Ord 092-2000 9/19/2000ORDINANCE NO. 2- JLX
ORDINACE TO AMEND SECTION 32 -20 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES TO ADJUST WATER 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 -20 of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Section 32 -20. Rates — Retail treated water and retail raw water.
The following rates are hereby established for retail treated water and
retail raw water customers and shall hereafter be collected by the finance department of
the city.
During every billing cycle an account is active except the first and last, the
following water rates shall apply to all water users (residential, commercial, and
industrial), with the exception of contract water users, and with the exception that
treated water service outside the corporate limits shall be two times the rate charged
inside the corporate limits.
The minimum monthly bill for all metered treated water service shall be as
shown below, for which amount each customer will be allowed two hundred (200) cubic
feet of water.
Meter Size
Minimum Bill
(Inches)
5/8"
$6.05
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7.45
V
9.04
1 Y2"
14.00
2"
20.00
2 Y2"
26.58
3"
33.95
4"
53.88
6"
103.73
8"
181.47
10"
281.15
For larger consumption, the rate shall be one dollar and thirteen cents
($1.13) per one hundred (100) cubic feet of water for residential customers. Specific -
use meters installed for lawn sprinklers, swimming pools, and other non - domestic uses
will be considered as "residential" for the purpose of billing. Residential rates will apply
to all water measured through these special -use meters even though they may be
located at a commercial or industrial site. For other than residential customers,
including fire hydrant meters, the rate shall be as follows:
The next 800 cubic feet of water at $1.13 per hundred;
The next 3,000 cubic feet of water at $0.96 per hundred;
The next 2,800 cubic feet of water at $0.90 per hundred;
The next 60,000 cubic feet of water at $0.84 per hundred;
In excess of 66,800 cubic feet of water at $0.82 per hundred.
During the first and last billing cycle in which an account is active, the
minimum monthly bill shown above 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.
The amount charged in the first and last billing cycle for water consumed,
and the prorated minimum bill, shall not exceed the charges for the same amount of
water in a full billing cycle.
The current rate structure for raw water retail customers inside the
corporate city limits is as follows:
Minimum bill, including 200 cubic feet of water: $6.05 per month.
Volume charge per 100 cubic feet for larger consumption: $0.2398
Retail treated and raw water customers outside the corporate city limits
will pay two (2) time the above rates.
The meters of raw water retail customers will be read once each quarter.
Billing cycles between meter readings will use estimated consumptions as a
basis for the billing and the number of consumptions will be adjusted quarterly
when the meter reading is taken.
The above rates shall be effective during the first full billing cycle after
October 1, 2000, and thereafter.
Additional revenue is needed in the Public Utilities Department beginning
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October 1, 2000, therefore, this Ordinance is declared an emergency and shall
be effective on passage."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall not be deemed to repeal Ordinance 61 -2000,
which establishes additional surcharges during emergency drought conditions.
SECTION 3. 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 19th day of September 2000.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
AYOR
Affidavit of Publication
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WICHITA 1213087
(Here)
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ORDINANCE NO. On this 3rd day of October 2000 personally
O R D I N2A N0 E T o appeared before me, the undersigned authority, Saundra Barnett,
AMEND SECTION 1
OF THE CODE OF32-20 OR- bookkeeper for the Times Publishing Company of Wichita Falls,
DIATERERATS TES U
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WFOR publishers of the Wichita Falls Times /Record News, a newspaper
RETAIL CUSTOMERS;
MIND 1 N G TNH TDING DET H - published at Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, and upon
IMEETING AT WHICH beingdulybyme, on oath states that the attached
THIS ORDINANCE WASPASSED WAS OPEN TO
sworn
'THE PUBLIC AS RE- advertisement is a true and correct copy of advertising published in
QUIRED BY LAW.
ORDINANC NO. one (1) issues thereof on the following dates October 1st,2000.
93-2000
AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY COUNCIL -
OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEX-
AS, TO AMEND SEC-
TION -127 OF THE �C` "'
CODE OF ORDINANC-
ES, WHICH
ICH CLASSI-
FIES THE NUMBER
OF DESIGNATED CIV-
IL SERVICE POSI- Saundra Barnett
TWIONS IN THE
ICHITA FALLS FIRE Bookkeeper for the Times Publishing
DEPARTMENT; FIND- Company of Wichita Falls
ING AND DETERMIN-
I N G THAT THE
MEETING AT WHICH
THIS ORDINANCE WAS
PASSED WAS OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC AS RE-
QUIRED BYLAW.
ORDI a 20 0 E NO.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day and year first above written:
ORDINANCE DESIG-
NATING THE STRUC-
TURE AT 3100
HAMILTON BOULE- •
VARD AS A WICHITA
FALLS LANDMARK;
I°INDING AND DETER- .
MINING THAT THE
MEETING AT WHICH
THIS ORDINANCE WAS
PASSED WAS OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC AS RE-
QUIRED BY LAW.