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ORDINANCE NO. 2014 -017 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING SECTIONS 34- 22(b), WATER RATES AND SECTION 34- 23(a), <br />(b) AND (c), SEWER RATES, OF CHAPTER 34 OF THE CODE OF <br />ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS TO REFLECT CHANGES <br />RECOMMENDED BY THE 2014 WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY; <br />PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS <br />CLAUSE, A :PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, on the 23rd day of June, 2014, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, <br />was presented a water and sewer rate study prepared by NewGen Strategies and Solutions <br />LLC, with certain findings and recommendations for proposed water and sewer rate <br />increases (a copy of which is on file with City Finance Department); and, <br />WHEREAS, on September 8, 2014, the City Council has determined that it is in the <br />best interest of the, City of Paris and its citizens to implement the proposed rates for water <br />and sewer services recommended by the 2014 Water and Sewer Study by amending <br />portions of Article II, Service Charges, Chapter 34, Water, Sewer, and Sewage Disposal of <br />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 />RESIDENTIAL CLASS <br />BASE COST FOR FIRST <br />METER SIZE INCREMENT <br />(Inches) (In Cubic Feet) <br />3/4 or less $10.78 for first 200 <br />1 and Larger $52.57 for first 1,000 <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />SERVICE IN <br />EXCESS OF BASE <br />(For Each Additional 100 Cubic Feet) <br />$ 3.65 <br />$ 3.65 <br />