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Home My WebLink AboutORD 84-43 - Fixing Rates for City ServicesORDINANCE NO.' 84-43` AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING AND FIXING RATES AND CHARGES FOR SALES AND SERVICES OF ELECTRIC, WATER, WASTEWATER, AND GARBAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF. GEORGETOWN; PRESCRIBING THE TIME FOR PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND PENALTIES FOR NON-PAYMNET; SETTING DEPOSITS FOR UTILITIES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDERS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS: SECTION I. The monthly rates and charges for the sales made of services rendered by the Electric, Water, Wastewater, and Garbage Systems of the City of Georgetown are hereby established, levied, fixed, and prescribed as follows: A. ELECTRIC RATES r. RESIDENTIAL RATE' LARGE COMMERCIAL First 30 Kwh, $6.00 net, First 30 Kwh $6.00, (Minimum Bill) (Minimum Bill) 2.5C/Kwh 4.820/Kwh for next 1970 Kwh for all additional Kwh 3.t5C/Kwh for next 5000 Kwh 2.590Kwh for all additional Kwh CHRUCH RATE (NON TAX-NBLE) COPQIERCTAL First 30 Kwh, $6.00 net, (Minimum Bill) 3.5C/Kwh First 30 Kwh $6.00, (Minimum Bill) for all. additional Kwh 6.16C/Kwh for the next 470 Kwh 3.370Kwh for all additional Kwh SCHOOL. RATE. (NON TAXABLE) *No new customers will be added First 30 Kwh, $6.00 net, to this rate. (Minimum Bill) 4.0IC/Kwh for the next 13,970 Kwh 2.700/Kwh for all additional. Kwh' INDUSTRIAL RATE Demand Charge: $5.00 per KW of demand. Energy Charge: 2.0LC/Kwh for the first 10,000 Kwh. 1.67C/Kwh for all additional Kwh FUEL COST ADJUST�INET The above energy and demand charges shall be increased by the Fuel Cost Adjustment as computed each month. . METER RENTAL FEE 10C per meter for each meter. B. WATER RATES MONTHLY WATER USE RATE PER 1,000 GALLONS CALLON5 INSIDE CITY OUTSIDE CITY First 2,000 Minimum Charge Minimum Charge All over 2,000 $1.00/1000 Gallons $1.25/1000 Gallons WATER MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGE These rates are applicable to all sales or services for the first 2.000 gallons or less monthly: Inside City: $13.50 Outside City: 2.1.00 2$ 35 w C. SEWER RATES WATER USE GALLONS RESIDENTIAL COMF.RCIAL First 3,000 $3.30 $5.30 3,000-12,500 $0.70/1.000 $0.80/1000 Maximum Billing $10.00 No maximum Anyone receiving City Water Service and connected to City Sewer must pay the above sewer charges regardless of whether the building is occupied or not. D. WATF,R TAP RATES SIZE TAPS INSIDE CITY OUTSIDE CITY 518" or 3/4" $225.00 $350.00 1" $300.00 plus cost of meter $425.00 plus cost of meter 1" -- 1'1" $400.00 plus cost of meter $525.00 plus cost of meter 2.. $600.00 plus cost of meter $725.00 plus cost of meter above 2" Actual cost of materials $125.00 plug cost of labor and. materials Additional $0.20 per sq. ft of heated area to be added to above rates for eater taps. E. SEWER TAP RATES SIZE TAPS INSIDE, CITY OUTSIDE CITY 4" $250.00 $400.00 611 $400.00 $550.00 8" $600.00 $750.00 Above 8" Actual cost of labor and $150.00 plus actual cost materials labor and materiae All water and sewer taps to be paid for at the time of issuance of Building Permit. F. GARBACF RATES DOMESTIC MTES Inside City - $5.00 per month or any portion thereof., Outside City - $7.00 per month or any portion thereof. Commerical Rates Rates vary according to amount of garbage. Minimum rate for 3 pick-ups per week $20.00. Minimum rate for 6 pick-ups per week is $40.00. Rates above the minimums to be set at City Hall by City Secretary. Waste from Cleanup or Build in T(�peratI0'as 10.00 per load or proportionate charge for partial load is waste is hauled by City. If service is rendered during any portion of any month ,the customer will be required to pay a minimum bill for this service. PAYMENT AND COLLECTION If the payment is received prior to the tenth of the month or the tweilti.eth if billed an second cycle fo.11woing the month in which the service was preformed, rendered, or available, or It such payment bears a postmark within such limit, or received in the overnight depository by 6:00 a.m. the following day, :such payments shall be considered timely and not deligscent. When the said tenth div for Lh.L,, tkent ie.t.h it billed on second cycle) falls on a Sunday, legal City Holidae such time for pavment shall be extended to the next business day. When pay- -357 ment is made diter the tenth of the month (or twentieth if billed on second cycle) 109 will be added to the next bill.' Second notices will be sent to all accounts not paid by the tenth of the month (or the twentieth if billed qn second cycle), H. FAILURE TO PAY CHARGES ' If a third notice is required, utility service will be discontinued.' Account balance plus a $10.00 service charge and the required connect fee must be paid before service will be restored. The customer will be required to pay the service charge whether utilities,have been discontinued or not. I. REREAD CHARGES, CONNECT CHARGES - AND RETURN CHECK CHARGES The City will reread any customer's water and/or electric meter at the customer's request. If the reread meter was cor- rectly read and there was no error on the part of the City, the customer shall be charged $10.00.` If the reread meter was read,incorrectly, there shall be no charge to the customer. There shall be a $15.00 charge for connecting water or electric `' services. The connect charge will apply to new customers," customers' moving' -from one location to another and for reconnecting services `-discontinued for failure to pay charges. There shall be a $10.00 charge for all returned checks. SECTION II, That there shall be a $100.00 Utility Deposit required on each dwelling unit.` There shall be no deposit required on any dwelling unit occupied by its owner., All commercial.establishments shall be required to post a ' Utility Deposit equal to at least twice the average monthly bill of that establishment of a similar establishment of.its kind. Teh mimimum commercial deposit shall be $100.00.'. _`Sectiotr III., That all ordinances, resolutions, and orders heretorefore.passed, adopted and made, or any part of the same, affecting rates, charges and policies for sales made or services' rendered by the Electric, Water, Waste -Water* or Garbage Systems4 of the City of Georgetown, which are in conflict with this Ordinance, shall be and the same are hereby'in all things repaealed, provided that those provisions of the Garbage and Trash Ordinance passed on the 10th day of March, 1975, as amended on�the', 8th day of March, 1976, which are not in conflict herewith are not repealed. SECTION IV. The effective date of'this Ordinance shall be July 15, 1984. READ PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council on first reading,, this_10_day ofju ,, 1984 and on second and final reading - this 25 day of July . 1984. fCarl nering. Mayor