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ORDINANCE NO. 2024-018 <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 121h day of June, 2023, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, <br />adopted a new fee schedule for excessive strength sewer as recommended by the city's rate <br />consultant, NewGen Strategies and Solutions LLC, to take into account substantial and <br />critical improvements to the city's waste water 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 June 10, 2024, the city's rate consultant, NewGen Strategies and <br />Solutions LLC, made a presentation to the Council outlining new increases for excessive <br />strength sewer 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 rate increases for excessive strength <br />sewer treatment recommended by the City's rate consultant NewGen Strategies and <br />Solutions, LLC by amending portions of Appendix A, Sec. A10.004 (b), "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 (b) 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, and a <br />subsection (c) shall be added to read in its entirety as follows: <br />"Sec. A10.004. Sewer rates for customers using city water. <br />"(b) Users desiring to discharge sewage into the city's sewerage system, the <br />strength of which sewage exceeds two hundred fifty (250) parts per million <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />