O-2019-0379 - 9/26/2019 1 ORDINANCE NO. 0-2019-0379
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3 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 44, SECTION 44-32 WATER RATES AND
4 SECTION 44-33 REUSE WATER RATES, CODE OF ORDINANCES (2018 EDITION),
5 CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS; AND PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND
6 REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
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8 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
9 TEXAS:
10 I.
11 That Chapter 44, Section 44-32, Subsections (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(8), (a)(9), (b) and
12 (c), Code of Ordinances (2018 Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, are hereby amended
13 to read as follows:
14 Sec. 44-32.Water rates.
15 (a) Water rates for retail customers.
16 (5) Residential customer volume rates for billing periods. For water consumed by residential
17 customers during billing periods, each residential customer shall pay a volume rate in the amount
18 set forth below per 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof consumed during such billing period:
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Volume Charge
Effective
October 1, 2018
Rate Block One $2.56
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Rate Block Two $3.20
Rate Block Three $3.85
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Rate Block Four $5.77
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20 (6) Commercial customer volume rates for billing periods. For water consumed by commercial
21 customers during billing periods, each commercial customer shall pay a volume rate in the
22 amount set forth below per 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof consumed during such billing period:
Volume Charge Effective October 1, 2018
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I $2.80
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2 (8) Irrigation customer volume rates for billing periods. For water consumed by irrigation customers
3 during billing periods, each irrigation customer shall pay a volume rate in the amount set forth
4 below per 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof consumed during such billing period:
Volume Charge
Effective
October 1, 2018
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Rate Block One $3.20
Rate Block Two $3.85
Rate Block Three $5.77
6 (9) Monthly service charge. Except as provided below, in addition to the above volume rates, each
7 residential, commercial, and irrigation customer shall pay a monthly water service charge
8 pursuant to the following schedule regardless of the amount of water used:
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Meter Size in inches Monthly Service Charge Effective October 1,2018
5/8 $16.52
3/4 $23.00
1 $36.32
1-1/2 $69.59
2 $109.51
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3 $202.68
4 $335.79
6 $1,046.86
8 $1,829.77
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10 $2,873.67
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12 $3,526.11
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2 a. Medicaid exemption discontinued after October 1, 2005. Except as provided in subsection
3 (a)(9)b of this section, on and after October 1, 2005, the monthly water service charge
4 exemption for head of household residents eligible for Medicaid benefits will be discontinued.
5 b. Exemption for current recipients. For residential service located within the corporate city
6 limits where the head of the household is eligible for Medicaid benefits, and if said resident
7 head of household was receiving the Medicaid exemption from the monthly water service
8 charge prior to October 1, 2005, and if said resident head of household re-applies for said
9 exemption between October 1 and October 30 of each year, then the exemption from paying
10 the monthly water service charge shall continue until the head of the household is no longer
11 eligible for Medicaid benefits, as determined by federal guidelines and as administered by
12 the state.
13 c. Unlawful acceptance of exemption or discount. It shall be unlawful for any person to apply
14 for and/or receive a water rate discount or exemption from the monthly water service charge
15 if such person is not eligible to receive said discount or exemption.
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17 (b) Water rates and permit fees for bulk users.
Fire Hydrant Meter Size Monthly Base Rate
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5/8 inch $75.00
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1 inch $100.00
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3 inch $150.00
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19 Bulk use customers volume rates for billing periods. For water consumed by bulk use customers
20 during billing periods, each bulk use customer shall pay a volume rate in the amount set forth below
21 per 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof consumed during such billing period.-
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Volume Charge Effective October 1,2018
$2.80
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23 (c) Rates for water service to wholesale customers.
24 (1) The rate for water service to a wholesale customer shall consist of a monthly base charge and a
25 volumetric charge per 1,000 gallons of water used.
26 (2) The monthly base charge and the volumetric charge for water to wholesale customers are as
27 follows:
28 a. Aqua Texas, Inc.:
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Effective
October 1, 2018
Base Charge $5,364.00
Volume Charge $2.71
2 b. Fern Bluff Municipal Utility District.,
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Effective
October 1, 2018
Base Charge $26,506.00
Volume Charge $2.90
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4 c. Paloma Lake Municipal District Nos. I & 2(Consolidated):
Effective
October 1, 2018
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Base Charge $5,566.00
Volume Charge $3.97
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6 d. R&R Mobile.
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Effective
October 1, 2018
Base Charge $1,070.00
Volume Charge $2.39
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8 e. Walsh Ranch Municipal Utility District:
Effective
October 1, 2018
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Base Charge � $3,580.00
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Volume Charge $3.23
2 f. Williamson County Municipal Utility District#10:
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� October 1 2018
M Base Charge $15,506.00
Volume Charge $2.85
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4 g. Williamson County Municipal Utility District#11:
Effective I
October 1, 2018
Base Charge $14,655.00
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Volume Charge $3.22
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6 h. Vista Oaks Municipal Utility District:
Effective
October 1, 2018
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Base Charge $12,277.00
Volume Charge $2.85
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8 II.
9 That Chapter 44, Section 44-33, Code of Ordinances (2018 Edition), City of Round
10 Rock, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
11 Sec. 44-33. Reuse water rates.
12 (a) Reuse water rates.
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1 (1) Volume rates. For reuse water consumed, each reuse water customer shall pay a volume rate
2 in the amount set forth below per 1,000 gallons or fraction thereof consumed during such billing
3 period:
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Effective
October 1, 2018
$1.92
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5 NOTE: Reuse water rates have only one block volume rate. In addition, reuse water is not subject
6 to ANY watering restrictions imposed during any stage of the drought contingency plan.
7 Monthly service charge. Except as provided below, in addition to the above volume rates, each
8 reuse water customer shall pay a monthly water service charge pursuant to the following schedule
9 regardless of the amount of water used:
Meter Size
Monthly Service Charge Effective October 1, 2018
in inches
5/8 $16.52
3/4 $23.00
1 $36.32
1-1/2 $69.59 .
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2 $109.51
3 $202.68
4 $335.79
6 $1,046.86
j 8 $1,829.77
10 $2,873.67
12 $3,526.11
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11 (2) Service charge. Single-family residential homes with city water service that have reuse water
12 meters shall pay 50 percent of the monthly service charges for reuse meters.
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1 (3) Outside city limits. The above reuse water rates and service charges apply to all customers
2 located within the corporate limits of the city. All customers located outside of the corporate limits
3 of the city shall pay double the applicable rates charged customers within the corporate limits of
4 the city, unless a different rate is approved by the council pursuant to a contractual agreement.
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6 III.
7 A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict herewith are
s expressly repealed.
9 B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance shall not
10 invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
11 C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date,
12 hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this Ordinance was adopted was posted
13 and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during which
14 this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and formally
15 acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government
16 Code, as amended.
17 READ and APPROVED on first reading this the 12 day of
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19 READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the day of
20 2019.
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3 City of Round FRPdk, Texas
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5 ATTEST:
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