AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light and Seattle Public Utilities Departments; temporarily removing the charge of interest on delinquent utility consumption and utilization accounts; superseding several sections under Title 21 that authorize and require the collection of interest on delinquent utility consumption and utilization accounts; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Madam quirky meeting you did. Thank you. Agenda Item two Council Bill 120089 An Ordinance Relating to the Sea, The City Light and Seattle Public Utilities Departments temporarily removing the charge of interest on delinquent utility consumption and utilize utilization accounts. That's the short title. I'm finished. Okay. Sorry. My script did not call for the short titles. I wanted to make sure I gave you the time in case there was a little technological hiccup. But thank you for reading the short title into the record. I moved past Council Bill 120089 as their second second. Thank you so much, President Petersen. You're the sponsor of this bill. So when I handed over to you to walk us through the legislation. Thank you. Council President colleagues, as I noted at our council briefing this morning, Council Bill 120089 would extend the temporary suspension of interest charges on delinquent utility account balances for Seattle Public Utilities and Seattle City Light customers during the COVID emergency. This will benefit customers who may be struggling with their bills from either of our city owned utilities. This bill is the third extension of this pandemic relief policy. It was on the introduction referral calendar May 24th. The three previous bills also went straight to the full council. We passed the previous ordinances in May and March 2020, September 2020 and December 2020. This relief bill would extend the suspension of interest charged through the end of this year. Thank. Thank you so much, Councilmember Peterson. Are there any other comments on the bill? Hearing no additional comments will part. Please call the role on the passage of the bill. Strauss. Yes. Herbold. Councilmember Herbold? Yes. Whereas. Councilmember, whereas. It's. Lewis. Yes. Where else? Yes. Well, Sarah, I. Peterson. All right. So what? Yes. Council President Gonzales. Hi. Nine in favor and unopposed. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Will the clerk please affix my signature to the legislation on my behalf? Will the clerk please read the short title of item three? Agenda Item three Council Bill 120087 An Ordinance relating to Appropriations for the Seattle Office for Civil Rights amending Ordinance 126237, which adopted the 2021 Budget.