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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, -�/��+ 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. ' ® ® fii1 i 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: t ' • / % - ';✓ i .ter City Secretary, City olj Ci olo, Texas (City Seal)