06/13/2023 Ordinances 9930ORDINANCE NO. 9930
An ordinance to amend Chapter 15 of the Grand Island City Code, Sections 15-50;
and to repeal any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and to provide for
publication and the effective date of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAlNED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Chapter 15, Sections 15-50 of the Grand Island City Code are hereby
amended to read as follows:
§15-50. Deposit Requirements
(A) Except as provided below, all electric service accounts established under the commercial rate structure
shall be required to maintain a deposit in an amount to be determined by the Utilities Department as set forth in this
section.
(B) Deposits for any account created on or after September 1, 1983, and deposits for all accounts for which
service has been reinstated after being disconnected for nonpayment shall be maintained in an amount of not less than
Two Hundred Dollars ($200), nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000), as determined by the Utilities
Department. The amount of the deposit required shall be equal to two times the highest billed period of the last 12
billing periods, not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000). For new construction or properties that have been
unoccupied for the last 12 billing periods, a similar property from an identically zoned business shall be used in
establishing the required deposit amount.
(C) The deposit required herein shall be refunded to the customer as follows:
(1) When the electric service has been disconnected, whether at the request of the customer or far
nonpayment of the customer's electric bill, or a new account has been created for said service with a
different customer, and a final reading has been taken, any deposit on hand and minus the amount of any
unpaid billing statement and other charges, shall be refunded to the customer; or
(2) After at least one year of continuous service to the customer, if the monthly payments for the account
have been made promptly, with no more than one delinquent payment during the twelve (12) month
period immediately preceding, the Utilities Department shall credit any deposit on hand. For the purposes
of this subsection, a payment shall be deemed delinquent if made more than fifteen (15) days after the
date set forth on the monthly billing statement.
SECTION 2. Any ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and hereby are,
repealed.
ORDINANCE NO. 9930 (Cont.)
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its
passage and publication, within fifteen days in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law.
Enacted: June 13, 2023
Attest:
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