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Council directs administration to develop plan to collect long-delinquent utility accounts
Summary
Resolution No. 26-01, introduced by Council Member Mike Reese, directs the City administration to prepare a 30-day plan to pursue collection of utility accounts that progressed beyond service shutoff and to review older debt records for potential write-offs; Council moved the measure forward for consideration.
Council Member Mike Reese introduced Resolution No. 26-01 asking the administration to prepare a plan within 30 days to collect delinquent utility accounts that have progressed beyond the point of service shutoff and to evaluate prior debt for potential write-offs so old balances do not persist on the books.
Reese framed the resolution as a consumer-facing action: "It also gave them or gave the administration the ability to look at the past debt and determine what needed written off so it did not keep showing up 10 or 20 years down the line and to try to collect on delinquent payments." He recommended suspending rules so the administration could move quickly; the Clerk assigned Resolution No. 26-01 for consideration.
Next steps: administration will prepare the collection plan and present findings to Council within the 30-day window specified by the resolution.
