Title
Public Hearing to Consider Collection of Delinquent Integrated Waste Management Accounts Via the Property Tax Bills. (Finance 2450)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Acting City Manager
Re: Public Hearing to Consider Collection of Delinquent Integrated Waste Management Accounts Via the Property Tax Bills
BACKGROUND
City of Alameda Ordinance No. 2655 added Municipal Code Section 5-7.2, "License a Debt." Specifically, the ordinance provides for the collection of delinquent business license fees and charges via the property tax bill. In accordance with Chapter XXI, Solid Waste and Recycling, Section 21-20.6 of the Alameda Municipal Code (AMC), Alameda County Services (ACI), the City's provider of waste and recycling collection services, may assign delinquent Integrated Waste Management (IWM) accounts to the City for collection. Prior to assigning their rights to the City, ACI is obligated to make at least four attempts to collect the delinquent accounts.
Staff is including delinquent Integrated Waste Management bills in the property tax attachment process. These delinquent bills will be processed in order to improve efficiency in the collection of the Integrated Waste billing.
DISCUSSION
Integrated Waste Management Fees
As part of the Franchise Agreement, the City is obligated to pay ACI for all delinquent accounts. In accordance with the AMC, the City may send a letter to each account's property owner requesting payment, and if not promptly received, the City can collect delinquent accounts through their property tax bills at a noticed public hearing.
Property owners are notified three times by mail; twice following the City's receipt of the list, and once after the City Council sets the hearing date to consider collecting the delinquent amount plus City fees through the tax roll. Included with the notices is contact information written in the six most commonly spoken language within the Ci...
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