Ord 078-98 9/15/1998A.
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ORDINANCE •
ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 32 -57 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES TO ADJUST SEWER RATES FOR RETAIL
CUSTOMERS; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS
ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS
REQUIRED BY LAW.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Section 32 -57 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Section 32 -57. Rates - -for sewer service.
(a) The charge for sanitary sewer service shall be determined by the
water consumption. For all retail users except residential users, the monthly sewer
charge shall be based on the monthly water usage billed in the same month. For each
retail residential user, the monthly sewer charge for each billing from April through the
following March shall be the same, and shall be based on the average monthly water
usage billed in the preceding months of January, February and March, except when the
established average monthly water use is greater than actual monthly water usage in a
billed month, the residential customer will be billed at the actual usage for that month
only.
(b) If a retail water user has a separate meter for water and such meter
is classed as a water -only meter, the water metered by such separate meter shall not
be included in calculating the monthly sewer charge.
(c) All retail users of the sewer system other than residential shall be
charged for sewer service on the basis of the total water used; provided, however, that
any commercial /industrial user who uses water as a ingredient in the manufacturing
process of a product shall not be required to pay a sewer charge based on the water so
incorporated into the product. Any such commercial /industrial user shall be required to
show proof of the amount of water used as an ingredient in the manufacturing process.
The City reserves the right to conduct such tests as it may deem necessary to
determine the amount of wastewater placed into the sanitary sewer by such user.
(d) Every retail user (residential and commercial /industrial) of sewer
service shall pay a monthly minimum sewer charge in the amount of $4.76 for each full
billing cycle in which an account is active. In the first and last billing cycle in which the
account is active, the minimum monthly bill shall be prorated for the number of days the
account is active; the pro -rate daily charge shall be based on a 30 -day month. In
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addition to the minimum charge, each retail user shall pay a monthly sewer charge of
$1.19 for each 100 cubic feet of water to be billed for sewer charges.
(e) Sewer charges for retail residential customers with no established
average for the month of December, January and February of the preceding year
( "winter- months - average ") shall be based on the winter - months - average of all city retail
residential customers or on the actual monthly consumption rate of the customer,
whichever is less until a winter - months - average is established.
(f) Customers who have a high winter - months - average due to water
leaks within the averaging period may have their winter - months - average adjusted to
their previous year's average or if no previous year's average was established, to the
current year's City average, by presenting proof of repair to the Utility Collection
Division by May 31 of the calendar year in which the high average is established.
(g) The above schedule of rates for retail sewer charges shall apply to
retail users located within the city limits; the rates for sanitary sewer service provided to
individual retail users outside the city limits shall be twice the rates prescribed above.
(h) The rate for Sheppard Air Force Base sewer service shall be the
same as prescribed above for commercial /industrial customers: $4.76 per month for
the minimum bill and $1.19 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed. The minimum
monthly bill of $4.76 is the factor "MB" in the contractually agreed formula for
computation of the monthly SAFB sewer bill, and the charge of $1.19 per 100 cubic
feet of water consumed is the factor "CW" in the same formula."
The above rates shall be effective during the first full billing cycle after October 1,
1998 and thereafter.
Additional revenue is needed in the Public Utilities Department beginning
October 1, 1998, therefore, this Ordinance is declared an emergency and shall be
effective on passage.
SECTION 2. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at
which this ordinance was passed was open to the public as required by law
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 15th day of September, 1998.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
t ORDINANCE NO. 75-98
ORDINANCE MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THE SUPPORT, MAINTE-
NANCE, BUILDINGS ANND D
Affidavit of Publication
IMPROVEMENTS FOR
THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS FOR THE FISCAL
THE STATE OF TEXAS
YEAR BEGINNING OCTO-
BER 1, 1998 AND ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 1999;
COUNTY OF WICHITA #247665
DETERMINING THAT
THE MEETING AT
WHICH THIS ORDINANCE
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TO THESPUBLIC AOS RE-
5th October
On this day of
QUIRED BY LAW.
ORDINANCE NO. 76-98
ORDINANCE LEVYING,
1998
ASSESSING, AND FIXING
A.D............. personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority
THE TAX RATE FOR THE
USE AND SUPPORT OF
Kathy Salan
THE WICHITA FALLS
bookkeeper
MUNICIPAL GOVERN-
MENT AND PROVIDING
for the Times Publishin g Company o f Wichita Falls, publishers of the Wichita Falls
FOR THE INTEREST AND
SINKING FUND FOR THE
1998 -99 FISCAL YEAR;
Times/Record 'Mews, a newspaper published at Wichita Falls in Wichita County,
DETERMINING THAT
THE MEETING AT
Texas, and upon being duly sworn by me, on oath states that the attached
WHICH THIS ORDINANCE
WAS PASSED WAS OPEN
advertisement is a true and correct copy of advertising published
TO THE PUBLIC AS RE-
QUIRED
One (1) thereof on the following dates:
ORDINANCE NO. 77-98
in issues
ORDINANCE TO RE-
SCIND ORDINANCE NO.
115 -94 AND TO APPROVE
October 4, 1998
WHOLESALE WATER
RATES FOR
WATER CUSTOMERS;
CUSTOMERS;
DETERMINING THAT
THE MEETING AT
WHICH THIS ORDINANCE
WAS PASSED WAS OPEN
Bookkeeper for Time ublishing Company
TO THE PUBLIC AS RE-
QUIRED BY LAW.
of Wichita Falls
ORDINANCE NO. 78-98
ORDINANCE TO AMEND
SECTION 32 -57 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES
SEAL) Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day and year first above written:
TO ADJUST SEWER
RATES FOR RETAIL CUS-
TOMERS; DETERMINING
THAT THE MEETING AT
WHICH THIS ORDINANCE
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WAS PASSED WAS OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC AS RE-
QUIRED BY LAW.
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ORDINANCE NO. 79 -98
RyPUBLIC
ORDINANCE TO AMEND
!OF TEXAS
SECTION 32 -20 OF THE
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CODE OF ORDINANCES
TO ADJUST TREATED
AND RAW WATER RATES
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FOR RETAIL CUSTOM-
ERS; DETERMINING
THAT THE MEETING AT
WHICH THIS ORDINANCE
WAS PASSED WAS OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC AS RE-
QUIRED BY LAW.
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ORDINANCE NO.80 -98
AN ORDINANCE APPRO-
PRIATING MONEY RE-
CEIVED FROM THE U.S.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
TO FUND THE WEED
AND SEED PROGRAM;
DETERMINING THAT
THE MEETING AT
WHICH THIS ORDINANCE
WAS PASSED WAS OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC AS RE-
QUIRED BY LAW.
ORDINANCE NO.81 -98
AUTHORIZING A FRAN-
CHISE FOR SPECIAL
SERVICE VEHICLES TO
TERRY L. BAKER, DBA,
PRIME TIME LIMO; DE-
TERMINING THAT THE
MEETING AT WHICH
THIS ORDINANCE WAS
PASSED WAS OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC AS RE-
QUIRED BY LAW.
ORDINANCE NO. 82-98
AUTHORIZING A FRAN-
CHISE FOR TAXICAB
SERVICE TO PREZO, INC.
DBA, PRESIDENTIAL;
DETERMINING THAT
T H E ME E T I N G AT
WHICH THIS ORDINANCE
WAS PASSED WAS OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC AS RE-
QUIRED BY LAW.
ORDINANCE NO. 83-98