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Attorney's Matters-B.C.C. 03.19.13 <br /> v <br /> Office of <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br /> -' ATTORNEY <br /> Alan S.Polackwich,Sr.,County Attorney <br /> William K.DeBraal,Deputy County Attorney <br /> Brooke W. Odom,Assistant County Attorney <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Board of County Commissioners <br /> FROM: Alan S. Polackwich, Sr., County Attorne��� <br /> DATE: March 13, 2013 <br /> SUBJECT: Proposed Ordinance Establishing Amnesty Program for Certain Utility <br /> Delinquency Charges <br /> Permission to Advertise for Public Hearing <br /> BACKGROUND. <br /> On March 5, 2013, the Board of County Commissioners voted to establish an amnesty program for <br /> delinquency charges, upon payment in full of underlying service availability charges. <br /> Specifically, section 201.08(B) of the Code of Indian River County (the "Code") requires that service <br /> availability charges be paid on each water and sewer ERU reserved for future use. The purpose of the <br /> service availability charge is to recover the cost to the County of maintaining and repairing the capacity <br /> in the water/sewer system which is reserved for the ERU. Section 201.08(J)(4) of the Code requires that <br /> a delinquency charge of $2, plus one and one-half percent (1.5%) be imposed monthly on unpaid fees <br /> and charges, including unpaid service availability charges. <br /> On February 14, 2012, the Board adopted an ordinance establishing an amnesty program for <br /> delinquency charges, upon payment in full of underlying service availability charges which were (1) <br /> based on ERUs reserved for future use and for which there had been no past or present use or <br /> consumption, and (2) were unpaid as of February 14, 2012. The amnesty period ran from February 14, <br /> 2012 until March 31, 2012. <br /> INDIAN RIVER CO. APPROVED DATE <br /> APPROVED FOR MARCH 19, 2013 <br /> Administration <br /> B.C.C. MEETING—CO LINTY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS <br /> County Attorney3 3 r3 <br /> // Budget <br /> Utilities Dept. <br /> COUNTYATTORNEY Risk Management - --- <br /> 248 <br />