Schertz City Council is scheduled Tuesday to consider a $1,294,049.75 accounting write-off covering inactive EMS, charity-care and utility receivables.
For EMS patients and utility customers whose balances are included, the proposal would change the city’s accounting without canceling what they owe; Schertz says collection may continue.
The proposed June adjustment is $506,658.87 higher than the March round of $787,390.88 listed in the council packet.
Resolution 26-R-092 assigns $843,180.05 to EMS, $433,227.59 to charity care and $17,642.11 to utility billing. It assigns $0 to magazine and library receivables.
The city memorandum describes write-offs as a quarterly accounting process for receivables with more than 180 days of inactivity. It says the adjustment would not affect the budget or forgive the balances.
The next accountability question is how much Schertz later collects from balances removed from active receivables. That comparison would show how closely a write-off tracks the city’s eventual loss.
The meeting agenda places Resolution 26-R-092 on the consent agenda for 6 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Hal Baldwin Municipal Complex, 1400 Schertz Parkway. The recorded vote and subsequent minutes will establish the outcome.