The Kyle City Council has declared that the City’s utility services are considered essential utility services to meet basic public health, sanitation, welfare, and public safety needs of its residents.
The Kyle City Council is considering approval of guidelines and eligibility requirements for implementing the Emergency Utility Bill Relief Grant program. This grant program is intended to assist City of Kyle’s inside-City residential utility customers who are provided and billed for utility services by the City of Kyle and are experiencing financial hardships due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Under this special utility bill assistance grant program, if an inside-City residential customer meets the program eligibility requirements, the Emergency Utility Bill Relief Grant will assist in paying for the customer's City of utility bill for the months of March 2020, April 2020, and May 2020.
The following utility items are eligible and authorized for the use of grant funds under the City’s Emergency Utility Bill Relief Grant program:
1. City of Kyle’s utility bill for inside-City residential customer issued for utility services and billed for the following months:
March 2020 utility bill due April 15, 2020
April 2020 utility bill due May 15, 2020
May 2020 utility bill due June 15, 2020
2. All utility services provided by and billed for by the City of Kyle which may include the following utility services:
Water, wastewater, solid waste, and storm drainage
Monthly service charges for utility services
Late payment penalty
Service disconnection fee
Does not cover account deposit or other service application or new initiation fee
Please refer to the attached program guidelines for eligibility requirements and additional details. The City of Kyle intends to enter into an agreement with the Community Action, Inc., of Central Texas to provide application intake, eligibility certification, and administration services for the City's Emergency Utility Bill Relief Grant program.
The utility service disconnection for non payment that was scheduled for June 29, 2020 has been deferred to July 27, 2020. |