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Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi,
Chapter 55, Utilities, regarding water, gas, and wastewater rates;
providing for publication and effective date of January 1, 2016
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 55-50 of the Code of Ordinances regarding water rates is revised
with new rates as shown in underlined text below to be effective on January 1, 2016.
"Sec. 55-50. - Schedule.
(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 ("ICL"):
Meter Size Effective
(Inches) October 1, 2011 January 1, 2016
Residential
5/8—% $ 9.33 $12.14
Commercial
5/8—% 13.47 12.14
Residential and Commercial
1 20.21 18.21
1%2 33.69 30.35
2 67.37 60.70
3 107.78 97.12
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4 215.59 194.24
6 336.85 303.50
8 and larger 673.69 607.00
Large Volume
Any size 17,510.00 22,784.00
Temporary construction
1 20.21 18.21
11/2 33.69 30.35
2 67.37 60.70
2. Outside city limits ("OCL"):
Meter Size Effective
(Inches) October 1, 2014 January 1, 2016
Residential
5/8-3/ $ 11.20 14.57
Commercial
5/8-3/ 16.16 14.57
Residential and Commercial
1 24.25 21.85
11/2 110.43 36.42
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2 80.84 72.84
3 129.34 116.54
4 258.71 233.09
6 401.22 364.20
8 and larger 808.43 728.40
Large Volume
Any size 29,216.00 38,015.00
Temporary construction
1 24.25 21.85
1Y2 40.43 36.42
2 80.84 72.84
b. Untreated water customers.
Effective
October 1,
2014
January 1,
201.,x:.
Minimum monthly service charge, water districts/ municipalities with raw
$417.99
water supply contracts executed after January 1, 1997
Minimum monthly service charge for public agency for resale untreated water
254.57
without a raw water supply contract executed after January 1, 19971
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Minimum monthly service charge, industrial 417.•9 436.881
Minimum monthly service charge, domestic 13.92 14.55
Minimum annual service charge, domestic 139.32145.62
Minimum monthly service charge, agricultural irrigation water service 208.85 218.29
Minimum monthly service charge, temporary construction water service 278.46 291.05
Minimum monthly service charge, temporary large volume industrial untreated
1,607.00
water customers obtaining water, which is under contract to the city, from a
1679.64
reservoir under the exclusive control of a river authority
'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 $254.57, the customer
shall be billed $254.57, unless a valid water supply contract between the customer and
city that was executed prior to January 1, 1997, 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.
c. Blended water customers.
Effective
October 1, 2014 January 1, 2016
Any size $29,216.00 36,280.00
(2) Monthly volume charges per 1 ,000 gallons.
a. Residential rate.
1. Inside city limits:
Effective
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October 1, 2011 January 1, 2016
First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
Next 4,000 Gallons $1.751 6.07
Next 1,000 9,000 Gallons 5.939 6.980
Next 5,000 Over 15,000 Gallons 6.829 7.59
Next 15,000 Gallons 8.311
.. .... . ...... . .... .. . .. . .
Next 20,000 Gallons 10.095
Next 50,000 Gallons 4-0,986
Over 100,000 Gallons 11.877
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
Effective
October 1, 2014 January 1, 2016
First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
Next 4,000 Gallons $2.028 2.34
Next 1,000 9,000 Gallons 2.535 2.92
Next 5,000 Over 15,000 Gallons 2.915 3.65
Next 15,000 Gallons 3.519
Next 20,000 Gallons 4.310
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Next 50,000 Gallons 4.690
Over 100,000 Gallons 5.070
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
b. Commercial rate.
1 . Inside city limits:
Effective
October 1, 2014 January 1, 2016
First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons $5.672 6.781
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
Effective
October 1, 2011 January 1, 2016
First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons $3.086 3.012
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
c. Golf course and athletic field irrigation water inside city limits.
Effective
October 1, 2011 January 1, 2016
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First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons $3196 3.092
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1) for ICL customer.
d. Residential irrigation water on separate meter.
