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I <br />• <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NEXT DISCUSSED THE DISPOSITION OF PAST DUE <br />URBAN DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS AND NOTED THAT THESE NOW <br />HAVE BEEN REFINED DOWN TO THE ONES LISTED IN THE INFORMATIONAL PACKET. <br />HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED AGREEMENTS <br />AND DEFAULTED; OTHER HAVE SIMPLY NOT PAID. THE ATTORNEY POINTED OUT <br />THAT THE PURCHASE OF THE U.D.U; SYSTEM INCLUDED THE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, <br />AND WE NEED A POLICY DECISION AS TO WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THESE PAST <br />DUE ACCOUNTS. HE STATED THAT THE ISSUE AROSE AS TO WHETHER THESE PEOPLE <br />RECEIVED PROPER CONSIDERATION FOR THESE BILLINGS BECAUSE THE SERVICE <br />WAS SO POOR, BUT THE ATTORNEY POINTED OUT THAT MOST OF THE CUSTOMERS <br />HAVE PAID, AND SOME ARE STILL PAYING ON THEIR OLD BILLS MONTHLY. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DID NOT FEEL ANYONE SHOULD BE GIVEN <br />SPECIAL CONSIDERATION BECAUSE IT WOULD BE VERY UNFAIR TO THOSE WHO DID <br />PAY. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF THE ATTORNEY WISHED AUTHORIZATION <br />TO PROCEED WITH LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE PAST DUE ACCOUNTS, AND THE <br />ATTORNEY STATED THAT HE WILL MAKE HIS BEST EFFORT TO COLLECT, HE FELT <br />THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AS MUCH OR MORE THAN A COLLECTION AGENCY <br />WOULD HAVE, AND HE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TURNING THESE ACCOUNTS OVER TO <br />A COLLECTION AGENCY, <br />DISCUSSION ENSUED ON ESTABLISHING A POLICY ON HOW TO PROCEED <br />ON PAST DUE ACCOUNTS AND AFTER WHAT PERIOD OF TIME, AND THE ATTORNEY <br />SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD ASK THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT TO COME BACK WITH <br />A RECOMMENDATION ON HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS HANDLED. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO REQUEST THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT <br />TO SUBMIT TO THE BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS ON A POLICY FOR HANDLING PAST <br />DUE ACCOUNTS, BOTH THOSE CURRENTLY PAST DUE AND THOSE THAT MAY BECOME <br />.y <br />PAST DUE IN THE FUTURE, <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ATTORNEY TO PROCEED TO ACT <br />ON THE PAST DUE ACCOUNTS AS LISTED IN THE MEMO OF .JANUARY 24, 1979, FROM <br />UTILITIES MANAGER GEORGE MORGAN,.WHICH IS HEREBY MADE A PART OF THE <br />14INUTES, <br />47 <br />