By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
Delinquent write-offs by the City of Decatur continue to come down.
Utilities Director Erin Heyerly brought the latest delinquent accounts, totaling $8,263.45, to the city’s board of works and safety at its recent meeting and gained approval to write them off.
The State Board of Accounts requires cities to write off accounts that, after five years, are considered noncollectable.
This year’s write-offs, by department: Water. $3,119.29; Sewer, $3,565.37; Trash, $844.46; Stormwater, $427,82; Fire Protection, $305.61.
Last year’s write-offs totaled $9,981.18.
The numbers for 2023 were $15,179.16 while 2022’s amounted to nearly $21,000 – both obviously considerably higher than this year and last.
HECKUVA JOB: Speaking of the State Board of Accounts, at the city council meeting the same night, Mayor Dan Rickord offered up high praise for the city’s new clerk-treasurer, Eran Hackman.
“I want to commend Eran,” he said. “She’s learning on the fly, working with the state Board of Accounts and all. She’s doing a heckuva job.”
Hackman. former chief deputy recorder for Adams County, has been in the post only four months, having replaced Kevin Hackman in early May.
At the beginning of 2024, Kevin Hackman assumed the position after being elected to replace Phyllis Whitright, who served 26 years.
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