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HomeMy WebLinkAbout025866 ORD - 07/27/2004 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, CHAPTER 55, UTILITIES, REGARDING WATER, GAS AND WASTEWATER RATES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 55-50 of the Code of Ordinances is amended by revising it to read as follows: "Sec. 55-50. Schedule of water rates. "(a) Base rates for water service. "The rates for water service are as follows: "(1) Monthly Minimum Charges "a. Metered Treated Water Customers "1. Inside City Limits Meter Size ~ ...... * ~ · .~ .... , Auqust 1, (Inches) 2003 to 2004 to ~"~"31, July 31, 2004 2005 Residential 5/8" - 3/4" $-6A24 $ 6.430 Commercial 5/8" - 3/4" 8.838 9.279 Residential & Commercial 1" ~ 14.809 1-1/2" ~ 24.879 2" 3~.8~6 38.709 July 20 2004 ulility ra[e.doc Meter Size (Inches) 11 8" and larger Large Volume Any size ^ ...... * ~ August 1, 2003 tc 2004 to h,~,, q~ July 31, onn~ 2005 !~2.277 138.8g0 4~(k94,3 158.458 226.747 238.084 ~ 357.610 11,482.09g 12,056.203 2 "2. Outside City Limits Meter Size ann~to 2094 Auqust 1, 2004 to July 31, 2005 Residential 5/8" - 3/4" $13.00! $13.651 Commercial 5/8" - 3/4" !8.447 19.369 Residential & Commercial 1" ~ 30.388 1-1/2" 48-.438 50.544 2" 7'!,.465 78.188 3" 268~-q8.9 278.553 July 20 2004 utility rate.doc 3 Meter Size Au,qust 1, 2004 to July 31, 2005 4" 302.580 317.709 6" ~ 476.979 8" and larger ~ 716.024 Large Volume Any size 19,159.030 20,116.981 "b. Untreated Water Customers 2003 tc Minimum monthly service charge, water districts/ municipalities with raw water supply contracts executed after danuary 1, 1997 $274.!!7 August 1, 2004 to July 31, 2005 $287.822 July 20 2004 utility, rate.doc 4 · ._~_.. !, Au,qust 1, 2003 tc 2004 to ~"~" '~ July 31 2OO~. 2005 Minimum monthly service charge for Public Agency for Resale Untreated Water without a raw water supply contract executed after January 1, 19974 175.297 Minimum monthly service charge, industrial '~'~'~ '~"'~ 287.822 Minimum monthly service charge, domestic 9.588 Minimum annual se~ice charge, domestic 95.938 .1 Minimum monthly charge for Public Agency for Resale Untreated Water customer without a raw water supply contract executed after January 1, 1997: If the charge based on the volume of water taken in a monthly billing period is less than~ $175.297, the customer shall be billed-$466~50 $175.297, unless a valid water supply contract between the customer and City that was executed prior to January 1, 1997, July 20 2004 uti~it? ra[e.doc provides for a minimum annual payment. If a valid water supply contract between the customer and City executed prior to August 1, 2000, provides for a minimum annual payment, the customer shall pay the minimum annual payment under the contract. "(2) Monthly Volume Charges Per 1,000 Gallons "a. Residential Rate "1. Inside City Limits ^ ...... * '~ Au.qust 1, · >nn~ 2004 ~'"" ~ July 31 2904 2005 First 2,000 Gallons ~;'-; ....* Minimum* Next 13,000 Gallons $2.!!8 92.223 Next 15,000 Gallons 3.137 Next 20,000 Gallons 3.839 Over 50,000 Gallons 4.658 "*Use the Minimum Charges in Subsection (a)(1). "2. Outside City Limits ^ ...... + ~ August 1, 2003 2004 ~e to ~'"" ~ July 31 onn,4 2005 First 2,000 Minim'.'m* Minimum* Gallons July 20 2004 utility rate doc 6 Next 13,000 Gallons Next · '~ ,~'~'~ 15,000 Gallons Next 20,000 Gallons Over $ 4.,!37 50,000 Gallons "*Use the Minimum Charges in Subsection (a)(1). "b. Commercial Rate "1. Inside City Limits First 2 000 ~;"; .... * Gallons Next $ 2.! !8 13,000 Gallons Next 85,000 Gallons Next $ !/!32 900,000 Gallons Over $ !.!22 1,000,000 Gallons $ 4.658 $ 4.658 $ 4.658 $ 4.658 August 1, 2004 to July 31, 2005 Minimum* $ 2.223 $1.978 .503 $1.178 July 20 2004 utilib/rate.doc "" Use the Minimum Charges in Subsection (a)(1). "2. Outside City Limits ...... * ~ August 1I 2093 2004 ~ to Ju~. v,, July 31, 2994 2005 First 2,000 Minimum* Minimum* Gallons Next 13,000 Gallons 4.848 Next 85,000 Gallons $ 4.!46 $ 4.353 Next 900,000 Gallons Over 1,000,000 Gallons $-l-.7-,58 $1.845 "* Use the Minimum Charges in Subsection (a)(1). "c. Reserved" "d. Public Agency for Resale Treated Water Rates "Treated water rates purchased by a public agency for resale are hereby set as follows: A.