For City Council Meeting and Rialto Utility Authority [June 11, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Sean Grayson, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Thomas J. Crowley, P.E., Utilities Manager
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Request City Council to Conduct a Public Hearing to Receive Public Comment and Approve Resolution No. 7522 Authorizing the Placement of Sewer Service Charges on the County Property Tax Roll for Delinquent Accounts.
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Rialto provides sewer services throughout the entire City and areas of Bloomington. Where the City provides water service, both water and sewer services are billed together. For delinquent accounts, the City is able to impose penalties and shut off water services to promote payment, per Rialto Municipal Code Section 12.08. However, there are areas of the City where either the West Valley Water District or the Fontana Water Company provides water services and the City only bills for sewer services. The sewer-only accounts have high delinquency rates as services cannot be disconnected for lack of payment.
In order to more effectively collect sewer-only accounts, the Rialto Municipal Code section 12.08.201 was amended to allow for placement of delinquent charges on property tax bills through the County Tax Collector's Office. The Ordinance that was approved on June 19, 2007, provides a method for collecting delinquent accounts similar to the lien placement process used for solid waste delinquent accounts.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
To meet the County submittal deadline of August 10, 2018, the following steps must be taken:
* Send notification letters before June 30, 2018, to the delinquent accounts on the list of properties alerting them of the City's plan to place the delinquent charges on the property tax roll and giving them one last opportunity to pay. The last date to pay before placement on the tax rolls is July 31, 2018.
* Notification letters were mailed the first week of April 2018 an...
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