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HomeMy WebLinkAbout021662 ORD - 05/25/1993AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 55, UTILITIES, ARTICLE VII. SEWER RATES, SECTION 55-100. SCHEDULE, BY AMENDING PARAGRAPH (b), WHICH PROVIDES FOR ESTABLISHING WINTER AVERAGE BILLING FOR ONE -FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 1993, BY SUBSTITUTING "ON A DATE TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL" FOR "JUNE 1, 1993" WHERE APPEARING; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 55, Utilities, Article VII, Sewer Rates, Section 55-100. Schedule. be amended as follows: AG5000.357.ajr Sec. 55-100. Schedule. (b) Effective Junc 1, 1993 on a date to be established by the City Council, usage on monthly bills to one - family residential customers shall be computed on the basis of the "winter average" or the "interim average" as set forth below: Methods of Calculating Winter Average Billing for One - Family Residential Customers. (1) Definitions. a. Winter averaging wastewater charge period—The period of water and wastewater service during the three (3) complete consecutive reading periods commencing on or after November 15 of each year. During the three (3) complete consecutive reading periods, the city shall establish monthly wastewater service charges for customers based upon their average monthly water consumption. The customer must receive wastewater service at one location during the t'iree (3) consecutive reading periods in order to establish a "winter average." b. Winter average—The monthly wastewater usage established by the City of Corpus Christi during the "winter averaging wastewater charge period." This usage is the basis for monthly billings until June 1 of each year. Billings on or after June 1 will reflect wastewater usage based on the previous "winter averaging wastewater charge period." c. Interim average—The monthly wastewater usage established by the city for customers who have not established a "winter average." The "interim average" shall be seven thousand 021662 2 (7,000) gallons per month and shall be the basis for monthly billings until a "winter average" is established as per paragraph (b)(1)b above. d. Service area --The geographic region served by the city's wastewater system. (2) Winter average criteria. a. "Winter average" charges shall apply to one - family residential customers only. b. The "winter average" shall be based on a customer's average water consumption for three (3) complete consecutive reading periods commencing with the customer's first reading period on or after November 15 of each year. c. The following method will be used to calculate a customer's "winter average." (i) Add the three (3) winter months water consumption to get total water consumption. (ii) Add the number of days in the three (3) monthly reading cycles to get total use days. (iii) Divide total water consumption by total use days to get daily usage. (iv) Multipley daily usage amount by 91.25 (the number of days in a quarter of a year) to get three (3) month usage. (v) Divide three (3) month usage amount by three (3) to get winter average usage. Such winter average usage shall be limited to a maximum of twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons. (vi) Using the winter average usage, apply the applicable rates established in (3) below to calculate the "winter average," which will constitute the customer's bill for each month until a new average is established (or rates are changed). d. New and relocating customers; adjustments. (i) AG5000.357.ajr Customers new to the service area and who have not established a "winter average" shall be billed at the "interim average" rate. (3) AG5000.357.ajr 3 (ii) Customers who are relocating within the service area and who established a "winter average" at their previous address shall be billed at the "interim average" rate or their "winter average" rate at the previous address, whichever is less. (iii) Customers who are relocating within the service area and who have not established a "winter average" at their previous address shall be billed at the "interim average" rate. (iv) When a customer experiences a substantial increase in water or wastewater usage from hidden water leaks in the plumbing system during the winter average charge period and if the customer can produce proof of repairs, the director of finance or his/her designee has the discretion to adjust the wastewater bill. e. If water conservation measures [conditions I, II, III, or IV of section 55-151(3)] are in effect during "winter averaging wastewater charge period" a new "winter average" will not be calculated for that year. The previous "winter average" (plus any applicable rate change enacted by ordinance) will be in effect until such time that no water conservation condition remains in effect and a new "winter averaging wastewater charge period" is completed. The new "winter average" will be effective with billings on or after June 1 following the "winter averaging wastewater charge period." Administrative change in rates. a. As soon as practical, the city manager shall calculate accrued revenues from single-family residential wastewater customers for May 1, 1992 through April 30, 1993 (the "Base Revenues"). b. In order to convert to the winter averaging system enacted herein, the city manager shall, based upon the winter average wastewater usage determined during the winter averaging wastewater charge period, adjust the rate applied to each customer's winter average or interim average so that the adjusted rate will produce an amount equal to the base revenues. r 4 c. The city manager shall implement the adjusted rate effective June 1, 1993 on a date to be established by the City Council. There shall be at least one (1) full billing cycle between the effective date of any utility rate increase and the effective date of the adjusted rate initiating the winter averaging program. d. Each year after 1993, the city manager shall perform the calculations for base revenues and winter averages described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Adjusted rates shall then be established for that year as provided in subsection (c). SECTION 2. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi. SECTION 3. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need for immediate action necessary for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs, such finding of an emergency is made and declared requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and shall take effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the T day of yj�, , 199S . ATTEST: Armando Chapa, Cid Secretary THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI APPROVED: 2_7 DAY OF LA/ri-T , 19 93 JAMES R. BRAY JR., CITY ATTORNEY By: AC5000.357ajr 1,4,CA (7.1,1440 4 ' Alison Gallaway Assistant City Attorney Corpus Christi, Texas /17 day of frasi , 19 ' TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings: I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, Respectfully, Council Members The above ordinance was passed Mary Rhodes Jack Best Melody Cooper Cezar Galindo Betty Jean Longoria Edward A. Martin Dr. David McNichols David Noyola Clif Moss \forme\065 MAYOCITY ORPUS CHRISTI R THE by the following vote: a,L Civ) CUlt- (. C tlaxtrur 021662 State of Texas, } PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT County of Nueces } ss: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AD# 58734 PO# Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Beverly Bennett, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Business Office Secretary of the Corpus Christi Caller -Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said County and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, and Webb Counties, and that the publication of NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 021662 AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 55, UTILITIES, ARTICLE VII, SEWER RATES which the annexed is a true copy, was published in the Corpus Christi Caller -Times on the 31st day(s) of May, 1993. One Time(s) $ 41.60 NOTICE p ORDINANCESSAGE OF 021662 AMENDING ITO CODE OF UTILITIES, AIITICLE R VII. SEWER RATES, SECTION 55-100. 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