2024-018 - Amending Appendix A, Section A10.004 Sewer Rates for Customers Using City WaterORDINANCE NO. 2024-018
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
AMENDING APPENDIX A, SECTION A10.004, "SEWER RATES FOR
CUSTOMERS USING CITY WATER," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS TO REFLECT CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY
THE CITY'S RATE CONSULTANT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on the 121h day of June, 2023, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas,
adopted a new fee schedule for excessive strength sewer as recommended by the city's rate
consultant, NewGen Strategies and Solutions LLC, to take into account substantial and
critical improvements to the city's waste water treatment plant; and
WHEREAS, due to significant increases in materials and labor costs, bids for said
improvements were substantially higher than anticipated; and
WHEREAS, on June 10, 2024, the city's rate consultant, NewGen Strategies and
Solutions LLC, made a presentation to the Council outlining new increases for excessive
strength sewer to account for same; 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 rate increases for excessive strength
sewer treatment recommended by the City's rate consultant NewGen Strategies and
Solutions, LLC by amending portions of Appendix A, Sec. A10.004 (b), "Sewer rates for
customers using city water," of the City of Paris Code of Ordinances;
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 Subsection (b) of Appendix A, Section A10.004 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended, and a
subsection (c) shall be added to read in its entirety as follows:
"Sec. A10.004. Sewer rates for customers using city water.
"(b) Users desiring to discharge sewage into the city's sewerage system, the
strength of which sewage exceeds two hundred fifty (250) parts per million
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biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), two hundred fifty (250) parts per million
of total suspended solids (TSS), or thirty (30) parts per million of ammonia
(NH3), and which is acceptable under article 12.05 of this code, may do so
upon written permission of the city and by paying a monthly treatment
charge in the amount of one ae"ar a„a sevenvy two eents ($1.72) two dollars
and two cents ('$2.02) per pound of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in
excess of the allowable biochemical oxygen demand (BOD); ninety cents
($0.90) one dollar and seven cents"1.07 per pound of total suspended
solids (TSS) in excess of the allowable total suspended solids (TSS); and
seventy four- cents ($.07-4) ninety-two cents ($0.92) per pound of ammonia
(NH3) in excess of the allowable ammonia strength. The city shall make the
necessary tests of the user's sewage strength to determine this charge. The
charge prescribed by this subsection shall be in addition to the charges
prescribed in subsection (a) hereof.
Section 3. That excessive strength sewer rates established in Section 2 above shall
be effective beginning with July 1, 2024 consumption.
Section 4. 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 S. 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. 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
partial invalidity of any section, clause, or provisions of this ordinance shall not affect the
validity of any other portion of this ordinance.
Section 7. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
guilty of a Misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in accordance with Section
1.01.009 of the Code of Ordinances and each and every day's continuance of any violation
of the above -enumerated section(s) shall constitute and be deemed a separate offense.
Section 8. Introduced on June 10, 2024, at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Paris
Section 9. That this ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and
publication as required by law.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of June, 2024.
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anie H. Harris, City Attorney
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