1. Inside city limits:
Meter Size Effective
(Inches) October 1, 2014 January 1, 2016
First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
Next 15,000 Over 2000 Gallons $ 8.314 7.59
Next 20,000 Gallons 10.095
Next 50,000 Gallons 10.986
Over 87,000 Gallons 11.877
2. Outside city limits
Meter Size Effective -
(Inches) October 1, 2011 January 1, 2016
First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
Next 15,000 Over 2000 Gallons $3.549 3.65
Next 20,000 Gallons 4.310
Next 50,000 Gallons 4.690
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Over 87,000 Gallons 5.070
e. Resale treated water rates.
1. Treated water rates purchased for resale where the water is taken and
metered at the site of treatment are hereby set as follows:
Effectiv-
October 1, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons $1.253
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Treated water rates purchased for resale where the water is delivered
to the resale entity through city facilities are hereby set as follows:
Effective
October 1, 2014
First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons $1.914
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
f. Large volume treated water customers. A commercial treated water
customer who agrees to pay for a minimum of ten million (10,000,000)
gallons of treated water per month is considered a large volume treated
water customer. Once a customer has elected to become a large volume
treated water customer, the customer will be billed as a large volume
treated water customer until the customer notifies the city and requests
reclassification as a commercial customer in writing. However, a
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commercial customer may not elect to become a large volume treated
water customer more than once in any twelve-month period.
1. Inside city limits:
Effective
October 1, 2014 January 1, 2016
First 10,000,000 Gallons Minimum*
Each Additional 1,000 Gallons $11.1180 5.686
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
Effective
October 1, 2014 January 1, 2016
First 10,000,000 Gallons Minimum*
Each Additional 1,000 Gallons $1.9141.998
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
g. Large volume blended water customers. A commercial blended water
customer who agrees to purchase a minimum of ten million (10,000,000)
gallons of blended water per month is considered a large volume blended
water customer.
1 . Inside city limits:
Effective
October 1, 2011 Januar 1 201•
First 10,000,000 Gallons Minimum*
Each Additional 1,000 Gallons $2.677 $3.628
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*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Outside city limits:
Effective
October 1, 2011 January 1, 2016
First 10,000,000 Gallons Minimum*
Each Additional 1,000 Gallons $0.111 $0.127
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
3. Peaking factor. [To be determined.]
h. Temporary water service.
1 . Treated water.
A. Inside city limits:
Effective
October 1, 2011 January 1, 2016
First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons $5.672 6.781
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
B. Outside city limits:
Effective
October 1, 2011 January 1, 2016
First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
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Over 2,000 Gallons $3:484 3.012
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
2. Untreated water.
A. Inside city limits:
Effective
October 1, 2011 January 1, 2016
First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons 2 x RWCA
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
B. Outside city limits:
Effective
October 1, 2014 January 1, 2016
First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
Over 2,000 Gallons 2 x RWCA
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
i. Agricultural irrigation water outside city limits.
Effective
October 1, 2014 January 1, 2016
First 2,000 Gallons Minimum*
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Over 2,000 Gallons 2 x RWCA
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
j. 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.
k. Temporary large volume industrial untreated water customers obtaining
water, which is under contract to the city, from a reservoir under the
exclusive control of a river authority.
Effective
October 1, 2011 January 1, 2016
First acre foot or fraction thereof Minimum*
Over acre foot $1,155.00 1206.98 per acre foot or fraction thereof
*Use the minimum charges in subsection (a)(1).
(b) Raw water cost adjustment (RWCA). In addition to the charges for the base rates
for water service, established in subsection (a), 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 water customers without a raw water supply contract executed
after January 1, 1997, specified in subsection (a)(2)g. of this section.) The RWCA
will be based on projected system-wide raw water sales, adjusted for water losses.