~ .... August 1, · ~nn~ 2004 ~' '~" ~'~ July 31 29~ 2005 First 2,000 Min!mum* Minimum* Gallons July 20 2004 utility rate.doc 8 ^ ...... * 1, August 1, '~nn~ 2004 te to ~' '~" '~ July 31 ~nn,~ 2005 Next 13,000 Gallons $ 2.9'!,5 $ 2.147 Next 85,000 Gallons $ !.830 $1.921 Next 900,000 Gallons $ ! .376 $1.444 Next 9,000,000 Gallons !.086 $1.140 Over 10,000,000 Gallons 0.707 $ 0.742 "* Use the Minimum Charges in Subsection (a)(1). "e. Large Volume Customers "A commercial customer who agrees to pay for a minimum of 10,000,000 gallons of treated water per month is considered a large volume customer. Once a customer has elected to become a large volume customer, the customer will be billed as a large volume customer until the customer notifies the City and requests reclassification as a commercial customer in writing. However, a commercial customer may not elect to become a large volume customer more than once in any 12 month period. "1. Inside City Limits ^ ...... * ~ August 1, ":,nn~ 2004 te t_90 ~"~" ~ J ly 31 2994 2005 July 20 2004 utility rate doc 9 First 10,000,000 Gallons Minimum* Each Additional 1,000 Gallon $ 0.781 "* Use the Minimum Charges in Subsection (a)(1). "2. Outside City Limits ...... '~ ~ August 1, · ~nn~ 2004 h il,, ":1~1 July 31 200'!. 2005 First 10,000,000 Gallons ,Minim'.-'m* Minimum* Each Additional 1,000 Gallon 1 .... $1.141 "* Use the Minimum Charges in Subsection (a)(1). "f. Public Agency for Resale Untreated Water Rates "The rates for the purchase of untreated water purchased by a public agency, which does not have a raw water supply contract with the City executed after January 1,1997, is the average of the monthly raw water cost adjustments, established under subsection (b) of this section, for the period used to determine the composite cost of untreated water under the City's current contract with the public agency. "(b) Raw water cost adjustment (RWCA). "In addition to the charges for the base rates for water service, established in subsection (a) of this section, a separate charge for the costs of raw water, the RWCA, will be added to each consumer's bill, except Public Agency for Resale Untreated Water customers without a raw water supply contract executed after January 1, 1997. (A Public Agency for Resale Untreated Water customer without a raw water supply contract executed after January 1, 1997, will pay the lower of the composite cost, as defined in its contract with the City or the rate for Public Agency for Resale Untreated July 20 2004 utility rate doc 10 Water customers without a raw water supply contract executed after January 1, 1997, specified in subsection (a)(2)f. of this section.) The RWCA will be based on projected system-wide raw water sales. The RWCA will be calculated on an annual basis according to the following procedures. "(1) Use projected system-wide water sales based on historical consumption and projected growth. "(2) Include the annual budgeted cost of debt service. Bond payments, amortization of deferred losses on refundings, and other debt service costs shall be applied to the RWCA in the same proportion as the raw water activities proportion of the original bond proceeds. "(3) Include budgeted expenditures for purchases of water. "(4) Include purchases of water rights, amortized over the duration of the water right agreement. "(5) Budgeted expenditures for capital items shall be included as follows: "a. The expense of acquiring a capital item that cost not more than $100,000 shall be charged in the year in which it is acquired. "b. The expense of acquiring a capital item that cost more than $100,000 shall be amortized over the number of years used to calculate depreciation expenses, with the half-year convention used in the year of acquisition. "(6) All operating and maintenance expenditures shall be charged based on annual budgeted amounts. These expenditures include operation and maintenance of dams, reservoirs, pipelines, wells, pumping