Item 1: Ordinance on Charges for Stormwater and Parks Service

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by the city manager or his/her designee and certified to the Eugene Water & Electric Board and any other water utility obligated to collect such charges. Revenue collected by the Eugene Water & Electric Board shall be paid monthly to the city and shall be deposited in the appropriate fund for wastewater operations or for stormwater or parks operations for use in providing sewer service including debt service, parks operations and maintenance, and such other services as the council may direct,except that revenue collected based on the criteria contained in subsection [(2)(j)] (2)(k) of section 6.411 of this code shall be deposited in the appropriate fund for road operations to be used for the reconstruction, repair, maintenance, operation, and preservation of city-owned roads and streets within the city, roads and streets which the city is contractually or legally obligated to operate and maintain, or roads and streets for which the city has accepted responsibility under intergovernmental agreement. Revenue collected based on the criteria contained in subsection [(2)(j)] (2)(k) of section 6.411 of this code may not be used for capacity-enhancing street improvements. 6.426 Charges - Delinquencies . The water utility providing service to the sewer service customer shall enforce the collection of rates and charges for [sewer] services covered by sections 6.401 through 6.610 of this code, and may do so by withholding delivery of water, steam or electricity to the delinquent customer, or by any other means of collection provided by the laws of the state or permitted by the charter and ordinances of the city. [Sewer service c]Chargesfor services covered by sections 6.401 through 6.610 of this codeshall be collected monthly and if not paid on or before 10 days from and after the date the same shall be payable, the charges shall be deemed to be delinquent. Any charge due which shall not be paid when due may be recovered in an action at law by the city. 6.431 Charges - Penalty for Nonpayment . In the event a customer becomes delinquent in the payment of [sewer service] charges for services covered by sections 6.401 through 6.610 of this code, there shall be added to the charges a penalty in the amount of 10 percent of the delinquency and the total amount due shall bear interest at the rate established in section 2.022 of this Code from the date of the delinquency. 6.436 Charges - Cost of Collection . The water utility collecting the [sewer service] charges for services covered by sections 6.401 through 6.610 of this code, may withhold from payments received a reasonable fee for its actual costs of billing, collecting and remitting sewer service revenue. The fee shall be based on actual costs and established annually by agreement between the city manager and the water utility. 6.600 Charges for Stormwater Service and Parks . (1) Except as the charges may be reduced under subsection 6.416(3), the obligation to pay stormwater and parks service charges arise when a Ordinance - Page 6 of 7