The RWCA will be calculated on an annual basic, every odd-numbered year no later
than October 1 to be effective the following January of even-numbered years using
the adopted utility rate model,_, according to the following procedures: Two
subsequent years' RWCA will be calculated according to the following procedures,
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and then an average rate determined which will yield raw water required revenues
over a two-year period.
(1) Use projected system-wide water sales based on historical consumption and
projected growth, with adjustments for water losses.
(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 costs not more than five
hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) shall be charged in the year in
which it is acquired.
b. The expense of acquiring a capital item that costs more than five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000.00) 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 interfund
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 rentals, is applied as an offset based on annual budgeted
amounts.
(10)Apply the credit for levelized Choke Canyon debt payments to city rate payers'
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
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reserve fund, the drawing on the reserve fund is only credited to the RWCA
assessed against ICL and OCL metered treated water customers.)
(11)Include funds necessary to collect 1.35 times coverage on current annual debt
service in order to improve the financial position and bond ratings of the city's
water fund.
(12)Include funds necessary to establish and maintain an operating reserve fund
with a target amount of twenty-five (25) per cent (or three (3) months) of annual
operating expenses for the fiscal year.
(13)Include funds necessary to establish and operate a water capital reserve fund
with a target amount of two (2) per cent of the respective annual water capital
improvements program for the fiscal year or two million dollars ($2,000,000.00)
(whichever is greater).
(14)Include funds necessary to establish and maintain a future water resources
reserve fund (Water Supply Development Reserve) with an ultimate target
balance of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000.00), and an annual contribution of
approximately two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) per fiscal year. Revenue from
this Water Supply Development Reserve will be deposited into a fund set aside
for this purpose.
(15)The minimum operating or capital reserves amounts are intended to provide for
unplanned, unbudgeted expenses and revenue shortfalls, and will not be used
for routine expenses.
(16)At fiscal year end 4Determine the amount of over or under collections that have
resulted from difference between budgeted and actual expenses and offsetting
revenues and the difference between projected and actual volume of water sold
for the prior two years. Any funds realized in excess of annual expenses are
available for either supplementing minimum operating or capital reserves, for
addition to the capital funds for discretionary cash capital funding of the water
utility, or to create and maintain a reserve to level out large fluctuations in raw
water charges is authorized. Apply any remaining amount as an adjustment to
the RWCA.
(c) Definitions.
Costs of raw water is the total of all costs of acquiring, producing, storing,
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.
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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, including the establishment and
funding of a reserve dedicated to offset the costs of acquisition of additional water
rights and the implementation of long range water resource development and
related capital improvements.
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.
Water 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.
(d) The raw water cost adjustment shall be calculated on an annual basis for those lame
volume wholesale customers with contracts containing such provisions."
(Ord. No. 9472, 8-27-1969; Ord. No. 11613, 8-8-1973; Ord. No. 12208, §§ 1, 2, 8-7-1974; Ord.
No. 14140, §§ 1-3, 1-25-1978; Ord. No. 16446, §§ 1, 2, 8-12-1981; Ord. No. 16593 § 1, 10-14-
1981; Ord. No. 17166, §§ 1-3, 7-28-1982; Ord. No. 17762, §§ 1, 2, 8-3-1983; Ord. No. 18351,
§§ 1, 2, 7-24-1984; Ord. No. 18587, §§ 1, 2, 12-4-1984; Ord. No. 20411, §§ 1, 2, 7-26-1988;
Ord. No. 21001, § 1, 10-9-1990; Ord. No. 21438, §§ 1-4, 7-21-1992; Ord. No. 21814, § 1(a)-
(c), 12-14-1993; Ord. No. 22741, § 1, 11-12-1996; Ord. No. 22832, § 1, 1-28-1997; Ord. No.
22879, § 1, 3-25-1997; Ord. No. 23706, § 1, 7-20-1999; Ord. No. 23910, § 1, 1-11-2000; Ord.
