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HomeMy WebLinkAbout78-11-16401021 ORDINANCE NO. 78-11-1640 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EXISTING WATER RATE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, SO AS TO MODIFY THE WATER RATES FOR WATER SERVICE TO MASSAC WATER ASSOCIATION, INC . , A CUSTOMER OF THE PADUCAH WATER WORKS. WHEREAS, the City has made an' extensive study of -the needs of the Paducah Water Works and has determined that 'major renewals, replacements, additions, extensions and improvements of the existing Water Works should be undertaken in order -to reasonably serve the customers of such Water Works, and because of the necessity to finance such major capital improvements, and because of the rising operating expenses and declining surplus income of the Paducah Water Works, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, deems it necessary and desirable -to amend the existing Water Rate Ordinance, enacted on September 23, 1975, so as to modify the water rates and charges to customers of said Water Works, both inside and outside the corporate limits of the City, pursuant to recommendations of the Commissioners of the Water Works, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF, COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY,, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the City of Paducah accept the recommendation of the Commissioners of the Paducah Water Works, and that Ordinance No. 75-9-1174, en- acted on September 23, 1975 (the 111975 Rate Ordinance") , is hereby amended so as to charge the Massac Water Association, Inc. $0.66 per 1,000 gallons of water per month, such water to be furnished to such Association pursuant to a Contract between the City and such Association dated June 25, 1974, for a sixty -year period. SECTION 2. That all other provisions of the 1975 Rate Ordinance are hereby re-enacted and reaffirmed, and made a part hereof, the same as if copied in full herein, except to the extent that such 1975 Rate Ordinance may be otherwise amended by another ordinance or ordinances which has or have become effective or may become effective, since the effective date of such 1975 Rate Ordinance. SECTION 3. That the foregoing water rates and charges shall become effective 90 days following the expiration of the current billing period with reference to such District. SECTION 4. That the foregoing rates are rates to be charged by the Paducah Water Works, and any applicable State sales tax shall be added to each bill as a separate charge. M 1022 SECTION 5:. That if any . clause, provision, paragraph. or section of this ordinance: shall ,be ruled void or, -.unenforceable by any court of competent- juris- diction, the. remainder_ hereof is intended to -be. enactedand.shall.-be in full,.for-ce and effect notwithstanding. SECTION ,6.. That all ordinances_ and parts of, ordinances- in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict,, hereby. repealed. SECTION 7.. That: this Ordinance _ shall .be. introduced at .a meeting -of, the Board of Commissioners .and remain -..on, file for„at, least one week_ for -,public inspection in the completed form in- which it shall be put on its final passage, and, if -adopted, shall be _ in_ full force and effect ten_ days , thereafter. { Mayor Introduced and given first reading by the Board of Commissioners on October 24, 1978 Passed by the Board of Commissioners November 14, 1978 Recorded by Louise McKinney, City Clerk, November 14, 1978.