HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 10730 ORDINANCE NO. 107j 0
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 16 , "HEALTH
AND SANITATION, " OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS ( 1986 ) , AS AMENDED , BY AMENDING SUBSEC-
TION 16-13 ( 1) (a) THEREOF, WHICH PROVIDES AN INCREASE IN
FEES FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF STANDARD WATER
SAMPLES; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULA-
TIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILTIY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR
ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE .
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS :
SECTION 1 .
That Article I of Chapter 16 , Health and Sanitation, " of the
Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas ( 1986 ) , as amended, be and
is hereby amended by deleting existing Subsection 16-13 ( 1 ) (a) and
replacing it with a new Subsection 16-13 ( 1 ) (a) , to read as fol-
lows:
" ( 1) Public Health Laboratory.
(a) Bacteriological analysis of
standard water sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8 . 00 "
Subsection 16-13 ( 1 ) (b) remains unchanged.
SECTION 2 .
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordi-
nances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas ( 1986 ) ,
as amended, except where the provisions of the 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and such Code are hereby repealed.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 3 .
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, para-
graphs 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, sen-
tence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 4 .
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby
directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the cap-
tion and effective date in the minutes of the City Council and by
filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City.
SECTION 5 .
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is
hereby directed to publish the caption and effective date of this
ordinance for two ( 2 ) days in the official newspaper of the City
of Fort Worth, Texas , as authorized by Section 53 . 013, Texas
Local Government Code.
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SECTION 6 .
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its passage and publication, and it is so
ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City Attorney
Date: &WjKha I
ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE•
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MAsrER FILX.I
ACCOUNTING-2 City of Fort Worth, Texas
TRANSPORTATIONIPUBLIC.WORKS.0 City
N&TER ADMINISTRATWN i J V,.(l,I(AJ,/((iJ/®(/ and Council Communication
HEALTH DEPORTMENT-1 sf/
DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: ORDINANCE INCREASING FEE FOR PAGE
MANAGEMENT SE 'd,CES-1 NUMBER BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF WATER 1
11-20-90 **G-8915 AMPLES AND SUPPLEMENTAL 1of
ORDINANCE FROM INCREASED RECEIPTS FOR
WATER TESTING SUPPLIES
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council :
1. Adopt the attached ordinance increasing the fee for bacteriological
analysis of water samples from $5 to $8. The fee increase will produce
an estimated $78,000 annually, which will offset the increased cost of
supplies. Revenues will be deposited in Fund, Account, Center-GGO1,
464684, 0501300; and
2. Adopt the attached supplemental appropriation ordinance increasing
estimated receipts and appropriations by $64,010 in General Fund GGO1,
Center No. 0501300, Laboratory Services for the purpose of providing
funds to purchase the supplies necessary to perform the Presence/Absence
Test for total coliforms in public water system compliance samples.
DISCUSSION:
The Texas Department of Health (TDH), Bureau of Environmental Health, Water
Hygiene Division, published the final rule regarding the Presence/Absence
Test for monitoring microbiological quality of community and non-community
public water systems (Texas Register, 15:3969-3976, July 13, 1990). The new
technique is recommended as the primary procedure in public health
laboratories in Texas for the determination of bacteriological quality in
drinking water to satisfy the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
This test is scheduled to go into effect as of January 1, 1991.
TDH, Bureau of Laboratories, is increasing their fee for bacteriological
testing to $8, effective November 15, 1990. Most of the other TDH affiliated
laboratories are increasing their fee to $8. At least two affiliated
laboratories are charging more than $8.
The cost of supplies and reagents to perform each Presence/Absence Test is
$2.94. These reagents and supplies will not be provided by the State. To
retain our current level of revenue, we must raise our fee to $8. Revenue
may increase overall as the number of samples run increases. The new
regulations require additional repeat samples when a test is positive.
FINANCING•
Upon adoption of Recommendation No. '2, sufficient funds will b 1 in
General Fund GGO1, Center No. 0501300, Laboratory Service, i Yof
l,l I r
$64,010. Expenditures will be made to Account No. 522080.
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