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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE METHODOLOGY OF
DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF WASTEWATER SERVICE USED
FOR BILLING PURPOSES FROM APRIL 1, 2000 UNTIL THE
AMOUNT OF WASTEWATER SERVICE USED IS RE -DETERMINED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 10, SECTION 10.202(1)(C), CODE
OF ORDINANCES (1995 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS;
PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
TEXAS, THAT:
WHEREAS, Chapter 10, Section 10.202(1) (c) , Code of Ordinances
(1995 Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas, provides that wastewater
rates for retail customers are based on the average monthly water
consumption for the months of December, January and February of
each fiscal year, and
WHEREAS, because of unusually warm and dry weather during the
month of December 1999, citizens were forced to apply above normal
amount of water to their landscaping, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the December
1999 water consumption should be disregarded for the current
period, Now Therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND
ROCK, TEXAS, THAT:
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That monthly wastewater service use should be based upon the
actual monthly water consumption, or the average monthly water
consumption for the months of January and February 2000, whichever
is less. The foregoing methodology shall be in effect only until
the next time that wastewater service usage is calculated in
accordance with Chapter 10, Section 10.202(1)(c), Code of
Ordinances (1995 Edition), City of Round Rock.
II.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in
conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this
ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions
thereof.
C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written
notice of the date, hour, place and subject of the meeting at which
this Ordinance was adopted was posted and that such meeting was
open to the public as required by law at all times during which
this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed,
considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open
Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended, and
the Act.
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Alternative 1.
By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative
vote of all the Council members present, the requirement for
reading this ordinance on two separate days was dispensed with.
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READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this - -, - day
of ` ')Q LCAir , 2000.
Alternative 2.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of
, 2000.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the
day of , 2000.
ATTEST:
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JIANNE LAND, City Secretary
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ROB T A. STLUKA, JR. �`/ Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
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DATE: March 18, 2000
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting — March 23, 2000
ITEM:
12.B.1. Consider an ordinance changing the method of calculating the
winter wastewater averages. (First Reading). Staff Resource Person:
David Kautz, Finance Director.