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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING SECTION 34-23(a), "SEWER RATES—FOR CUSTOMERS USING <br />CITY WATER," OF CHAPTER 34 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE <br />CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS TO REFLECT CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE <br />CITY'S RATE CONSULTANT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A <br />SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND <br />PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, on the 251h day of January, 2021, the City Council of the City of Paris, <br />Texas, was presented multiple sewer rate options prepared by NewGen Strategies and <br />Solutions LLC, <br />WHEREAS, on January 25, 2021, the City Council has determined that it is in the <br />best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens to implement the proposed semi-annual <br />rate increases for sewer services recommended by the City's rate consultant NewGen <br />Strategies and Solutions, LLC by amending portions of Article Il, "Service Charges," Chapter <br />34, "Water, Sewer, and Sewage Disposal," of the City of Paris Code of Ordinances; <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in <br />all things approved. <br />Section 2. That Subsection (a) of Section 34-23 of the Code of Ordinances of the <br />City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same are hereby amended to read in their entirety as <br />follows: <br />"Sec. 34-23. Sewer rates - For customers using City water. <br />"(a) Charges for sewer service furnished by the City to residential, <br />commercial and industrial customers shall be based upon customer class and <br />meter size, incorporating a base monthly cost for the first increment of usage <br />and a cost for each additional one hundred (100) cubic feet or portion of one <br />hundred (100) cubic feet above the first increment, as shown in the following <br />table:" <br />Section 3. That the Table attached hereto as Exhibit A is a part of this <br />ordinance and shall be published as part of Sec. 34-23. <br />Section 4. That sewer rates established in Sections 2 and 3 above shall be effective <br />beginning with April 1, 2021 consumption. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />