Summary The City's collection procedures allow for the write-off of bad debt accounts annually. The attached list (Attachment A) represents a total write-off of $27,940.42 for the current fiscal year, which is less than one third of one percent of the budgeted gross revenue for electric, water, waste water, solid waste, and mosquito services.
Last fiscal year, the City wrote off $20,405.07 and collected $1,500.77 from previous write-offs. This list consists of accounts which staff has tried to collect through a series of collection letters. Upon approval of this write-off amount, these accounts will be listed in our bad debt listing, which staff checks prior to rendering new utility services. In this current fiscal year, staff has collected $973.71 from previous write-offs (Attachment B). | | |