No. 24132, § 1, 7-25-2000; Ord. No. 24531, § la, 7-24-2001; Ord. No. 24969, § 1, 7-23-2002;
Ord. No. 25386, § 1, 7-22-2003; Ord. No. 025866, § 1, 7-27-2004; Ord. No. 026368, § 1, 7-26-
2005; Ord. No. 026900, § 1, 7-25-2006; Ord. No. 027355, § 1, 7-24-2007; Ord. No. 027781, § 1,
7-22-2008; Ord. No. 028256, § 1, 7-28-2009; Ord. No. 028686, § 1, 7-20-2010; Ord. No.
029158, § 1, 7-26-2010; Ord. No. 029386, § 1, 2-28-2012; Ord. No. 029584, § 1, 7-31-2012;
Ord. No. 029917, § 1, 7-30-2013; Ord. No. 030242, § 2(Exh. A), 7-29-2014; Ord. No. 030295, §
1, 9-23-2014)
SECTION 2. Section 55-61 of the Code of Ordinances regarding gas rates is revised
with new rates as shown in underlined text below to be effective on January 1, 2016.
"Sec. 55-61. -Classification of customers and schedules of rates.
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(a) Residential customers.
(1) Inside city limits:
a. Winter rates (from November Cycle 11 through April Cycle 10).
Rate per MCF
Effectiv -
Monthly Consumption
October 1, 2011.January 1, 2016
Meter Charge $1.25$1.27
First 1 MCF (minimum bill) � 40.1910.38
Next 2 MCF I 5.705.81
Next 3 MCF 3.303.36
Next 4 MCF X03.26
Next 20 MCF 3.113.17
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Next 20 MCF X662.71
All over 50 MCF 2.212.25
Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
b. Summer rates (from April Cycle 11 through November Cycle 10).
Rate per MCF
Effective
Monthly Consumption
October 1, 2014January 1, 2016
Meter Charge $1.25$1.27
First 1 MCF(Minimum Bill) 10.1010.38
Next 2 MCF X05.81
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Next 3 MCF 3.30136
Next 4 MCF 2.182.53
Next 20 MCF —1,661.69
Next 20 MCI 1.621.65
All over 50 MCF 1.471.50
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).
Rate per MCF
Effective
Monthly Consumption
October 1, 2014January 1, 2016
Meter Charge $1.50$1.53
First 1 MCF (minimum bill) 12.5712.80
Next 2 MCF 6.386.50
Next 3 MCF 3.703.77
Next 4 MCF 3.59166
Next 20 MCF 3.493.56
Next 20 MCF 2.973.03
All over 50 MCF —24-72.52
Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
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b. Summer rates (from April Cycle 11 through November Cycle 10).
Rate per MCF
Effective
Monthly Consumption
October 1, 2014January 1, 2016
Meter Charge $1-.50$1.53
First 1 MCF (minimum bill) 12.5712.80
Next 2 MCF 6.386.50
Next 3 MCF X03.77
Next 4 MCF 2.772.82
Next 20 MCF 1.861.89
Next 20 MCF 1.811.84
All over 50 MCF 1.651.68
Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
(b) General rate customers (commercial, industrial, and institutional rates):
(1) Inside city limits:
Rate per MCF
Effective
Monthly Consumption
October 1, 201/January 1, 2016
Meter Charge $16.00$16.30
First 1 MCF (minimum bill) 10.4310.62
Next 2 MCF 5.705.81
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Next 3 MCF 5.325.42
Next 4 MCF 5.235.33
Next 40 MCF 5.125.22
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Next 50 MCF I 2.212.25
Next 100 MCF 1.841.87
Next 100 MCF 1.621.65
Next 700 MCF 1.541.57
Next 1,000 MCF i1.331.35
Next 13,000 MCF 1.201.22
All over 15,000 MCF 1 1.141.16
Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
(2) Outside city limits:
Rate per MCF
Effective
Monthly Consumption
October 1, 2011January 1, 2016
Meter Charge $19.08$19.44
First 1 MCF (minimum bill) 12.8513.09
{