stations, and related inter[und charges. "(7) All expenses for consultants, engineering, legal services, and administration shall be charged based on annual budgeted amounts in the proportion to which they apply to raw water issues. "(8) Expenses related to the acquisition and transportation of emergency water supplies shall be included in the RWCA for the following fiscal year, unless foreseen and budgeted in advance, in which case they are included in the year budgeted. "(9) Miscellaneous revenues related to raw water activity, such as oil and gas lease revenues and interest earned on debt service surety bonds, is applied as an offset based on annual budgeted amounts. "(10) At fiscal year end, determine the amount of over or under collections that have resulted from differences between budgeted and actual expenses and July 20 2004 utilit? rate.doc 11 offsetting revenues and the difference between projected and actual volume of water sold. Apply this amount as an adjustment to the following fiscal year's RWCA. "(11) Apply the credit for levelized Choke Canyon debt payments to City rate- payers' projected water consumption, and deduct from their RWCA, (The escalating payment schedule on the Choke Canyon debt was levelized through the creation of a reserve fund. In the initial years, payments greater than the debt service were made, with the excess going into the reserve fund, This excess was paid through a rate surcharge on ICL and OCL metered treated water customers, Now that bond payments exceed the levelized payment amount, the reserve fund is drawn on to make up the difference. Since only ICL and OCL metered treated water customers participated in building the reserve fund, the drawing on the reserve fund is only credited to the RWCA assessed against ICL and OCL metered treated water customers, "(c) Definitions. '"Costs of raw water' is the total of all costs of acquiring, producing, stodng, conserving, and transporting untreated water from its source to the City's treatment facility and all other points of diversion. These costs include, but are not limited to, the costs of: "Construction, including debt service, operation, and maintenance of dams and reservoirs. "Construction, including debt service, operation, and maintenance of raw water supply transmission pipelines. "Construction, including debt service, operation, and maintenance of wells. "Construction, including debt service, operation, and maintenance of facilities capable of converting wastewater effluent, salt water, and brackish ground water into water suitable for municipal, industrial, or agricultural uses. "Acquisition of new water supplies and water rights. "Payments to the P.L. 104-318 Alternative Water Supply Acquisition and Facilities Construction Special Fund. "Construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities to reduce water losses from water resources due to evaporation or the release of water from a reservoir due to the operation of law. "Acquisition and transportation of emergency water supplies, including the costs of transporting water by vessel or pipelines from other regions. July 20 2004 utility rate.doc 12 '~/Vater supply development and protection, including consultants' studies and reports, investigations, legal fees, court costs, and any other costs related to the development or protection of the water supply. "Administrative costs, including overhead and the portion of the City's general administrative costs applicable to the activities enumerated in this definition." SECTION 2. The water rates established in Section I of this ordinance shall take effect and be applied against all service provided on or after the first day of August, 2004. SECTION 3. Section 55-61 of the Code of Ordinances is amended to include the classification of customers and schedule of gas rates, which shall read as follows: "Sec. 55-61. Classification of customers and schedules of rates. "(a) RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS: "(1) Inside City Limits "a. Winter rates (from November Cvcle 11 throuc~h April Cycle 10) Monthly Consumption, ^,-~.,* !,August 1I onn~ 200~ - July 3!, July 31, 200'!. 