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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 0370 ORDINANCE NO. 370 ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING RATES AND CHARGES OF THE WATERWORKS AND SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF OORTH RICHLAND HILLS ~ TEXAS THE STATE OF TEXAS 1 I COUNTY OF TARRA Nf I I CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS X ON THIS, the 31st day of August ,1971, the City Council of the City of North Rich1and Hills, Texas, convened in special session at the regular meeting place thereof in the City Hall, the meeting being open to the public and notice of said meeting, giving the date, place and subject thereof, having been posted as prescribed by Article 6252-17, Section 3A, V.A.T.C.S., there being present and in attendance the following members, to wit: MARION L. MASSEY w. N. RATCLIFF )tIOJmœaXE~X~X~ J. R. HUBBARD W. F. POLSTER DICK FARAM J. F. CATO TOM E. NEWMA N CHARLES L. OWEN MAYOR ) ) ) ) ) ) ) COU~ILMEN and with the following absent: JR. \'i-û 'ò£f\ Rb constituting a quorum; and among other proceedings had by said City Council were the following: , The Mayor introduced a proposed ordinance. The ordinance was read in full. II ¡. II II i' ,I Ii Ii I 'I Councilman v:-~ R AIYl made a motion that any rule requiring an ordinance to be read more than one time or at more than one meeting be suspended and that the ordinance be passed finally. Councilman 0 lDt:1\) seconded the motion and, the question being called for, the motion, carrying with it the adoption of the ordinance, carried by the following vote: Ratcliff AYES: Councilmen )ßçk~.sœ, Jh. 1 . è, Polster, Faram, Cato, Newman, and Owen. 11 I, II II I· II q NOES: None. The Mayor announced that the ordinance had been finally passed. , ì' ¡; ¡J .. H ¡¡ il :1 :1 n 1\ II II II I' Ii I: II q jj d !I ¡! iI The ORDINAtcE is as follows: AN ORDINANCE by the City Council of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, prescribing the rates to be charged for services furnished by the Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System owned and operated by said City; repealing all ordinances, orders or resolutions in conflict herewith; and declaring an emergency. WHEREAS, this City Council has determined "that it is necessary and to the best interest of the City and its inhabi- tants to provide a schedule of rates or charges to be made for the services furnished by the City's Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System; therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: SECTION 1: That the monthly rates or charges for ser- vices furnished by the Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System of said City shall be as follows: WATER RATES All Customers First 232 cubic feet (approximately 1,735 gallons) Next 1,105 cubic feet Over 1,337 cubic feet $3.00 (minimum) .60 /100 cu. ft. .50 /100 cu. ft. SEWER" RATES Residential Flat Rate $3.25 COtIDIle rc ia 1 First 2,000 gal. of water used Each additional 1,000 gal. of water used $3.25 .10 /1,000 gal. ' SECTION 2: That such rates and charges hereby fixed and prescribed shall be paid by the customers of the Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System to the City Secretary of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, in advance of the 10th day of each month, and which shall be the date such rates or charges shall become due and payable; and in case any user or customer of such System does not pay the amount due by such user or customer within fifteen (15) days from the date the same becomes due and payable, then it is hereby made the duty of the City Secretary to add a ten per cent (10%) penalty to the amount past due and unpaid. SECTION 3: The City shall simultaneously collect the respective amounts due the City for services supplied by the Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System, and shall refuse to accept payment for a part of such service, unless the entire amount due from such respective customer for all services supplied by such Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System is paid. !! ¡¡ 1\ II !ì í\ Iï r !I Ii II ¡ !i I , 1 ¡i II Ii Ii " II II Ii ¡j Ii !I n ¡: II \ II !I Ii ~¡ ;1 i' !I ;1 ¡! í! ìí Ii Ii il II II Ii ¡¡ ¡i· II I I" :1 ;! q II !i h B ;1 ii II ¡ ,1 ~ I I' II ii :J SECTION 4: In the event any user or customer of such Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System does not pay matured rates and charges within thirty (30) days from the date the same become due and payable, it is hereby made the further duty of the City Secretary to disconnect services so supplied, and whenever the amount past due and delinquent is paid by such user or customer, such service may be resumed, but there shall be charged and collected a $ fee for reconnection to the Waterworks System. The reconnection charge for sewer services shall be not less than the actual cost to the City for disconnecting and reconnecting sewer service. SECTION 5: That no free service shall be allowed, and to the extent the City or any of its agencies or instrumentali- ties avail themselves of the services and facilities provided by the Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System, they shall pay there- for the same rates and charges herein prescribed. SECTION 6: The tapping fee applicable to users of the City's Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System shall be not less than the actual cost to the City. No dual connections (being more than one user on a single line) shall be permitted. SECTION 7: The Waterworks System shall be operated on