Next 2 MCF 6.386.50
Next 3 MCF x-966.07
Next 4 MCF 5.865.97
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Next 40 MCF 5.745.85
Next 50 MCF 2.472.52
Next 100 MCF X062.10
Next 100 MCF 1.811.84
Next 700 MCF 1.731.76
Next 1,000 MCF 1.491.52
Next 13,000 MCF 1.341.37
All over 15,000 MCF 1.281.30
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 department of the city):
(1) Inside city limits:
Rate per MCF
Effective
Monthly Consumption
October 1, 2014January 1, 2016
Meter Charge $ 1.25$1.27
First 1 MCF (minimum bill) 16.9117.23
Next 2 MCF 15.2715.56
Next 3 MCF X611.47
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Next 4 MCF X67.40
Next 30 MCF 3.113.17
Next 20 MCF — 662.71
All over 50 MCF 2.212.25
Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
(2) Outside city limits:
Rate per MCF
Effective
Monthly Consumption
October 1, 2014January 1, 2016
Meter Charge $ 1.50$1.53
First 1 MCF (minimum bill) 20.3120.69
Next 2 MCF -4740917.41
Next 3 MCF 12.6112.85
Next 4 MCF 8.138.28
Next 20 MCF 3.493.56
Next 20 MCF 2.973.03
All over 50 MCF 2.472.52
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
fifteen thousand (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
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have an average used in MCF per month in the seven (7) summer months that exceeds the five (5)
winter months in average use, when inspected and approved by the gas department, who request in
writing to be billed in the summer months on the summer incentive gas rate schedule starting with
Cycle 11 in April and ending with the billing Cycle 10 in November shall be billed on the following
rate schedule):
(1) Inside city limits:
Rate per MCF
Effective
Monthly Consumption
October 1, 2014-January 1, 2016
Meter Charge $16.00$16.30
First 1 MCF (minimum bill) 10-4310.62
Next 2 MCF X05.81.
Next 3 MCF 5.325.42
Next 4 MCF 1.6.24.71
Next 40 MCF —33.903,97
Next 150 MCF 661.69
Next 100 MCF 1.51.1.57
Next 700 MCF 1.331.35
Next 1,000 MCF 1.201.22
Next 13,000 MCF 1.141.16
All over 15,000 MCF 1.091.11
Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
(2) Outside city limits:
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Rate per MCF
Effective
Monthly Consumption
October 1, 2014January 1, 2016
Meter Charge $19.08$19.44
First 1 MCF (minimum bill) 12.8513.09
Next 2 MCF X386.50
Next 3 MCF 5.966.07
Next 4 MCF 5.185.28
Next 40 MCF 1.344.45
Next 150 MCF 1.861.89
Next 100 MCF 1.731.76
Next 700 MCF X491.52
Next 1,000 MCF 1.341.37
Next 13,000 MCF 1.281.30
All over 15,000 MCF 1.221.24
Note: Rates do not include purchased gas adjustment and sales tax, where applicable.
(e) Purchased gas adjustment (PGA). 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 gas loss and 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 fifteen thousand (15,000) MCF in one
(1) 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 per cent less per
MCF for purchased gas adjustment than the general customer rate schedule.
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(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. "
(Code 1958, §§ 38-46, 38-47; Ord. No. 8552, § 1, 8-2-1967; Ord. No. 9685, § 1, 3-25-1970; Ord.
No. 9812, § 1, 6-24-1970; Ord. No. 9883, § 2, 8-12-1970; Ord. No. 11614, § 1, 8-8-1973; Ord.
No. 11755, § 1, 10-24-1973; Ord. No. 11867, § 1, 1-9-1974; Ord. No. 12210, § 1, 8-7-1974; Ord.
