1989/01/25 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

30 January 25,1989 COUNCIL BILL N0.891-9 FIRST READING: AN ORDINANCE amending Section a of Ordinance No. 1454-88, City's Dance Hell ordinance and repealing Section 3 of Ordinance No.1488-80. The meeting then recessed into en executive session on a legal matter. Treartien aigentlancene t wih ciMyerbex Noe us and o all excused. WORKSHOP-MONTHLY BILLING Claire Olivers of the Utilities Department said they had looked into the cost of converting from bimonthly to monthly billings for utility service. yr said there would be additional 10100,supplies and postage for mailing the bills. Additional labor and supplies in computer services. Additional labor in utility tilling and e new, faster printer. The total increased coat per year would$44,000. He said these additional casts ace offset by rave a resulting Prom net tir reasedocotl o Ills et a tyeal oP bz1�600 naeyear,making the net increased cost as 322,800 per year. He said that monthly billings will offer the city as many opportunities to send messages to the customers and will allow the city to get a message to all of then in half the time. me revenues Overstreet questioned a of the r s he Pelt these x could be received underthebimonthly payments if the delinquent naccounts were acted on more quickly. President Hive spoke against the monthly billing as she thought this was going to cost the citizens more money. councilmenbex Morrow maid he would ether o[e c try two months as he agreed that the monthly billing would be m ostly to the Citizens. councilmenbex Pope said he w s the one t request this proposed ordinance he had many phone calls from Everett residents requesting the change. Co...ember Gipson spoke against the change and said if someone wanted to pay by the month they could Just send in half of their bill each month to take care of 1.. Councilmember Diamond suggested taking a poll t0 see how the people Pelt about the change.