ORD 216 02/20/1975 ORM ANCE NQ. 216
AN ORDINANCE by the City Council of the City of
Cibolo, Texas , prescribing rates and charges
for services furnished by the City' s Water-
works and Sanitary Sewer System; enacting
provisions incident and related to billing
and collection of water and sewer charges ;
repealing all ordinances , orders and resolutions
in conflict; prescribing a date such rates and
charges shall become effective and declaring an
emergency.
WHEREAS , the City of Cibolo, Texas is in the process of ac-
quiring and constructing a sanitary sewer system in and for said
City; and
WHEREAS , it is now proper for this Council to establish a
schedule of rates and charges for services to be provided by said
Sanitary Sewer System, and
WHEREAS , this Board has also determined that the rates and
charges for water furnished by the City ' s Waterworks System should
be revised; therefore,
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That the rates or charges for water furnished by
the City' s Waterworks System shall be and are hereby revised and
established to be as follows :
WATER RATES : (Monthly Billing)
First 3, 000 gallons $6 . 00 (minimum)
Next 5 , 000 gallons . 90 per 1, 000 gallons
Over 8, 000 gallons . 70 per 1, 000 gallons
TAPPING FEE Not less than actual
cost to the City
METER DEPOSIT $20. 00
RECONNECTION CHARGE $ 3. 00
SECTION 2 : That the rates and charges for sewer Services to
be furnished by the City' s Sanitary Sewer System shall be and are
hereby established to be as follows :
SEWED. RATES
Flat Rate $4. 00 per month per tap
SECTION 3: That all water services shall be furnished on a
metered basis and a separate meter shall be installed for each
family dwelling, business establishment, or property served with
water, i. e . , there shall be no dual connections or more than one
user on a single meter.
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SECTION 4: That the rates and charges hereby fixed and es-
tablished tor_ the City' s Waterworks System and Sanitary Sewer
System shall be paid to the City Secretary of the City of Cibolo,
Texas .
SECTION 5 : That all monthly charges for water and sewer
services shall be billed and collected simultaneously and shall
become due and payable on the 10th day of each month; and if the
total amount due the City each month is not paid within fifteen
(15) days from the date the same becomes due and payable , a ten
percent (10%) charge shall be added to the amount past due and
unpaid.
SECTION 6: That the failure of a customer or user of the
Waterworks System, the Sanitary Sewer System, or both Systems to
pay a monthly charge within. thirty (30) days from the date the
same becomes due and payable shall be grounds for the City to
disconnect the services so supplied; and such service shall not
be resumed until the total amount due the City and the reconnection
fee for the service disconnected has been collected.
SECTION 7: That no free service shall be allowed, and to the
extent the City or any of its agencies or instrumentalities avail
themselves of the services and facilities provided by the Water-
works and Sanitary Sewer System, they shall pay therefor the same
rates and charges herein prescribed.
SECTION 8: The rates and charges herein provided for the
Waterworks System shall be effective as of the next billing date;
-the rates and charges provided for the Sanitary Sewer System shall
be effective at such time as the said System is placed in operation
by the City.
SECTION 9 : That all ordinances , orders or resolutions , or
parts thereof heretofore passed and adopted by the City Council 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 revise the rates being charged by the City ' s Waterworks
System and establish rates for the Sewer System to be acquired
and constructed at the earliest possible date constitutes and
creates an emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that
this ordinance be passed and take effect as an emergency measure,
and that any rule requiring ordinances to be read more than one
time or at more than one meeting be suspended, and any such rules
are hereby suspended and this ordinance is accordingly passed
as an emergency and shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage .
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 20th day of February, 1975 .
Mayor, City of Cibolo, Texas
ATTEST:
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City Secretary, City olj Ci olo, Texas
(City Seal)