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ORDINANCE NO. 2282
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2271 extended the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) sewer surcharge of $1.61 per month per connection until an official
approval by the EPA of the Sewer System Evaluation Survey (SSES) could be
received and funding requirements for the SSES rehabilitation program could be
approved by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills has submitted the SSES to the EPA
and received a verbal commitment to approve the remedial plan as submitted;
and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that funding for the remedial plan should be
pay-as-you-go over the life of the plan, which is five years, in order to save the
citizens of North Richland Hills millions of dollars in interest expense.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, THAT:
1.
The EPA sewer surcharge of $1.61 per month per connection established by
Ordinance 2132 and extended by Ordinance 2271 be discontinued.
2.
An EPA sewer surcharge of $3.00 (Three dollars and zero cents) per month per
sewer connection, be created for all residential customers of the City of North
Richland Hills.
3.
An EPA sewer surcharge be created and applied to each commercial, industrial
and multi-family sewer connection of the City of North Richland Hills based on
the following schedule:
Multi-family
$2.00 (two dollars and zero cents) per connection per month
Commercial/I nd ustrial
$15.00 (fifteen dollars and zero cents)
per connection per month
4.
In no case will any sewer customer pay less than $3.00 per month.
5.
That the said charges be applied to monthly utility bills of all sewer accounts that
are a part of the Water and Wastewater System operated by the City of North
Richland Hills.
6.
That the charge be implemented on the first billing cycle of the month of March
1998 and continue to be collected for a period of five (5) years.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS THIS THE 23rd day of February, 1998.
APPROVED:
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Tommy Brow ,
ATTEST:
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Patricia Hutson, City Secretary
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APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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