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Ord 013-2001 2/6/2001ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 32 -57 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADJUST SEWER RATES FOR RETAIL CUSTOMERS; FINDING AND 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 $5.19 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 addition to the minimum charge, each retail user shall pay a monthly sewer charge of $1.21 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 ('jNinter- 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: $5.19 per month for the minimum bill and $1.21 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed. The minimum monthly bill of $5.19 is the factor "MB" in the contractually agreed formula for computation of the monthly SAFB sewer bill, and the charge of $1.21 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 February 6, 2001 and thereafter. Additional revenue is needed in the Public Utilities Department beginning February 6, 2001, 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 6th day of February 2001. ATTEST: City Clerk AYOR Affidavit of Publication THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF WICHITA 1275425 Here 2th day of February 2001 A.D appeared before me, ORDINANCE E NO 1 signed authority, Saundra Barnett, bookkeeper for the Times Publishing AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL r of Wichita Falls, publishers of the Wichita Falls Times/Record News, a OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; AMENDING ;r published at Wichita Falls in Wichita County Texas, and upon being THE CODE OF ORDI- NANCES > NANCES AT CHAPTER 18,ARTICLE VIII, SEC- n by me, on oath states that the attached advertisement is a true and TIONS 108 THROUGH 114, "PUBLIC WATER >py of advertising published in one (1) issues thereof on the following RELATED ACTIVITIES"; PRO- ruary 11th, 2001. VIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR THE INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PRO- VIDING FOR SEVER- ABILITY; �I , FINDING /`ILGf/NU AND DETERMINING /41119/4,4/ THAT THE MEETING �� AT WHICH THIS ORDI- NANCE Saundra Bartlett WAS PASSES WAS OPEN TO THE Bookkeeper for the Times Publishing PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Company of Wichita Falls ORDINANCE NO. 12-2001 ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 32-20 OF THE CODE OF OR- DINANCES TO ADJUST TREATED WATER RATES FOR RETAIL Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day and year first above written: CUSTOMERS; FIND- ING AND DETERMIN- ING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS RE- QUIRED BY LAW. ORDINANCE NO. 13-2001 ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 32-57 OF THE CODE OF OR- ' DINANCES TO ADJUST SEWER RATES FOR RETAIL CUSTOMERS; FINDING AND DETER- MINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS • PASSED WAS OPEN TO • THE PUBLIC AS RE • - QUIRED BY LAW.