HomeMy WebLinkAbout021671 ORD - 06/08/1993AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING SECTION 55-100 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO PROVIDE CERTAIN CHANGES IN
WASTEWATER RATES; ADOPTING A WINTER AVERAGING RATE
DESIGN SYSTEM FOR ONE FAMILY RESIDENCES EFFECTIVE JUNE
11, 1993; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Article VII, Section 55-100 of the Code of Ordinances, City
of Corpus Christi, be and the same is hereby amended to hereafter read as follows:
Sec. 55-100. Schedule of Wastewater Rates
(a) The monthly charge to be paid by users of the sewer service furnished by the
city's municipal sewer system, except as otherwise provided in Articles VII and XI
of Chapter 55, shall be based on the amount of water used by such users inside
the city limits and outside the city limits according to the following schedule of rates
based on water consumption.
SCHEDULE OF RATES BASED UPON WATER CONSUMPTION FOR
WASTEWATER SERVICE CUSTOMERS WITH WASTEWATER
CHARACTERISTICS OF 250 PARTS PER MILLION OR LESS OF
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, AND 250 PARTS PER MILLION OR
LESS OF SUSPENDED SOLIDS.
Class
One -family minimum
One -family maximum
(Initial Winter Average)
Commercial minimum
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Inside City Limits
$7.779
For first 2,000 Gallons
$43.94
Up to 25,000 Gallons
$12.074
For first 2,000 Gallons
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Outside City Limits
$15.558
For first 2,000 Gallons
$87.87
Up to 25,000 Gallons
$24.148
For first 2,000 Gallons
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The charges in addition to the above minimums, as well as the charge for all other
wastewater users, will be computed as dollars per one thousand (1,000) gallons of water
used as follows:
Dollars per 1,000 Gallons of Water Used
Inside City Limits
One -family residential (per 1,000 gallons of water) $ 1.572
(Initial Winter Average)
Commercial (per 1,000 gallons of water) $ 1.289
Outside City Limits
One -family residential (per 1,000 gallons of water) $ 3.144
(Initial Winter Average)
Commercial (per 1,000 gallons of water) $ 2.579
(b) Effective for service received beginning with utility reading cycles on or after
June 11, 1993, monthly wastewater charges 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 three (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 for service received until June 1 of each year.
Billings for service received on or after June 1 (June 11 for
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1993) 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
(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) Multiply 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
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(3)
each month until a new average is established (or rates
are changed).
d. New and relocating customers; adjustments.
(i)
Customers new to the service area and who have not
established a "winter average" shall be billed at the
"interim average" rate.
(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 due to conditions beyond
the reasonable control of the customer and if the
customer notifies the Public Utilities Commercial Office
of the facts surrounding the increased usage before
April 1, 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 for service received beginning with utility reading
cycles on or after the June 1 following the "winter averaging
wastewater charge period".
Administrative change in rates.
a. "Base Revenues" shall be defined as the revenues (for one -
family residential wastewater customers) proposed by the city
manager to be budgeted for the forthcoming fiscal year,
based on normal rainfall and not including any growth in the
customer base or any anticipated rate increase. The city
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manager shall report his method of calculation of the base
revenues to the City Council each year before implementing
the adjusted rate under "c" below.
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.
c. The city manager shall implement the adjusted rate effective
for service received beginning with utility reading cycles on or
after June 1 (June 11 for 1993). 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. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
be and the same are hereby repealed to the extend of such conflict.
SECTION 3. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by
final judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section,
paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the
definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word, or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 4. The rates and charges established in this ordinance shall take
effect and be applied against all wastewater service provided on or after June 11, 1993,
which is billed in a utility reading cycle which includes only service provided on or after
June 11, 1993.
SECTION 5. 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.
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That the foregoing ordinance was read for the fi;pt time and passed
to it&s second reading on this the \ day of
19 t.3 , by the following vote:
Mary Rhodes
Jack Best
Melody Cooper
Cezar Galindo
Betty Jean Longoria
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Edward A. Martin
Dr. David McNichols
David Noyola ��f
Clif Moss CIC
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That the foregoing ordinance was read for tjie second time and
passe!" finally on this the day of ,JJULL ,
19 `'I; , by the following vote:
Mary Rhodes CH f.„ Edward A. Martin 00
Jack Best Dr. David McNichols /ill
Melody Cooper (;t•.j, David Noyola
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Cezar Galindo l__04,____ Clif Moss _;,_
Betty Jean Longoria Clhaat *.k
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the
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ATTEST:
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APPROVED: 71 DAY OF flay
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JAMES R. BRAY, JR., CITY ATTORNEY
By f
City ttorney
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021671
THE CI24 OF CORPUS CHRISTI
, 1993 :
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
State of Texas, }
County of Nueces } ss:
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
AD# 77589
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JUL. A A.3
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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. 021671 AMENDING SECTION 55-
100 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO PROVIDE
which the annexed is a true copy, was published in the Corpus_
Christi Caller -Times on the 14th day(s) of June, 1993.
One Time(s)
$ 41.60
OF
PC. 091571
THE SECTION 55-100
OF
OF THE CODE OF ORDI-
NANCES, CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI TO PROVIDE CER-
TAIN CHANGES IN
WASTEWATER RATES;
ADOPTING A WINTER AVER-
AGING RATE DESIGN
SYSTEM FOR ONE FAMILY
RESIDENCES EFFECTIVE
JUNE 11, 1993; PROVIDING
FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDI-
NANCES IN CONFLICT;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILI-
TY; PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION.
The ordinance was passed
and a proved bbyyyydppthe City
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City Secretary
Cay of Corpus CMS
Business Office a}'ecretary
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day
of June, 1993.
Notar
, Nueces County, Texas