2005 First 1 MCF $ 7 .... $ 8.281 (Minimum Bill) Next 2 MCF $ '!./!,25 Next 7 MCF ,~ Next 40 MCF $ 2.'!, !'!, All over 50 MCF $ !.7~,7 $ 4.646 $ 2.686 $ 2.534 $1.802 "Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable "b. Summer rates (from April Cycle 11 through November Cycle 10) Monthly Consumption, ^,.~w.,+ 4,. August 1, ~ 2004 - ~"~" ~ July 31, 200'!. 2005 First 1 MCF $ 7.997 $ 8.281 July 20 2004 u[il~' tale.doc 13 (Minimum Bill) Next 2 MCF Next 5 MCF Next 30 MCF All over 38 MCF ~ $ 4.646 2.559 $ 2.686 ! .285 $1.349 !.!42 $1.199 "Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable "(2) Outside City Limits "a. Winter rates (from November Cycle 11 through April Cycle 10) Monthly Consumption ^ ...... +" August 1, 2003-- 2004 - ~"~" ~" July 31, ~ 2005 First I MCF ~ $10.218 (Minimum Bill) Next 2 MCF ~ 5.209 Next 7 MCF 2.828 2.969 Next 40 MCF 2.~68 2.801 All over 50 MCF ! .86! 1.954 "Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable "b. Summer rates (from April Cycle 11 through November Cycle 10) Monthly Consumption Auguct !, Au.qust 1, ~ 2004 - Ju!y 31, July 31, 2904 2005 First 1 MCF (Minimum Bill) 10.218 Next 2 MCF 5.209 Next 5 MCF July 20 2004 utility rate.doc 14 Next 30 MCF !/! ! ! 1.481 All over 38 MCF !.2!~, 1.274 "Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable "(b) GENERAL RATE CUSTOMERS (commercial, industrial, & institutional) rates: "(1) Inside City Limits Monthly Consumption ...... * ~ August 1, ":, n n ~2004 -- ~' '~" '~July 31 2004 2005 First 1 MCF $ 7.997 $ 8.281 (Minimum Bill) Next 2 MCF $ ,!, .~.25 4.646 Next 7 MCF $ '!,.!35 4.341 Next 40 MCF ~ 4.175 Next 50 MCF ¢" '~" v 1.802 Next 100 MCF $ ! '!.3! 1.502 Next 100 MCF $ !.250 1.312 Next 700 MCF ~ 1.255 Next 1,000 MCF $ ! .03~, 1.085 Next 13,000 MCF ~ 0.975 All over 15,000 MCF $-g~g4- 0.935 "Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable "(2) Outside City Limits Monthly Consumption, ^,.~._.* !, August 1, '3nnc~ 2004 - ~' '~" '~ July 31, ~ 2005 July 20 2004 utility rate doc 15 First I MCF $-9-.732- $10.218 (Minimum Bill) Next 2 MCF 4:96-!- 5.209 Next 7 MCF 4.659 4.891 Next 40 MCF ~,.d79 4.702 Next 50 MCF !.86! 1.954 Next 100 MCF 1.537 1.613 Next 100 MCF !.3~,0 1.407 Next 700 MCF ! .26~ 1.329 Next 1,000 MCF ! .93~, 1.085 Next 13,000 MCF O~28 0.975 All over 15,000 MCF ~ 0.935 "Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable "(c) SEASONAL CUSTOMERS (partial year service) rates (all customers who have requested a cutoff and re-connection at the same location or for services to the same premises, including increases or reductions of the same premises, and which cutoff was not necessitated by reason of reconstruction of the building on the premises, shall be classified as seasonal customers, and in lieu of the rates applicable to residential customers, shall be charged and collected the following charge for gas furnished and delivered to the meters by the Gas Depar[ment of the City): "(1) Inside City Limits Monthly Consumption, ^,,.u,.~,* !, Auqust 1, 2003- 2004 - "'~" ~ July 31 20Od 2005 First 1 MCF (Minimum Bill) !3.!02 $13.757 Next 2 MCF ! !.8d9 12.441 Next 7 MCF 5.~2~ 5.907 July 20 2004 utility rate doc 16 Next 30 MCF ~ 2.534 All over 40 MCF 1.717 1.8O2 "Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable "(2) Outside City Limits Monthly Consumption.^.w~...* 4,. August 1, 2003 2004 - ~,,~'- q4 J Iv 31 2094 2005 First 1 MCF ~ $16525 (Minimum Bill) Next 2 MCF !3.535 14.211 Next 7 MCF &3-7~ 6.697 Next 30 MCF 2.6~9 2.801 All over 40 MCF 1 .... 