Ord 075-2004 9/21/2004ORDINANCE NO. 'AS
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 106 -126 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES TO ADJUST TREATED 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.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS,THAT:
SECT ION 1. Section 106 -128 of the Cade of Ordinances is hereby amended to
read as follows'
"Sec. 106 -126. Retail treated water and retail raw water.
(a) The rates in this section are established for retail treated water and retail
raw water customers and shall be collected by the finance department.
(b) During every billing cycle that an account is active, except the first and
last the water rates in this section shall apply to all residential, commercial, and
Industrial water users, with the exception of contract water users and with the exception
that treated water service outside the corporate limits shall be two limes the rate
charged inside the corporate limits.
(c) The minimum monthly bill for all metered treated water service shall be as
follows exclusive of any water volume charge'
Meter Size
Minimum Bill
518 inch
$ 7,84
314 inch
13.43
1 inch
18.03
1Y inch
32.35
2 Inch
49.59
2 inch
68.53
3 Inch
89
4 inch
14714
6 Inch
290,64
8 inch
514.46
10 inch
801 .43
(d) For consumption, the rates per 100 cubic feet for residential customers
shall be as follows'
(1) First 200 cubic feet of water at $2.05 per hundred
(2) Next 800 cubic feet of water at $2.16 per hundred
(3) Neat 1, 000 cubic feet of water at $2.31 per hundred
(4) Next 2, 000 cubic feet of water at $2.46 per hundred
(5) Next 2,000 cubic feet of water at $2.61 per hundred
(6) Next 6, 000 cubic feet and above of water at $2.76 per hundred
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.
(e) For other than residential customers, including fire hydrant meters the rate
shall be as follows:
(1) The first 1,000 cubic feet of water at $2.19 per hundred;
(2) The next 3,000 cubic feet of water at $2.02 per huntlred,
(3) The next 2, 800 cubic feel of water at $1.95 per hundretl;
(4) The next 60,000 cubic feet of water at $1.89 per hundred;
(5) In excess of 68,800 cubic feet of water at $1 87 per hundred.
(f) During the first and last billing cycle in which an account is active, the
minimum monthly bill shown in this section shall be prorated for the number of days the
account is solve, the prorated 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,
(g) The current rate structure for raw water retail customers inside the
corporate city limits is as follows:
(1) Minimum bill, per month _. $ 7.23
(2) Volume charge per 100 cubic feet for consumption... 0.2786
Retail treated and raw water customers outside the corporate city limits will pay
two times the above rates.
(h) 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,
2004, and thereafter."
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 21 "day of September, 2004.
ATTEST,
City Clerk