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DRAFT ORDINANCE NO. fattorneylreswork\current\wA TER & Sewer Rate Ord 2007 July 17,2007 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTIONS 34-22(b), WATER RATES, SECTION 34-23, SEWER RATES, SECTION 34-27, ADJUSTMENT FOR WATER LOST, SECTION 34-28, DEPOSIT, SECTION 34-29, BILLING, SECTION 34-30, DISCONTINUANCE OF WATER SERVICE, AND SECTION 34-32, SERVICE CHARGE OR FEE TO REFLECT CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE 2007 WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SA VINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on the 30th day of May, 2007, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, received a water and sewer rate study prepared by R. W. Beck, Inc., with certain findings and recommendations for proposed water and sewer rate increases; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens to implement some of the recommendations from the 2007 Water and Sewer Rate Study by amending portions of Chapter 34, Water, Sewer, and Sewage Disposal, of the City Code of Ordinances. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Subsection (b) of Section 34-22 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended to raise the respective rates for water service, the new Subsection (b) to read as follows: "Sec.34-22. Water rates. "* * * "(b) Charges for water furnished by the City, measured in cubic feet, are established as follows based upon customer class and meter size and incorporate a base monthly cost which includes the cost for the first increment of water, and a cost per one hundred (100) cubic feet or portion of one hundred (100) cubic feet used above the first increment: Page 1 of 7