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FINANCE DEPARTMENT
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OXFORD WATER WORKS
 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.
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 2007/08 Budget Message & Ordinance
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.
Our application for new accounts will soon be
available online.
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 10th
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 10th of the month (5pm). A past
due charge of $10 will be assessed for payment after the 12th.
If payment is not made by the end of the 21st 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.
For additional
information, contact Phyllis Blackwell in our Finance Department at (919)
603-1191 or send an email to:
phyllisb@oxfordnc.org.
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