No. 15043, § 1, 8-8-1979; Ord. No. 15701, §§ 1, 3, 8-13-1980; Ord. No. 15950, §§ 1, 3, 12-24-
1980; Ord. No. 16451, § 1, 8-12-1981; Ord. No. 16582, § 1, 10-7-1981; Ord. No. 17155, §§ 1, 2,
4, 7-28-1982; Ord. No. 17761, §§ 1, 2, 4, 8-3-1983; Ord. No. 18939, §§ 1, 2, 4, 7-23-1985; Ord.
No. 21001, § 1, 10-9-1990; Ord. No. 21439, § 1, 7-21-1992; Ord. No. 21814, § 1(d), 12-14-
1993; Ord. No. 23706, § 1, 7-20-1999; Ord. No. 24132, § 1, 7-25-2000; Ord. No. 24531, § lc, 7-
24-2001; Ord. No. 24969, § 4, 7-23-2002; Ord. No. 25396, § 4, 7-22-2003; Ord. No. 025866, §
3, 7-27-2004; Ord. No. 026368, § 3, 7-26-2005; Ord. No. 026900, § 3, 7-25-2006; Ord. No.
027355, § 3, 7-24-2007; Ord. No. 027781, § 5, 7-22-2008; Ord. No. 028256, § 3, 7-28-2009;
Ord. No. 028688, § 1, 7-20-2010; Ord. No. 029917, § 3, 7-30-2013; Ord. No. 030242, § 3(Exh.
A), 7-29-2014; Ord. No. 030295, § 3, 9-23-2014)
SECTION 3. Section 55-64 of the Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances regarding
compressed natural gas rates is revised with new rates as shown in underlined text
below to be effective on January 1, 2016.
"Sec. 55-64. - Classification of customers and compressed natural gas rates.
(a) Compressed natural gas rates.
(1) The director shall prepare the rates for the sale of compressed natural gas.
(2) The rates shall be based on the sum of:
a. The compression charge,
b. The distribution charge,
c. The commodity charge [refer to subsection 55-61(e) PGA],
d. Federal tax, and
e. State tax.
(b) Retail and consumer rates. The rate categories at which compressed natural gas
shall be set are as follows:
(1) Wholesale. Consumers who own or operate a fleet of more than ten (10)
vehicles may purchase compressed natural gas at a reduced wholesale rate.
(2) Retail. All other consumers may purchase compressed natural gas at the retail
rate.
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(c) Periodic rate gas adjustment. The director shall adjust the rates on a periodic basis
with city council approval. Adjustment of rates will be based on annual reviews of
the compression charge based on the city's cost to compress the natural gas for
sale and/or the distribution charge based on the city's cost to distribute natural gas
for sale.
(d) Commodity charge. The director shall adjust the commodity charge based on the
purchased gas adjustment as provided in subsection 55-61(e) PGA.
(e) Current rate schedule.
CNG Service Wholesale (>10 Vehicles)
Service Component Current Price Current Price $/Gasoline
$/MCF Gallon Equivalent
Compression Charge 0.97 0.99 0.12
Distribution Charge 1.05 1.07 0.13
Commodity Charge (changes monthly 5.31 0.64
based on PGA)
Federal Tax (if applicable) 1.52 0.18
State Tax (if applicable) 1.25 0.15
Total Charge 10.1010.14 I 1.211.22
CNG Service Wholesale (<10 Vehicles)
Service Component Current Price Current Price $/Gasoline
$/MCF Gallon Equivalent
Compression Charge 0.97 0.99 0.12
Distribution Charge 1.45 1.48 0.17
Commodity Charge (changes monthly
5.31 0.64
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based on PGA)
Federal Tax (if applicable) 1.52 0.18
State Tax (if applicable) 1.25 0.15
Total Charge 10.5010.55 1.26
(Ord. No. 024067, § 1, 6-20-2000; Res. No. 029538, 6-26-12; Ord. No. 030295, § 3, 9-23-2014)
SECTION 4. Section 55-100 of the Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances regarding
wastewater rates is revised with new rates as shown in underlined text below to be
effective on January 1, 2016.
