Resolution No 13-2022 - 2022 Utility Relief to Forgive Past Due Balances on Residential Utility Accounts

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RESOLUTION NO. 13-2022 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS APPROVING FORGIVENESS OF RESIDENTIAL UTILITY ACCOUNTS UNDER THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND 2022 UTILITY RELIEF PROGRAM WHEREAS, the City of South Bend (the “City”), through South Bend Municipal Utilities, charged utility customer accounts for City utility services; and WHEREAS, the charges were not paid to the City as of February 28, 2022 despite multiple billing notices to the persons receiving the services; and WHEREAS, the City issued a moratorium on utility disconnections and late penalties during the COVID-19 pandemic and allowed utility service to remain active despite balances that were significantly past due; and WHEREAS, the City, by and through its Board of Public Works, desires to remove a portion of past due balances from residential utility accounts that are sixty (60) or more days past its bill date as of February 28, 2022 (the “Forgiveness Date”). NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of South Bend, Indiana Board of Public Works as follows: 1.Accounts within the City limits that were designated as active and residential in the City utility billing system, and with amounts over sixty (60) days past its bill date as of the Forgiveness Date will be adjusted to remove past due balances that are thirty (30) days or more past its bill date as of the Forgiveness Date, up to a maximum amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500). 2.These balances will be forgiven in accordance with this relief program. ADOPTED this 8th Day of March 2022. March 8, 2022