. The general manager told the committee the updated policy would produce a smaller adjustment and that the difference between the two calculations was about $2,540. He said the authority's general manager-level approval threshold at the time was $1,500, so the matter required committee and board action.
Director Martinez urged caution about creating a perceived unfairness from holding the customer's request while the board changed policy, saying, "I think it would be unfair to make him pay more because we kinda held it up." The mayor (mover) made the motion to apply the old policy and Director Martinez seconded; the committee then voted.
Action taken was limited to the calculation method for this specific customer adjustment; no changes to the written policy were adopted in this meeting. Staff will process the adjustment consistent with the committee's direction.
The committee's unanimous vote closes this agenda item; the full board will receive the committee's recommendation at its next meeting if further action is required.
