2014-018 Amending Subsection 16-28(b), Article II Chapter 16, of the Code of Ordinances, to provide for an additional $.70 (seventy cents) fee to be used to purchase sanitation equipment

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ORDINANCE NO. 2014 -018 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SUBSECTION 16- 28(b), ARTICLE II CHAPTER 16, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL .70 (SEVENTY CENTS) FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS WITH REVENUES BEING USED TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF SANITATION EQUIPMENT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended an additional fee of .70 (seventy cents) be added to all residential accounts in the city to fund the purchase of additional sanitation equipment; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris hereby finds and determines that the proposed sanitation fee for residential accounts is in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens and should be approved. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED 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 Section 16 -28(b) of Article II, Chapter 16 of the Code of Ordinances, be, and the same is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: " Sec. 16 -28. Residential collection rate. (b) An additional fee of .70 (seventy cents) per month shall be charged to each residential account to fund the purchase of new sanitation equipment. Section 3. The remaining subsections of Sec. 16 -28 shall be renumbered accordingly as Subsections (c), (d) and (e). Section 4. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. Section 5. That the repeal of any ordinance or part of ordinances affected by the enactment of this ordinance shall not be construed as abandoning any action now pending under or by virtue of such ordinance or as discontinuing, abating, modifying, or altering any penalty accruing or to accrue, or as affecting any rights of the municipality under any section or provisions of any ordinance at the time of passage of this ordinance. Section 6. That it is the intention of the City Council of the City of Paris that this ordinance, and every provision hereof, shall be considered severable, and the invalidity or -1-