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:
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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
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(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)
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Customers new to the service area
and who have not established a
"winter average" shall be billed at
the "interim average" rate.
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(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.
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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:
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Alison Gallaway
Assistant City Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
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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
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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)
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NOTICE p ORDINANCESSAGE OF
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AMENDING ITO CODE OF
UTILITIES, AIITICLE R VII.
SEWER RATES, SECTION
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AVERAGE BILLING FOR ONE -
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and approved by the' Ca'
Council of the ON of
Corpus Christi on the
- 25th day of Mey, 1903: ,
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Business Offi Secretary
Subscribed and sworn to before me
of June, 1993.
this llth day
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