"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 XI of
chapter 55, shall be based on the amount of water used by the user according to
the following rates:
Effective October 1, 2011
Classification
January 1, 2016
Inside city limits
One-family minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons) $ 29.23 34.03
Inside city limits
One-family per 1,000 gallons over 2,000 5.75 6.69
Inside city limits
161.48 187.90
One-family maximum monthly charge (up to 25,000 gallons)
Outside city limits
37.36 42.54
One-family minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons)
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Outside city limits
12.76 14.85
One-family per 1,000 gallons over 2,000
Outside city limits
330.84 384.09
One-family maximum monthly charge (up to 25,000 gallons)
Inside city limits
39.53 46.02
Commercial minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons)
Inside city limits
44.79
Commercial per 1,000 gallons over 2,000
Outside city limits
50.23 57.53
Commercial minimum monthly charge (first 2,000 gallons)
Outside city limits
89.59
Commercial per 1,000 gallons over 2,000
(b) The amount of water used to compute the monthly bills to one-family residential
customers shall be computed every two years 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 (3) complete consecutive reading
periods commencing on or after December 1 of each even-numbered year.
b. Winter average usage: The monthly wastewater usage established by the
city during the "winter averaging wastewater charge period" based upon
their average monthly water consumption during that period.
c. Interim average: The monthly wastewater usage established by the city for
individual customers who have not established a "winter average usage".
The "interim average" is -- - - - - _ -- _ -- _- _ _ • - - _ - -
- -
• - " : " - - - - - - e.-: -- - • - 3,000 gallons per month, and is be
the basis for monthly billings until a "winter average usage" 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.
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(2) Winter average criteria.
a. The customer must receive wastewater service at one (1) location during
the three (3) consecutive reading periods in order to establish a "winter
average usage".
b. "Winter average usage" charges shall apply to one-family residential
customers only.
c. The "winter average usage" 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 December 1
of each even-numbered year.
d. The following method will be used to calculate a customer's "winter average
usage":
1. Add the three (3) winter months' water consumption to get total water
consumption.
2. Divide three-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.
e. Using the winter average usage, apply the applicable rates established in
subsection (a) to calculate the customer's wastewater bill for each month
until a new winter average usage is established or rates are changed. The
adjusted rate that applies to service after August 31 December 31 will
reflect wastewater usage based on the previous "winter averaging
wastewater charge period".
f. 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
"interim 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 "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.
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a. The city manager shall annually, based upon the winter average
the utility rate model for determining wastewater rates, the adopted
(c) The rates established in subsection (a) of this section are based upon water
consumption for wastewater service customers with wastewater characteristics of
five hundred sixty-two (562) parts per million or less by weight of chemical oxygen
demand index, two hundred fifty (250) parts per million or less by weight of
biochemical oxygen demand index, and two hundred fifty (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."
(Code 1958, § 38-49; Ord. No. 9863, § 1, 7-29-1970; Ord. No. 11612, § 1, 8-8-1973; Ord. No.
12209, § 1, 8-7-1974; Ord. No. 12656, § 1, 6-25-1975; Ord. No. 13860, § 1, 8-3-1977; Ord. No.
15700, § 1, 8-13-1980; Ord. No. 16448, § 1, 8-12-1981; Ord. No. 17156, § I, 7-28-1982; Ord.
No. 17763, § 1, 8-3-1983; Ord. No. 18352, § 1, 7-24-1984; Ord. No. 18940, § 1, 7-23-1985; Ord.
No. 19403, § 1, 7-29-1986; Ord. No. 20412, § 1, 7-26-1988; Ord. No. 20748, § 1, 8-8-1989; Ord.
No. 21001, § 1, 10-9-1990; Ord. No. 21440, § 1, 7-21-1992; Ord. No. 21662, § 1, 5-25-1993;
Ord. No. 21671, § 1, 6-8-1993; Ord. No. 21814, § 1(e), (f), 12-14-1993; Ord. No. 21965, § 1, 6-
14-1994; Ord. No. 22743, § 1, 11-12-1996; Ord. No. 23706, § 1, 7-20-1999; Ord. No. 24132, §
1, 7-25-2000; Ord. No. 24531, § 1e, 7-24-2001; Ord. No. 24969, § 6, 7-23-2002; Ord. No.
