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PH Notice – Budget Amendment
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF LAWLER
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
You are hereby given notice that a public hearing will be held at ______7:25______P.M. on _____April 7 ____, 2025, at the Council Chambers in the City Hall in Lawler, Iowa, on the proposal to amend the City Code Ordnance 92.02 RATES FOR SERVICE. Water service shall be furnished at the following monthly rates within the City:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 92, WATER RATES, AND AFFECTING CHAPTER 99, SEWER SERVICE CHARGES, OF THE LAWLER MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING WATER AND SEWER UTILITY DISCONTINUANCE FEES
WHEREAS, the Municipal Code of the City of Lawler, Iowa, Chapter 92 provides for Water Rates; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 99 of the Municipal Code of the City of Lawler provides for Sewer Service Charges, and provides that the same discontinuance procedures and charges apply to Sewer disconnection as to water disconnection under Chapter 92. Specifically, Section 99.04 provides: “Sewer service may be discontinued or disconnected in accordance with the provisions contained in Section 92.04 if the combined service account becomes delinquent, and the provisions contained in Section 92.07 relating to lien notices shall also apply in the event of a delinquent account”; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that to provide for the administrative costs of providing notice of municipal water and sewer utility discontinuance, a fee shall be imposed for providing notice 24 hours prior to discontinuance of water or sewer services;
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interest of the City and its citizens to amend Chapter 92 Water Rates, to provide certain charges for notice of water and sewer utility shutoff.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Lawler, Iowa as follows:
Para. 1. That Chapter 92 of the Municipal Code of the City of Lawler, Iowa, Water Rates, is amended by deleting Paragraph 4, Fees, of Section 92.04, and inserting in lieu thereof the following new Paragraph 4:
4. Fees. The following fees shall be assessed as administrative charges associated with services provided by the City under this section.
A. Tag Fee. If full payment of a delinquent bill is not received by the
Clerk’s office by close of business on the date set forth in the notice of delinquency, then a tagging fee of $25.00 will be assessed to the customer at the time a 24-hour disconnection notice is placed on the door of the property.
B. Reconnect Fee. A fee of $35.00 shall be charged before service is restored to a delinquent customer. No fee shall be charged for the usual or customary trips in the regular changes in occupancies of property