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HomeMy WebLinkAbout82-1-2195258 ORDINANCE NO. 82-1-2195 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 LONE OAK WATER DISTRICT, 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 November 14, 1978, 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 Water Works. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That the City of Paducah accept the recommendation of the Commissioners of Paducah Water Works, and that Ordinance No. 78-11-1641, enacted on November 14, 1978 (the 1978 Rate Ordinance), is hereby amended so as to charge the Lone Oak Water District $1-18 $1.14 per 1,000 gallons of water €er-tke-fiFst-exe- milliex-galleas-ef-water-peg-�►extl�;-aad.-$A-86-peg-1;A88-gallexs-few-all-water-eve�- eee-milliex-galleas-peF-mentk; per month such water to be furnished to such District pursuant to a contract between the City and such District dated March 31, 1947, which expires July 1, 1982. 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 beginning with the monthly er-bi-mextkly- billing period following the expiration of the current billing period with reference to such District. 259 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. SECTION 5. That if any clause, provision, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be ruled void or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder hereof is intended to be enacted and shall be -in full force and effect notwithstanding. SECTION 6. That all ordinances and part of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed SECTION 7. This ordinance shall be read on two separate days and will be effective upon publication in full. John K. Penrod Mayor Introduced by the Board of Commissioners January 12, 1982 Passed by the Board of Commissioners January 26, 1982 Recorded by Louise McKinney, City Clerk, January 26, 1982 Published by The Paducah Sun January 27, 1982.