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HomeMy WebLinkAbout78-11-16431026 ORDINANCE NO. 78-11-1643 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 WEST MCCRACKEN- COUNTY WATER. DISTRICT,,_A_ CUSTOMER OR 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 he_ 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 2,3, 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 ,"1975 Rate Ordinance"),. is hereby amended so as to charge the West McCracken County Water, District $1.16 per 1, 000 gallons of water per month, such water to be furnished to such District pursuant to a Contract between the City and such District dated February 7, 1967, fora forty -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. 1027 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 parts of ordinances in conflict- here- with 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.