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ORDINANCE NO. 2008 -029 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING SECTIONS 34- 22(b), WATER RATES, SECTION 34- 23(a), (b) <br />AND (c), SEWER RATES, SECTION 34- 28(a)(9), DEPOSIT, AND SECTION <br />34 -32, DISCONNECTION OR RECONNECTION SERVICE CHARGE AND <br />METER TAMPERING CHARGE TO REFLECT CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY <br />THE 2008 WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY; PROVIDING A REPEALER <br />CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY <br />CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, on the 25th day of August, 2008, the City Council of the City of Paris, <br />Texas, were presented with a water and sewer rate study prepared by R. W. Beck, Inc., with <br />certain findings and recommendations for proposed water and sewer rate increases; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Water and Sewer Rate Study recommends a two percent (2 %) <br />increase in water rates and a six percent (6 %) Increase in sewer rates be adopted by the <br />City Council; 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 rates for water and sewer services and <br />some other changes recommended by the 2008 Water and Sewer Study by amending <br />portions of Chapter 34, Water, Sewer, and Sewage Disposal, of the City 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 <br />in all things approved. <br />Section 2. That Subsection (b) of Section 34 -22 of the Code of Ordinances of the <br />City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: <br />"Sec. 34 -22. Water rates. <br />(b) Charges for water furnished by the City, measured in cubic feet, are <br />established as follows based upon customer class and meter size and <br />incorporate a base monthly cost which includes the cost for the first <br />increment of water, and a cost per one hundred (100) cubic feet or portion of <br />one hundred (100) cubic feet used above the first increment: <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />