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ORDINANCE NO.
(Series of 1982)
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF ASPEN, COLORADO, CERTIFYING
TO THE TREASURER OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO, CERTAIN DELINQUENT
MUNICIPAL UTILITY CHARGES OWING TO THE .CIT_Y OF ASPEN FOR
COLLECTION WITH COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES, PURSUANT TO SECTION
31-20-105, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES (C.R.S.) ~973, AS ~ENDED
WHEREAS, the City of Aspen, Colorado, through its electric
and water departments has certain delinquent customer accounts;
and
WHEREAS, the City has made all reasonable efforts to collect
these delinquent accounts short of legal action; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen by Sections
23-22 and 23-106, permits collection of delinquent electric and
water charges by lawsuit, or lien, or both; and
WHEREAS, state law, by Sections 31-20-101 et seq., C.R.S.
1973, as amended, provides that delinquent municipal utility
charges may be certified by the municipality to the county trea-
surer, whose duty is thereupon to collect such delinquent charges
in the same manner as county property taxes are collected; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the
best interests of the City to reduce its delinquent utility
accounts by collection in this manner as provided by law;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1
That all of the delinquent electric and water utility
accounts receivable by the City of Aspen, as listed on Exhibits
"A" and "B", copies of which are attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference, be and hereby are certified to the Treasurer
of Pitkin County, Colorado, for collection with county property
taxes, in such cases made and provided by law including, without
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limitation, Section 31-20-101 et seq., C.R.S. 1973, as amended,
and Sections 23-22 and 23-106, Aspen Municipal Code, as amended.
Section 2
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions thereof.
Section 3
A public hearing on the ordinance shall be held on the~
day of ~ , 1982, at 5:00 P.M. in
the City Council Chambers, Aspen City Hall, Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided by law by
the City Council of the City of Aspen on the /~ day of
~3 , 1982.
-ATTEST:
City Clerk
FINALLY adopted, passed and approved on this ~ day of
: Herman Edel, Mayor
~TTEST:
Kathryn S. ~o6h, Cit~ Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO )
) ss CERTIFICATE
COUNTY OF PITKIN )
I, Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk of Aspen, Colorado, do
hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was'
introduced, read in full, and passed om ~~
reading at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Aspen on ~~c~ /~ , 19~.~ , and published
in the Aspen Times a weekly newspaper of general circulation
published in the City of Aspen, Colorado, in its issue of
~ ~ , 19~_, and was finally adopted
and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council on
~_~~_J ~, 19 y~, and ordered published as
Ordinance No. ~ , Series of 19 ~ , of said City, as
provided by ].aw.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said City of Aspen, Colorado this day
City Clerk
SEAL
Deputy City Clerk