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HomeMy WebLinkAbout14911 ORD - 05/16/1979• vp:5/15/79:1st AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE NUECES COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF UTILITY BILLS FOR ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS FROM FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE FROM THE 1978 EMERGENCY ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EXTENDED), IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF SAID AGREEMENT, A SUBSTANTIAL COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO, MARKED EXHIBIT "A" AND MADE A PART HEREOF; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized to execute an agreement between the City of Corpus Christi and the Nueces County Community Action Agency to provide for the payment of utility bills for eligible households from funds made available from the 1978 EMERGENCY ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EXTENDED), in accordance with the terms of said agreement, a substantial copy of which is attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof. SECTION 2. The necessity to authorize execution of the aforesaid agreement at the earliest practicable date creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its intro- duction but that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared such emergency and necessity exist, and having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the %G day of May, 1979. ATTEST: Ci S� . APPROVED: g ---DAY OF MAY, 1979: J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY ByAksistant 1�t Attorney 14911 TH TY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS IVIICROFILNIED Ut 0 g tro • EMERGENCY ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Utility Payment Agreement This agreement is made and entered into by and between City of Corpus Christi , hereinafter referred to as "Company" and Nueces County Community Action Agency, hereinafter referred to as "Organization". The parties hereto have severally and collectively agreed and by execution hereof are bound to the mutual obligations and to performance and accomplishment of the task hereinafter described. The Company agrees with respect to each case where payment to a fuel customer is certified by Organization: 1. To reduce bills or balances outstanding as of the applicable period of the fuel/utility customer by the full amount of the Emergency Energy Assistance Program payment to Company by Organization. The payment on behalf of each certified household must be applied toward the cost of fuel/utility consumption, excluding any late payment, interest or penalty charges. 2. For those households certified as eligible, to, ply credit toward the cost of fuel/utility consumption prior to July 31, 1979, in an amount no greater than that remaining after the aforesaid reduction of outstanding bills or balances. In the event that a credit balance remains after July 31, 1979, the Company must return the unused balance to Organization no later than July 31, 1979. 3. To provide to Organization two accounting reports reflecting the amount of credit used for fuel consumption and the credit balance remaining for each account. Said reports are due June 30, 1979 and July 31, 1979. The Organization agrees, with respect to each case where payment is certified, on or before the applicable period to: 1. Identify to Company those households certified by Organization for participation in the Emergency Energy Assistance Program. 2. Pay the Company on behalf of each certified household a total sum of not more than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) on behalf of that household. City of Corpus Christi Signature of Company Representative Name of Company APPROVED: DAY OF MAY, 1979: ATTEST: City Secretary Assistant City Attorney Roberto Aguilar, Executive Director Nueces County Community Action Agency te • Corpus Christi, Texas day of //( , 19 %% TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas • For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, The Charter rule was suspende by the following vote: Luther Jones Edward L. Sample Dr. Jack Best David Diaz Jack K. Dumphy Betty N. Turner Cliff Zarsky The above ordinance was pass•, by the following vote: Luther Jones Edward L. Sample Dr. Jack Best David Diaz Jack K. Dumphy Betty N. Turner Cliff Zarsky 1 49._x.