0349 (Delinquent Water/Sewer Fees)ORDINANCE NO. 111
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10 OF ORDINANCE NO. 289,
CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, BEING
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO RECOVERY ON DELINQUENT WATER
AND SEWER SERVICE AND PROVIDING FOR SHUT OFF OF SERVICE
AND SETTING A CHARGE FOR RECONNECTION, BY INCREASING
THE RECONNECTION CHARGE FROM $2.00 to $5.00, AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of
Okeechobee, Florida:
Section 1. That Section 10 of Ordinance No. 289 of the
Code of Ordinances, City of Okeechobee, Florida, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Water meters shall be read monthly and all bills for water
and sewer services shall be rendered monthly, and if not paid
within fifteen days following the rendition of each such bill the
amount thereof shall become delinquent. When any bill becomes
delinquent as aforesaid the amount thereof may be enforced by the
city in a civil action to recover the money due and the water
service to the premises served thereby shall be discontinued or
shut off and an additional fee or charge of five dollars shall
be made and collected for each re- connection when any such
delinquent bill or bills are paid.
Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall be in
full force and effect from and after December 1, 1971.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of November, 1971.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED by me this t.S" day of November, 1971.
President of City Council
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Mayor, Cit of Okeechobee
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STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF OKEECHOBEE:
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who on oath says he is 1? r.1.i siqEp of THE OKEECHOBEE
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published in the City of Okeechobee, in said Okeechobee County, Florida,
and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published
in said Okeechobee County, Florida, each week and has been entered
as Second Class Matter at the Post Office in the City of Okeechobee,
in said Okeechobee County, for a period of one year next preceeding
first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant
says that he has neither paid or promised any person, firm or cor-
poration any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose
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