1.954 "Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable "(d) INCENTIVE AIR COOLING AND CONDITIONING RATE CUSTOMERS rates (limited to customers using less than 15,000 MCF per month annual average. All general rate customers that have installed total energy or have gas operated air cooling and air conditioning equipment, or both. and have an average used in MCF per month in the seven summer months that exceeds the five winter months in average use, when inspected and approved by the Gas DepaH.,ent, who request in writing to be billed in the summer months on the Summer Incentive Gas Rate Schedule starting with Cycle 11 in Apdl and ending with the billing Cycle 10 in November shall be billed on the following rate schedule): "(1) Inside City Limits Monthly Consumption ~ August 1, onn~ 2004 - ~"~" ~ July 31 onn~ 2005 First 1 MCF (Minimum Bill) $ 7.896 $ 8.280 Next 2 MCF 4-A24 4.645 July 20 2004 utility rale.doc 17 Next 7 MCF 4.!35 4.341 Next 40 MCF 3.025 3.176 Next 150 MCF ! .285 1.349 Next 300 MCF 4-A96 1.255 Next 500 MOF ! .03'!, 1.085 Next 14,000 MCF 0~29 0.975 All over 15,000 MCF l~884 0.935 "Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable "(2) Outside City Limits Monthly Consumption ^ ...... * ~ August 1 · ':, n n c~ 2004 - f,,I,, '~ July 31, '~nn,4 2005 First 1 MCF $-9-,7-32$10.218 (Minimum Bill) Next 2 MCF ~ 5.209 Next 7 MCF 4 .... 4.891 Next 40 MCF 3.'!,0! 3.571 Next 150 MCF 1.41! 1.481 Next 300 MCF !.2~ 1.329 Next 500 MCF 1.00.?.~ 1.142 Next 14,000 MCF O~g4 1.012 All over 15,000 MCF ~ 0.935 "Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable "(e) PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT. The rates in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section are subject to gas cost adjustments as follows: Rates will be adjusted monthly by the City following the receipt of notice of the cost of gas from the supplier to pass on to the consumer the full amount of such cost adjusted for pressure base and July 20 2004 utility rate doc 18 gas loss & unaccounted-for factors. Additional fees and charges paid to the supplier, which are necessary for the City to receive the gas, shall be included in the cost of gas. All general rate customers, who consume over 15,000 Mcr in one month, and who receive gas from the City's distribution system at the same pressure base at which the City receives the gas from its supplier (14.65 psi), shall be billed 2.05% less per Mcr for purchased gas adjustment than the General Customer Rate Schedule. "(f) INTERRUPTIONS. Deliveries of gas to Commercial or Industrial customers may be interrupted or curtailed in case of shortage, or threatened shortage, of gas supply from any cause whatsoever, to conserve gas for residential and other human need customers served hereunder, according to all mandatory orders of governmental agencies having jurisdiction." SECTION 4. The gas rates established in Section 3 of this ordinance shall take effect and be applied against all service provided on or after the first day of August, 2004~ SECTION 5. Section 55-100 of the Code of Ordinances is amended to include the classification of customers and schedule of wastewater rates, which shall read as follows: "Sec. 55-100. Schedule. "(a) The monthly charge to be paid by users of sewer service furnished by the City's municipal sewer system, except as otherwise provided in Articles VII and Xl of Chapter 55, shall be based on the amount of water used by the user according to the following rates: Classification ^ ...... + August 1,2003 1, 2004 e to July ~"~" ~" 31 2005 207. Inside City Limits $ !3.557 $15.087 One-family minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons) July 20 2004 utility ra[e.doc 19 Classification Inside City Limits One-family per 1,000 gallons over 2,000 Inside City Limits One-family maximum monthly charge (Up to 25,000 gallons) Outside City Limits One-family minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons) Outside City Limits One-family per 1,000 gallons over 2,000 2.74! 27.!!5 August 1, 20O4 to July 31, 2005 3.050 85.237 28.470 5.757 July 20 2004 utility rate doc 20 Classification Outside City Limits One-family maximum monthly charge (Up to 25,000 gallons) Inside City Limits Commercial minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons) Inside City Limits Commercial per 1,000 gallons over 2,000 Outside City Limits Commercial minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons) 2004 20.