FINANCE DEPARTMENT
&
OXFORD WATER WORKS:  WATER, SEWER & GARBAGE

PRIVILEGE LICENSE

The Finance Department administers the financial affairs of the City.  This encompasses investing City funds; maintaining accounting and financial records; billing and collecting all city monies; including water and sewer utility accounts; and preparing the annual budget and Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. 

NEW POLICIES

• All City water customers will now be responsible for filling their swimming pools  (i.e. Water/Sewer Department or Fire Department personnel will no longer fill pools.).  Water customers will be given a sewer charge adjustment in the month they fill their pool.  This will be allowed one month a year.

• Customer accounts whose service has been disconnected more than once for non-payment must now pay a disconnect/reconnect fee of $50.  The fee for first time non-payment disconnects remains at $25. 

Steve McNally, Finance Director for the City of Oxford, holds a BS in Accounting and a Masters in Business Administration from Virginia Tech.  Steve also has a BS in Computer Information Systems from North Carolina Wesleyan College.  He is a licensed CPA in North Carolina. 

INTERESTING LINKS:

FY 2010 Budget

Water & Sewer Rate Schedule

Garbage & Trash Rate Schedule

COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT for the fiscal year ending JUNE 30, 2009

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS portion of the C.A.F.R.
 

CITY SERVICES:

WATER & SEWER

To receive water/sewer/garbage service, contact us at 300 Williamsboro Street or call (919) 603-1120.  For additional information call us or send an email to finance@oxfordnc.org.

UTILITY BILLING

Rates
Each year the City Council adopts a water and sewer rate. This rate is generally adopted with the annual budget ordinance effective July 1st of each year. However, this rate can be changed at any time during the year.

The rate schedule may be viewed or printed from this page by clicking here.

New Accounts
New accounts must be set up in person at City Hall, 300 Williamsboro Street, Oxford, NC by completing the Water Sewer Service Application.

An application requires a deposit for service and a $10 connection fee. The deposit will be based on service and whether the customer is located inside or outside the city limits.  The deposit schedule may be viewed or printed by clicking here.

When submitting application, please bring driver’s license and social security card.  Your social security number is required to establish service.  If renting, a copy of your lease or rental agreement is also required.

The City of Oxford will deny any application for services unless all amounts are paid in full from old accounts.

Paying Your Bill
You may pay your bill one of three ways

1. Mailing a check to: 

Oxford Water Works

P.O. Box 506

Oxford, NC  2756

Include the bottom portion of your bill with payment.  If the bottom portion of the bill is not available, include the name and address of the account

2.  Paying the bill in person at the Oxford Water Works office:  300 Williamsboro Street.

Note:  If you want a receipt, please bring in both portions of you bill.  A night deposit box is available outside the office for after-hours payment.               

3.Having your bank account automatically drafted.  Drafts will occur on the 10^th of the month.  To make arrangements for drafting, call (919) 603-1120.
     

Closing Your Account
You must notify this office to close your account when you are moving.

You will still be held liable for all water consumed at the service address until you notify this office and provide us with an address to send your final bill to.

Late Payments
Payment is due by the 10^th of the month (5pm).  A past due charge of $10 will be assessed for payment after the 12^th. If payment is not made by the end of the 21^st day of the month (5pm), service will be discontinued.  An additional reconnect charge (for non-payment) of $25.00 will be assessed.    

GARBAGE

Rear Yard Garbage Pickup – Monday & Thursday or Tuesday & Friday

Yard Waste – Wednesday

Household Trash (Attic, Basement, Boxes, Etc., No Building Waste) – Thursday & Friday

GARBAGE & TRASH REGULATIONS

1)   All grass, leaves, hedge trimmings and small items should be bagged, boxed or containerized in some manner.  Leaves may be placed at curbside during the city’s designated leaf season.

2)   All trash should remain back of the curbing and not in the streets, because this is very hazardous to traffic.

3)   Construction, remodeling, or demolition material will not be removed by Waste Industries under city contract.  Trash will not be removed from vacant lots.

4)   Appliances and bulky items $10 each – paid in advance by owner.

5)    Bags and boxes must be placed on street for pickup on second garbage day.

For more information, contact Waste Industries at (919) 693-8669 or Water Works at (919) 603-1120.

Any After Hours Emergency (For Water, Sewer, Streets) Call Oxford Police Department, 693-3161.

PRIVILEGE LICENSE

Anyone who conducts business inside the corporate limits of Oxford may need to obtain a privilege license.  A privilege license is an annual license and must be renewed each year.  The payment for the beer and wine license is due by May 1st and all others due by July 1st.

Schedule A: Privilege License Taxes Based on Gross Receipts

For additional information, contact Phyllis Blackwell in our Finance Department at (919) 603-1191 or send an email to:  phyllisb@oxfordnc.org.