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Exhibit A (2) All revenues from the city service fee shall be deposited in a separate fund. Use of the revenues shall be limited to (a) paying for fire and police service, homeless and human services, and quality of life services such as libraries and pools, (b) establishing reserves for these purposes, and (c) the billing, collection and administration of the city service fee. The city council also may designate a portion of the revenues to provide financial assistance to low income individuals under subsection (4) of section 2.2015 of this code. The city service fee shall not be used to pay for any other function of the city. (3) The city manager may adopt administrative rules that the manager determines are necessary to implement sections 2.2000 through 2.2025 of this code by following the process contained in section 2.019 of this code. 2.2015 City Service Fee — Amount of Fee (1) The city council shall set the amount of any city service fee by council resolution, and may establish different amounts for residential units, commercial units and industrial units. Any adjustment to the amount of a city service fee shall be adopted by council by resolution. (2) Any fee shall be a flat fee that is charged on a monthly basis. The total amount of fees paid by a responsible party shall be based on the applicable monthly fee applied to the number of residential units and non - residential units attributable to that responsible party. (3) The monthly fee shall not exceed $10 per residential unit or school owned or operated by the 4 -J or Bethel school districts and $30 per non - residential unit other than those schools. These maximums shall not be increased without approval by the voters. (4) The city council shall establish by resolution a program that (a) partially or wholly waives the city service fee for low income individuals, (b) provides financial assistance to such individuals to partially or wholly offset the fee paid by those individuals, or (c) helps in some other manner to reduce the financial burden of an additional fee on those individuals. The resolution shall be adopted prior to the time that the fee is first billed. 2.2020 Citv Service Fee — Billina and Pavment of Fee. (1) The city service fee shall be billed and paid on a monthly basis. (2) If a responsible party does not pay the bill when due, the total amount due shall bear interest at the rate established in section 2.022 of this code from the date of the delinquency. (3) The city manager shall seek to bill and collect the city service fee in the most effective and efficient manner. Pursuant to section 6.421 of this code, the Eugene Water & Electric Board bills and collects the monthly sewer charges for both wastewater service and stormwater service. If the city manager can contract with EWEB to also bill and collect the city service fee, then EWEB shall bill and collect the city service fee as part of the same bill for sewer service, and may withhold from payments received a reasonable fee for its actual costs of billing, collecting and remitting the city service fee revenue. The amount of the fee withheld shall be established as part of a contract between the city and EWEB. (4) If the city manager is unable to contract with EWEB to collect this fee, then the city manager shall find the most effective and efficient mechanism for billing and collecting the city service fee. If the city manager determines that the most effective and efficient mechanism is to combine the billing and collection Ordinance - Page 2 of 3 Exhibit A to Resolution Calling an Election Re: City Service Fee