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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING APPENDIX A, SECTION A10.004, "SEWER RATES FOR <br />CUSTOMERS USING CITY WATER," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF <br />THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS TO REFLECT CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY <br />THE 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 8th day of February, 2021, the City Council of the City of Paris, <br />Texas, adopted a new fee schedule for sewer rates incorporating increases over multiple <br />years as recommended by the city's rate consultant, NewGen Strategies and Solutions LLC, <br />to take into account substantial and critical improvements to the city's waste water <br />treatment plant; and <br />WHEREAS, due to significant increases in materials and labor costs, bids for said <br />improvements were substantially higher than anticipated; and <br />WHEREAS, on October 10, 2022, the City Manager made a presentation to the <br />Council outlining said increases and presenting a revised rate structure for sewer services <br />to account for same; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City <br />of Paris and its citizens to implement the proposed revised semi-annual rate increases for <br />sewer services recommended by the City's rate consultant NewGen Strategies and <br />Solutions, LLC by amending portions of Appendix A, Sec. A10.004, "Sewer rates for <br />customers using city water," 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 Appendix A, Section A10.004 of the Code of <br />Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended to read in its <br />entirety as follows: <br />"Sec. A10.004. 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 />Page 1 of 3 <br />