City of Madison - File #: 72641

• File #: 72641
• Version: 1
• Name: Authorizing Madison Water Utility's General Manager to certify municipal services bills, assessments, and charges to the 2022 tax rolls of other governmental units for delinquent accounts in those jurisdictions.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/13/2022
• In control: Water Utility
• On agenda: 9/6/2022
• Final action: 9/6/2022
• Enactment date: 9/7/2022
• Enactment #: RES-22-00616
• Title: Authorizing Madison Water Utility's General Manager to certify municipal services bills, assessments, and charges to the 2022 tax rolls of other governmental units for delinquent accounts in those jurisdictions.
• Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Nasra Wehelie, Yannette Figueroa Cole

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/6/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
8/29/2022	1	FINANCE COMMITTEE	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
7/26/2022	1	WATER UTILITY BOARD	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
7/20/2022	1	FINANCE COMMITTEE	Referred
7/19/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
7/13/2022	1	Water Utility	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
City of Madison water and sewer utilities provide service to customers outside the City of Madison to the following local jurisdictions:

Cities of Fitchburg, Middleton, and Monona
Towns of Blooming Grove, Burke, Middleton, and Verona
Villages of Maple Bluff, McFarland, and Shorewood Hills

The Madison Water Utility administers the billing service for water and sewer service to residents in these other jurisdictions. All delinquent water and sewer bills for these other local jurisdictions with due dates between September 23, 2021 thru September 21, 2022 will get transferred into the respective local jurisdiction’s tax rolls for eventual collection. This resolution is one of the necessary steps to aid those jurisdictions to accomplish this. No appropriation is required.

Madison Water Utility is currently exploring options to address water affordability for all City residents subject to existing regulatory guidelines.

Title
Authorizing Madison Water Utility's General Manager to certify municipal services bills, assessments, and charges to the 2022 tax rolls of other governmental units for delinquent accounts in those jurisdictions.

Body
WHEREAS, Madison Water Utility administers the billing system for the City of Madison Municipal Services Bill, which includes water and sewer bills, stormwater, landfill remediation, and urban forestry charges; and

WHEREAS, the City water and sewer utilities provide service to customers outside the City of Madison in accordance with Madison General Ordinances Section 13.16(2) and Section 35.02; and

WHEREAS, the City water and sewer utilities are authorized under section 66.0809(3) of Wisconsin Statutes to certify amounts owed in arrears to the utilities to the tax rolls of the appropriate town, village, or city;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council authorizes Madison Water Utility's General Manager to certify the 2022 tax rolls to the towns of Blooming Grove, Burke, Middleton, and Verona, ...