~0,4. August 1,2004 to July 31,2005 160.923 21.634 2.302 43.269 July 20 2004 utillb/rate doc 21 Classification 2OO~, AuRust 1,2004 to July 31,2005 Outside City Limits 4.607 Commercial per1,000 gallons over 2,000 "(b) The amount of water used to compute the monthly bills to one family residential customers shall be computed on the basis of the "winter average" or "interim average" that is calculated under this subsection. (1) Definitions a. Winter Averaging Wastewater Charge Period - the period of water and wastewater service during the three complete consecutive reading periods commencing on or after December 1 of each year. Using the three 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 dudng the three 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 which apply to service before and including July 31 of each year. Billings which apply to service after July 31 will reflect wastewater usages based on the previous "winter averaging wastewater charge period". c. Interim Average -- The monthly wastewater usage established by the City for individual customers who have not established a "winter average". The "interim average" shall be recalculated each year based on the total "winter average" consumption of all customers subject to winter averaging divided by the number of winter averaging customers, and shall be the basis for monthly billings until a July 20 2004 utility rate.doc 22 "winter average" as defined in subsection (b)(1)b. of this section is established for the individual customer. 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 complete consecutive reading periods commencing with the customer's first reading period on or after December 1 of each year. c. The following method will be used to calculate a customer's "winter average". 1. Add the three winter months water consumption to get total water consumption. "2. Divide three month usage amount by 3 to get winter average usage. Such winter average usage shall be limited to a maximum of 25,000 gallons. "d. Using the winter average usage, apply the applicable rates established in subsection (a) of this section to calculate the customer's wastewater bill for each month until a new average is established (or rates are changed. "e. New and Relocating Customers; Adjustments "1. Customers new to the service area, who have not established a "winter average", shall be billed at the "interim average" rate. "2. Customers who are relocating within the service area, who established a "winter average" at their previous address, shall be billed at the "intedm average" rate or their "winter average" rate at the previous address, whichever is less. "3. Customers who are relocating within the service, area, who have not established a July 20 2004 utility rate doc 23 "winter average" at their previous address, shall be billed at the "interim average" rate. "4. 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 the Director's designee may adjust the wastewater bill. "(3) Administrative change in rates. "a. Annually the City Manager shall calculate a~=rued-base revenues from single-family residential wastewater customers. Base revenues shall equal a three-year moving average of actual revenues from single-family residential wastewater customers, with each year's revenue adjusted for all actual rate increases, which were implemented in subsequent years. For this purpose, a year shall run from June 1 through May 31. "b The City Manager shall annually, based upon the Winter Average wastewater usage determined during the Winter Averaging Wastewater Charge Period, adjust the rate in the new fiscal year 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 rates established in subsection (a) of this section are based upon water consumption for wastewater service customers with wastewater characteristics of 562 parts per million or less by weight of chemical oxygen demand index, 250 parts per million or less by weight of biochemical oxygen demand index, and 250 parts per million or less by weight of suspended solids index. If the wastewater characteristics exceed any of these parameters shall pay an additional abnormal wastewater surcharges as provided in Section 55-148." SECTION 6. The wastewater rates established in Section 5 of this ordinance shall take