HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 2178 - 8/13/1991 - DELAYED PAYMENT CHARGE/RETURNED CHECKSORDINANCE NO. 2178
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22A.702, DELAYED PAYMENT
CHARGE/RETURNED CHECKS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village, experiences certain
difficulties with respect to the return of customers' checks from banks due
to insufficient funds; and
WHEREAS, the Village incurs certain costs in the handling and
processing of these returned (NSF) checks.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois,
as follows:
Section 1: That Section 22A.702, Delayed Payment Charge/Returned
Checks, paragraph 2, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
If any check deposited with the Village for payment of
the water and/or sewer bill is returned unpaid from the
bank on which it is drawn, an additional fee shall be
charged equal to the current fee assessed for returned
checks by the Village's depository bank. This fee
shall change in accordance with future returned check
fees charged by the bank.
Section 2: That the Village Clerk is hereby authorized to publish
this Ordinance in pamphlet form.
Section 3: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law.
VOTE:
AYES:
4
NAYS:
D
ABSENT: 2
PASSED
this
13th
day of
August
1991.
APPROVED
this
13th
day of
August
1991.
Charles J. Zettek
Village President
ATTEST:
Patricia S. Smith
Village Clerk
PUBLISHED this 15th day of August , 1991, in Pamphlet Form.
July c9, 1991
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Georgge C. Coney, Direc1;or of Finane-e
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Returned Checks - WatL-/gewer Customer 2�r--o,;
Water/Sewer customers are currently charged a fee of $1r? . __.
check is returned to tha Vi 11 age unpaid due to insurri._:en:
funds. Dur i.ng the past year, an average Z�F foul'teen=_s�-rrrei
checFs wer= returned each month.
The fee curre•'rtly charged by the bav)k for a eturred ::ht, t
$20. This amount is subject to increase wharev-i rc; 1D arF
structure is revised.
During the past erght years, the bane ha, lnc-;card th=i.- fa
twice. The Village has not increased our et:irned =hecn:i
since 1 83 - when it was increased from $5 to `HCl.
1 recommend Village Board consideration and app. -oval of the
at`.ached ordinance winch p•:-ovides fcr the )j!lageF,r
returned checks to be c=onsistent with these teas charged b, ....
bank.
Theref,,re, the Vi 1 tage' = c,r -e•it " e of 510 w.)11d De
$20 upon Village 13oard apo -oval of the attached ,. :±i ^arn:=
c: Elaine Ti i.rske, Utili':/ S1,11'rig Super'✓J-,,.r-