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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 10916 4 ORDINANCE NO. /~7~~p AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 35-56(b), SECTION 35-56(g) AND SECTION 35-56(h) OF CHAPTER 35 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), AS AMENDED, REVISING CERTAIN RATES AND CHARGES; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH: SECTION 1. That Section 35-56(b) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, be and the same is hereby amended and, after having been amended, shall be read as follows: "(b) The following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof, shall be the charges to all residential and nonresidential customers for furnishing water to such customer located within the city. The residential monthly volume charge for water service shall be the charges to the residential customer class, as defined in this chapter, for furnishing water to residential water customers located within the city. The nonresidential monthly volume charge for water service shall be the charges to the nonresidential customer class, as defined as this chapter, for furnishing water to nonresidential water customers located within the city." RATE FOR WATER SERVICE MONTHLY. SERVICE CHARGE FOR WATER Meter size Monthly Inches Charge 5/8 x 3/4 3.05 1 5.45 1-1/2 9.40 2 14.15 1 3 26.80 4 41.00 6 80.70 8 128.25 10 183.75 12 208.75 The monthly volume charge for water service is as follows: RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER CLASS Cubic Feet Rate First 4,000 or less cubic feet of water used $1.28 used per month, per 100 cubic feet For all in excess of 4,000 cubic feet of $1.44 water used per month, per 100 cubic feet NONRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER CLASS Rates for October Cubic Feet Through May Consumption First 4,000 or less cubic feet of water $1.67 used per month, per 100 cubic feet For the next 246,000 cubic feet of water $1.14 used per month, per 100 cubic feet For all in excess of 250,000 cubic feet $0.89 per month, per 100 cubic feet Rates for June Through September Cubic Feet Consumption First 50,000 or less cubic feet of water $1.67 used per month, per 100 cubic feet For the next 200,000 cubic feet of water $1.14 used per month, per 100 cubic feet 2 For all in excess of 250,000 cubic feet $0.89 per month, per 100 cubic feet RAW WATER SERVICE All use per month $0.6166 per 1,000 gallons inside Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 All use per month $0.7075 per 1,000 gallons outside Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 The service charges set out in the foregoing schedule are based upon the amount of water used as measured by meters. SECTION 2. That Section 35-56(g) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, be and the same is hereby amended and, after having been amended, shall be and read as follows: "(g) The following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof, shall be the charges to all wholesale customers for furnishing water to such customers. Rate for wholesale Water Service Volume ($1,000 gallons)* $0.4437 Maximum Day ($/Mgd excess) $84,403.00 Maximum Hour ($/Mgd excess) $27,388.00 Customer ($/Meter/month) $25.00 *plus raw water cost SECTION 3. That Section 35-56(h) of Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, be and the same is hereby amended and, after having been amended, shall be and read as follows: 3 "(g) The following schedule of rates per month, or fraction thereof, shall be the charges to all wholesale customers for furnishing wastewater service to such customers. Rate for Wholesale Wastewater Service Volume ($/1,000 gallons} $0.3597 B.O.D. ($/pound) $0.1225 Suspended Solids ($/pound) $0.1024 Customer ($/month) $71.00 SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 6. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. 4 s~ SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and after its passage; provided, however, that the increased rates specified herein shall apply to residential, nonresidential, and wholesale utility statements sent by the City of Fort Worth on or after November 1, 1990, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ~EI/'~'YCity Attorney Date : i0~ - ! 7 - ~l ~ Adopted : 9-/ 7 ~ 9 / Effective: 5 MASTER FILE~>t' '~ ACCOUNTING 2 TRANSPOFtTATION~PUGLIC WORKSsi ~~ Ov ~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~eT'ER AOMINIST .mayor and Council nic . ~'" l V1/ DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PA E 09/1T/91 60RATES 1 of 1 SUBJECT 1991 PROPOSED WHOLESALE WATER RATE INCREASES AND RATES RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Approve the attached ordinance which revises wholesale water rates for raw water service, and 2. Provides an effective date of billing on or after November 1, 1991. DISCUSSION: For FY 1992 rates, a wholesale water rate study was completed by Financial Concepts and Applications, Inc. The study indicated the following rate structure will recover the costs of providing wholesale water service. A joint meeting of the Wholesale Water Advisory Committee and the Wholesale Wastewater Advisory Committee was held August 5, 1991, to present the study and the rate requirements. Wholesale Water Rates Present Proposed Volume ($/1,000 gallons)* $ 0.4272 $ 0.4437 Maximum Day ($/Mgd excess) $79,212.00 $84,403.00 Maximum Hour ($/Mgd excess) $28,080.00 $27,388.00 Customer ($/Meter/Month) $ 25.00 $ 25.00 *Excludes raw water costs to be added when determined by Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District. Raw Water Rates The cost of untreated water supplied by Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 is $0.5701 for use inside the District and $0.6541 outside the District. Adjusted for street rental and system loss, the raw water charge to customers is ' $0.6166 inside the District and $0.7075 outside and is a direct "pass through" to the wholesale customers. Attachment MG:t Su itte for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT E A Y Office by to CITY COUNCIL Mike Groomer 6140 dopted Ordinance No / Originating Departrent Head . SEP 17 1991 Richard Sawey 8207 rom ~ F ddi i '"'""` "`I'~`~ - or A t onal Infor~ation - _ Contact - City Sec> etnry of the Richard Sawey 8207 City of Fozt Worth, Texas PrMted on re~ycied paper