a fully metered basis. SECTION 8: The rates and charges herein provided shall be effective as of the acquisition of the Waterworks and Sani- tary Sewer System by the City. SECTION 9: That all ordinances, orders or reso1ution~, or parts thereof heretofore passed and adopted by the City Coun- cil in conflict herewith shall be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 10: The fact that it is to the best interest of the City to prescribe rates to be charged for the services ren- dered by the City's Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System at the earliest possible date constitutes and creates an emergency and an urgent public necessity, requiring that any rule providing for ordinances to be read more than one time or at more than one meeting of the City Council be suspended, and requiring that this ordinance be passed and take effect as an emergency measure, and any such rule or provision is accordingly suspended and this ordinance is passed as an emergency measure, and shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage. /1 PASSED AND APPROVED~:"¡~tS~, day of _¡st : 1971, ¡:/ ci£ sec~ar;)èitY of North ;1 Richland Hills, Texas p 11 Ii 'I II !! II Ii ¡¡ 11 ¡¡ I' ¡ 11 II ij .\ ii 11 II d II t Ii I' 11 ¡' II (Ci ty Seal) APMYED AS TO LEGALITY: ~~ C ty ~y, City of North Richland Hills, Texas II !i I, I I I I! NOTICE OF MEETING Notice is hereby given that the governing body of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, will meet at 6 ::10 o'clock P.M. on the 31st day of Au~ust, 1971, at its regular meeting place at the City Hall in the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, for the purpose of considering the passage and adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance II of $5,275,000 "CITY OF OORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, WATERWORKS II AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1971," dated September 1, 1971, and an ordinance prescribing rates and charges for the Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System. It is an urgent public necessity that the matters be considered at an early date in order that the required improvements may be obtained at an early date so as to further the public welfare of the inhabitants of the aforesaid govern- I I II II mental unit. fb - /' Jùfj 1:./ ini.trat~ (, ., II ! ,I ~>¿",,- , '"fiII:~l~\ , . I I lí II II :1 " í I I I ,,'I I i II II I ¡ .I i II GENERAL CERTIFICATE THE STATE OF TEXAS I X X X X COUNTY OF TARRANT CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS WE, the undersigned, Mayor and City Secretary-Treasurer, respectively, of the City of North Rich1and Hills, Texas, DO HEREBY CERTIFY as follows: II ! 1. Relative to Nonencumbrance of City's Combined Water- works and Sanitary Sewer System. !I II I !I r I I' !I ¡, ,i II II i II ¡ I ,I ,I Ii !I I I I I Ii II II \1 II iI II , That the City is in the process of acqu1r1ng its Water- works and Sanitary Sewer System and save and except for the pledge of the income and revenues of the City's combined Water- works and Sanitary Sewer System to the payment of the principal and interest to become due with respect to the $5,275,000 "CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1971," dated September 1, 1971, said income and revenues of said System have not been pledged or hypothecated in any other manner or for any other purpose; that there are no liens, encumbrances or any other indebtedness whatsoever outstand- ing against the City's combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System or the income and revenues of such System; and that the above bonds, when issued, will evidence the only lien, encumbrance or indebtedness of said System or the income and revenues of such System. 2. Relative to Incumbency and Incorporation. That on March 3, 1969, the date of passage of resolution and order calling election for the issuance of bonds, through and including March 31, 1969, the date of passage of resolution canvassing returns and declaring result of the election held on March 25, 1969, the following were the duly qualified and acting officers of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas: CALVIN F. LUPER J. R. HUBBARD P. M. DODSON HAROLD B. DALEY DICK FARAM J. B. SANDLIN J. F. CATO MORRIS E. RIDDLE EVALYN R. REED MAYOR COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN COUNC ILMA N COUNCILMAN II COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN CITY SECRETARY-TREASURER That at the present time the names of the duly qualified and acting officers of said City are: . I 'I I, 'I Ii I¡, II I i I . !i II II r ( 'I il MARION L. MASSEY ¡ u. .\j. R A-Tc- LI r-=- F ""W:§ .R Ø', J. R. HUBBARD I II ¡ I ,I I W. F. POLSTER DICK FARAM J. F. CATO TOM E. NEWMA N CHARLES L. OWEN EVALYN R. HUSTON DE NNIS MORROW I Ii I MAYOR COU'OCILMAN COU'OCILMAN COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN COU'OCILMAN COUNC ILMA N COU'OCILMAN CITY SECRETARY-TREASURER CITY ATTORNEY That said City is incorporated under the general laws of the State of Texas, and is operating under the Home Rule Amend- ment to the Texas Constitution, Section 5, Article XI, as amended in 1912; the City Charter was originally adopted at an election held on November 3, 1964, and has not been amended in any respect since its adoption on said date. WITNESS OUR HANDS AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, this the 31st day of August , 1971. II II (City Seal) I r Æ······ ~...., '(JI;2~. c -1 WA, - yor, City of Nor h 1'Ch aQ~ //7 Hills, Texas /t;s:¿:~:ai1a.urer ~ . City of North Rich1and Hills, . i I i Texas I I I I I j I