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ORDINANCE 1\10.,4/07
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles,
establishing an energy credit for low -
income senior citizens of Port Angeles,
setting the qualifications for such
credit, and the procedures for applica-
tion, calculation, and payment of such
credit.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES ORDAIN
as follows:
Section 1. Purpose and Findings. The City Council of
the City of Port Angeles finds that it is appropriate and necessary
for the City of Port Angeles to provide a credit against utility
charges to low income elderly residents of the City. The Council
further finds that this credit can be accompanied by energy con-
servation programs, the implementation of which will benefit the
City of Port Angeles and its citizens through a reduction in
demand of utility services.
Section 2. Definitions.
A. "Energy Credit" - A credit granted pursuant to the
terms of this ordinance to a low- income senior citizen, the amount
of which is applied against outstanding obligations of the citizen
to the City of Port Angeles for utility services.
B. "Low- Income Senior Citizen" - A person who:
(i) resides within the City of Port Angeles;
(ii) is over sixty years of age;
(iii) receives utility services from the City of Port Angeles
(iv) is the head of a household;
(v) whose gross household income is less than 80% of the
Washington State median income, adjusted for family
size.
C. "Gross Household Income" - All income, including
social security, pensions, contract rights, salary or wages,
interest on investments, dividends, or of any other kind; which is
received by a person who resides in the same dwelling unit and who
is served by the same utilities as the person who is the recipient
of an energy credit.
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D. "Washington State Median Income Adjusted for
Family Size" - That statistic, current on the date of grant of an
energy credit, which is published and calculated by the Washington
State Office of Financial Management, and which establishes the
median income for residents of Washington, adjusted for family
size.
Section 3. Energy Credit. There is hereby authorized
an energy credit for each calendar year commencing January 1, 1981,
which credit shall be granted to qualified low - income senior
citizens, in accordance with the terms of this ordinance.
Section 4. Information to be Made Available. The
City Clerk of the City of Port Angeles shall maintain at all times,
the following information which shall be current and applicable to
current applications for, and awards of, energy credits under the
terms of this ordinance:
A. The Washington State median income, adjusted for
family size, which shall be used to calculate energy credits to be
granted in any particular year;
B. A list of all federal, state or local energy related
programs which are available to provide fiscal assistance to low -
income senior citizens, for which certification of application
must be made by an applicant;
C. A list of all conservation or consumption reduction
programs of the City of Port Angeles, for which an applicant for an
energy credit must agree to apply, and the requirements of each
such program;
D. Current application forms.
Section 5. Qualifications for Energy Credit. Each
recipient of an energy credit must meet the following criteria:
A. Be a low - income senior citizen.
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B. Certify that he or she has completed an application
for and has either received or been denied, aid for all federal,
state or local energy related programs available to provide
fiscal assistance to low- income senior citizens.
C.
(i) Agree to participate in a conservation or con-
sumption reduction program;
(ii) Failure of the applicant to comply with a require-
ment of a conservation or consumption reduction program, after
receipt of an energy credit, shall constitute the basis for
denial by the City of participation in the energy credit program
during ensuing years.
Section 6. Application for Credit.
A. Applications for annual energy credits shall be filed
with the City Clerk not later than the 25th day of January of the
year for which the credit is desired. Applications shall be for
one year only and must be renewed on an annual basis.
B. The City may provide an application period for semi-
annual energy credits, to terminate on the 25th day of June,
during any single calendar year. The determination of whether
to provide such an application period shall be based upon fund-
ing of the program by the City Council. Application for, quali-
fication for, and payment of any semi - annual energy credit shall
be in accordance with the requirement of this ordinance.
C. The City Clerk of the City of Port Angeles shall
publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation within
the City of Port Angeles, not less than fifteen (15) days prior
to the closing date for receipt of applications for energy
credits. Such notice shall state that such program is available,
that application must be received by the City of Port Angeles
not later than the date stated in this ordinance, and shall
provide directions for the filing of such application.
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D. Submission of an application for an energy credit
shall constitute a verification by the applicant that all
information provided in such application is true and correct,
to the best of the applicant's knowledge.
Section 7. Calculation of Credit. Calculation of the
amount of the energy credit for eligible low- income senior
citizens shall be in accordance with the following procedure:
A. The total amount appropriated by the City Council
for any single calendar year shall be pro -rated among three
classes of citizens, based upon the total number of applications
received and the number of applications received in each group.
Such proration shall be done by the City Council, by resolution.
The three classes shall be as follows:
(i) Group I shall consist of persons whose gross house-
hold income does not exceed 38% of the State median income
adjusted for family size.
(ii) Group II shall consist of applicants whose gross
household income is greater than 38% but does not exceed 57%
of the State median income adjusted for family size.
(iii) Group III shall consist of applicants whose gross
household income is greater than 57% but does not exceed 80%
of the State median income adjusted for family size.
B. Within each such group, the amount credited to each
eligible low- income senior citizen will be based upon applicant's
gross household income. Subsequent to the closing date for the
receipt of applications, the City Council of the City of Port
Angeles will approve, by resolution, a list of gross household
income ranges within each Group, and the amount of an energycredi
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to which each income range is entitled; provided, that no energy
credit shall exceed One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for persons in
Group I, Fifty ($50.00) Dollars for persons in Group II, nor
Twenty -five ($25.00) Dollars for persons in Group III.
C. The amount of credit to be received by any individual
shall be reduced by the sum of the percentage of State median
income adjusted for family size establishing the Group to which
they belong, and the amount of aid, if any, received by the appli-
cant from another federal, state or local program providing
assistance to low - income senior citizens, for which certification
of compliance is required by the terms: of this ordinance.
Section 8. Payment of Credit. An energy credit calcu-
lated pursuant to the terms of this ordinance shall be applied to
utility charges for electricity, water, sewer or solid waste
services levied by the City of Port Angeles against the eligible
low- income senior citizens during the calendar year for which the
credit is granted.
Section 9. Penalty for False Information. The wilful
provision to the City of Port Angeles of false information in an
application for energy credit shall forfeit the low - income senior
citizen's eligibility for future credits. Additionally, the low -
income senior citizen shall be required to repay the amount of any
energy credit received based upon such false information.
Section 10. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take
effect on the first day of January, 1981.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
at a regular meeting of the Council held on the r. day of
November, 1980.
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ATTEST:
Marian C. Parrish, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Craig L Miller, ity Attorney
PUBLISHED: %/____ M /98C)
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