HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-079Note Amended by Ordinance No. 98-263
ORDINANCE NO q k —Of? 9
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF WATER RATES CONTAINED IN
ORDINANCE NO 97-237 FOR WATER SERVICE BY CORRECTING AND AMENDING
THE WHOLESALE RAW WATER SERVICE TO UPPER TRINITY REGIONAL WATER
DISTRICx' SCHEDULE (WRW), PROVIDING FOR A REFUND, PROVIDING FOR A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, on the 2°d day of September, 1997, the City Council passed and approved
Ordinance No 97-237 adopting the rate schedules respecting water service for the City of
Denton Included within said ordinance was Schedule WRW pertaining to Wholesale Raw
Water Service To Upper Trinity Regional Water District The applicable raw water rate stated in
the ordinance was $0 3679/1000 gallons However, City staff discovered that an inadvertent
error occurred in their calculation of said rate, and that the correct raw water rate should have
been expressed as $0 3602/1000 gallons, and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to correct the applicable raw water rate pertaining
to Schedule WRW, effective October 1, 1997, the effective date of the Schedule WRW
heretofore adopted by Ordinance, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I. That the Schedule of Rates for Water Service as provided for in Ordinance
No 97-237 and in Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances, is amended to add the corrected
Schedule WRW, Wholesale Raw Water Service to Upper Trinity Regional Water District, which
amended ~Schedule is attached hereto and incorporated herewith by reference, and hereby cancels
and supercedes the Schedule WRW heretofore adopted in Ordinance No 97-237
SECTION II. That the Assistant City Manager/Utilities is hereby authorized to expend
funds to issue a refund to the Upper Trinity Regional Water District, in the event and to the
extent that the City has collected greater than $0 3602/1000 gallons from Upper Trinity Regional
Water District from and after October 1,1997 pursuant to Schedule WRW
SSgCTION III That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or
word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid by
any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it
would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity
SECTION IV. That the scheduled rate herein adopted shall be effective, charged, and
applied to all water usage occurring on or after October 1, 1997, and a copy of said rate shall be
maintained on file in the office of the City Secretary
PASSED AND APPROVED this the LP- day of rAahck , 1998
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JA ILLER, MAYOR
ATTEST,
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY
APPRO D AS T LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
BY .J
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SCHEDULE WRW
(Corrected)
WHOLESALE RAW WATER SERVICE TO UPPER TRINITY
REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT
(Effective 10/01/97)
APPLICATION
Applicable to all raw water sales to the Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD) per the
Interim Sale of Wholesale Raw Water Contract
MONTHLY CHARGES
The monthly charge for service shall be expressed as a volume price per 1,000 gallons
Volume Charge $0 3602 per 1,000 gallons
PAYMENT
Denton shall render bills by the tenth (loth) day of each month Bills shall be due and payable
within 20 calendar days of the date a bill is rendered
BILL PAYMENT DELINQUENCY
Bills are considered delinquent if not paid within 20 calendar days from the date a bill for service
is rendered There shall be a ten percent per annum interest charge on the amount due, from the
date when due until paid, if not paid within 20 calendar days of the date a bill for service is
rendered
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