effect and be applied against all service provided on or after the first day of August, 2004. SECTION 7. Section 55-148 of the Code of Ordinances is amended to include the schedule of values used to determine the abnormal wastewater surcharges. Section 55- 148(a)(6) and (8) shall read as follows: July 20 2004 utilit~ ra[e.doc "Sec. 55-148. Fees. "(a) Abnormal wastewater surcharge. -(6) 24 Computations of each surcharge, as applicable, shall be based on the following: "S = V x 8.34 x X x (COD-562) "S = V x 8.34 x Y x (BOD-250) "S = V x 8.34 x Z x (TSS-250) "S = Surcharge in dollars for the billing period. '¥ = Water consumption in millions of gallons dudng the billing period. "8.34 = Weight of water in pounds per gallon. "X = Unit charge in dollars per pound for COD as established subdivision (8) of this subsection. "Y = Unit charge in dollars per pound for BOD as established in subdivision (8) of this subsection. "Z = Unit charge in dollars per pound for TSS as established in subdivision (8) of this subsection. "COD = Chemical oxygen demand strength index in parts per million by weight, or mg/l. "BOD = Five-day biochemical oxygen demand strength index in parts per million by weight, or rog/i. "TSS = Total suspended solids strength index in parts per million by weight, or mg/l. "250 = Normal BOD and TSS strength in parts per million by weight, or mg/l. "562 = Normal COD strength in parts per million by weight, or mg/l. July 20 2004 utilit~ rate.doc 25 "(8) The values for X, Y, and Z used in subdivision (6) of this subsection to determine the abnormal wastewater surcharge are:" Value ~ ...... * August 1,-~nn~ 1,2004 t~ to ~' '~" '~ July 31 onn~ 2005 X (unit charge in dollars per pound of COD) · n nnnn $0.0000 Y (unit charge in dollars per pound of BOD) n ,~ -~-r,~ 0.2490 Z (unit charge in dollars per pound of TSS) 0.!704 0.1789 SECTION 8. The values used to determine the abnormal wastewater surcharges established in Section 7 of this ordinance shall take effect and be applied against all service provided on or after the first day of August., 2004. SECTION 9. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment 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 10. 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 Chdsti. July 20 2004 utility ra[e.doc 26 That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the '~ day of /~ , 2004, by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. (~x.~(-~ Bill Kelly Brent Chesney ~.~------------------~L~ ~-~- Rex A. Kinnison Javier D. Colmenero (~L,~ Jesse Noyola Melody Cooper ~C,~. Mark Scott Henry Garrett That the foregoing ordirc~nce was read for the second time and passed finally on this the ,.~'7'~'' day of ~,~-. , 2004 by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. (~j~: . Brent Chesney Javier D. Colmenero Melody Cooper Henry Garrett PASSED AND APPROVED, this the ~.-~l~day of City Secretary APPROVED: J~ day of July, 2004: Lisa Aguilar ~ Assistant Cib/Attorney for City Attorney Bill Kelly Rex A. Kinnison Jesse Noyola Mark Scott Samuel L. Neal, Jr. Mayor, The City of Corpus Christi ,2004. July 20 2004 utilit7 rale.doc PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT State of Texas County of Nueces SS: CITY OF CORPUS CHRIST1 Ad # 4964301 PO # Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Diana Hinoiosa, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Credit Manager of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, 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, which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Calle~Times and on the World Wide Web on the Caller-Times Interactive on the 2ND day(s) of AUGUST, 2004. $61.75 TWO (2) Time(s) Credit Manager Subscribed and sworn to me on the date of AUGUST 03, 2004. Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas ROSA MARIA FLORES Print or Type Name of Notary Public My commission expires on 04/23/05. Corpus Chdsti Caller-'l'lmee, Monday, Augusl 2, 2004/~ O~l~ances. City of Corpua Chrlatl, Ct~p~r ~, m~r~ng water. ar~l wa~ewat~- ~ and City Council ol of Corpu~ Chdefl on July 27, 2004.