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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">February 27, 2023</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Matt Nestor
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<br />573.874.7307</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">City of Columbia Utilities to resume utility disconnects</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The City of Columbia Utilities department would like to inform our utility customers that, as the temperatures warm up, we will soon be resuming utility disconnections.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you have a past-due balance, please bring your account current as soon as possible to avoid being disconnected. You can make payments:</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Online at </span><a href="https://myutilitybill.como.gov/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">MyUtilityBill.CoMo.gov</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with a credit or debit card (no convenience fees) or checking/savings account.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">By phone at 573.874.7694 with a credit or debit card (no convenience fees).</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">At City Hall, 701 E. Broadway, with cash, check, money order, credit or debit card.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drive-thru or Cashiers Office: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday to Friday.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are in need of utility payment assistance, help may be available. Please contact Utility Customer Service for more information.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Phone: 573.874.7380 or email: </span><a href="mailto:UCS@CoMo.gov"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UCS@CoMo.gov</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p></div>
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