25396, § 6, 7-22-2003; Ord. No. 025866, § 5, 7-27-2004; Ord. No. 026368, § 5, 7-26-2005; Ord.
No. 026900, § 5, 7-25-2006; Ord. No. 027355, § 5, 7-24-2007; Ord. No. 027781, § 7, 7-22-2008;
Ord. No. 028256, § 5, 7-28-2009; Ord. No. 028690, § 1, 7-20-2010; Ord. No. 029160, § 3, 7-26-
2011; Ord. No. 029917, § 7, 7-30-2013; Ord. No. 030242, § 4(Exh. A), 7-29-2014; Ord. No.
030295, § 5, 9-23-2014)
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. This ordinance and
all revised water, gas, and wastewater rates included in this ordinance take effect on
January 1, 2016.
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That the foregoing ordin ce was rad for the first time and passed to its second
reading on this the 2- y of , 2015, by the following vote:
Nelda Martinez
atjef..1Brian Rosas __A,1,y_2__
Rudy Garza Lucy Rubio R0
Chad Magill A J Mark Scott
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Colleen McIntyre 0_,I Carolyn Vaughn I 40
Lillian Riojas —asl-ffThat the.#oregoing ord/Once was read for the second time and passed finally on this
the r $ d'ay of 15, by the following vote:
Nelda Martinez A ' Brian Rosas 11.1)
Rudy Garza 1...41 LucyRubio 10
Chad Magill /� Ad
! Mark Scott
Colleen McIntyre , ea,' Carolyn Carolyn Vaughn
Lillian Riojas ____a....t
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the V t day of J, 015.
ATTEST:
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Rebecca Huerta Nelda Martine
City Secretary Mayor
EFFECTIVE DATE
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030605
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291500' _8 PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
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State of Texas } CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
County of Nueces } Ad# 687352
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came GEORGIA LAWSON, who
being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is LEGAL SALES REPRESENATIVE AND
EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLISHER, namely,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, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio, Counties, and that the
publication of NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE(S)NO which the annexed is a true copy,
was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times on:
CC-Corpus Christi Caller-Times 09/14/15 Mon
CC-Internet- caller.com 09/14/15 Mon
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LEGAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE
On thisvl day o 'er""' 64-'‘— , 20 1 I certify that the attached document is a true
and exact copy made by publisher.
Notary Public, State of Texas
n
MICHELLE JOYCE CABRERA
My Commission Expires
March 19,2016
CALLER-TIMES t< Monday,September 14,2015 a 3E
Legals
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE(S)
NO.030601,Ordinance repeal-
ing Chapter 53, Article VII,
Section 53-208"Motion Pic-
ture Event"; Amending the
City Code of Ordinances
Chapter 36, Parks, Recre-
ation, Cultural and Leisure
Time Activities by add-
ingArticle III, Procedures,
Guidelines and Fees for
Commercial Filming; Estab-
lishing the Corpus Christi
Film Commission; Providing
for severance;Providing for
penalty; Providing for an
effective date of October 14,
2015;and Providing for pub-
lication; NO. 030604, Ordi-
nance amending City Code
of Ordinances Section 2-260
regarding Marina Advisory
Committee membership and
Sections 2-264 and 12-40
regarding Corpus Chris-
ti Marina definitions; NO.
030605, Ordinance amend-
ing the Code of Ordinances,
City of Corpus Christi,Chap-
ter 55, Utilities, regarding
water,gas,and wastewater
rates; providing for publi-
cation and effective date
of January 1, 2016. These
ordinances were passed and
approved on second reading
by the Corpus Christi City
Council on September 8,
2015.
/s/Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary