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Mayor flags widespread unpaid utilities as council weighs collection strategy
Alexander City Council · March 23, 2026
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Summary
Mayor told the council that the city faces widespread unpaid utility accounts, citing roughly "6 and 1/2 million" in uncollected revenue over the last year; he said the city will reduce forgiveness and increase cutoffs to recoup funds.
Mayor told the Alexander City Council that unpaid utility bills are widespread across the city and that staff had prepared a map showing delinquent accounts. He said some accounts exceeded $3,000 and that the city had "6 and 1/2 million uncollected revenues in the last year or so," a figure he used to explain a…
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