2011-017 ORD WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY

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ORDINANCE 1V0. 2011-017 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTIONS 34-22(b), WATER RATES, SECTION 34-23(a), (b) AND (c), SEWER RATES, TO REFLECT CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE 2011 WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on the 13th day of June, 2011, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, were presented with a water and sewer rate study prepared by J Stowe & Company, with certain findings and recommendations for proposed water and sewer rate increases; and, WHEREAS, the Water and Sewer Rate Study recommends a two point seven percent (2.7%) increase in residential water rates, a five point four percent (5.4%) in commercial water rates, and a thirteen percent (13%) Increase in sewer rates be adopted by the City Council; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens to implement the proposed rates for water and sewer services recommended by the 2011 Water and Sewer Study by amending portions of Chapter 34, Water, Sewer, and Sewage Disposal, of the City Code of Ordinances. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAIIVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: 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 read in its entirety 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 4