Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 323 - Raise Sewer Rates — reading text

ORDINANCE NO. S& cmemasapsnsmeatnnammesand BA3 WHEREAS the City of Fort Walton Beach now has outstanding $606,000 Sewer Revenue Refunding and Improvement Certificates, dated January 1, 1958, issued pursuant to Ordinance No. 255, entitled, "An Ordinance providing for the issuance of $621,000 Sewer Revenue Refunding and Improvement Certificates of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, for the purpose of refunding certain outstanding certificates and for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing improvements and ex- tensions to the sanitary sewer system of Fort Walton Beach, provid- ing for the sale, security and payment thereof, and making certain covenants and agreements in that connection and declaring an emer- gency," adopted on November 6, 1957; and WHEREAS in and by said ordinance the City covenants to fix and collect rates and charges for all sewer service supplied by the system fully sufficient, after making due allowance for delinquen-~ cies in collection, to provide for the payment of the reasonable and necessary expenses of operating, maintaining, and repairing the system, and to provide for the payment of interest on and principal of all obligations payable therefrom, including the certificates therein authorized, as and when the same become due and payable; and WHEREAS the rates and charges for sewer service now in effect do not meet the requirements of said ordinance, and it is necessary to abide by the covenants of said ordinance; and WHEREAS it is necessary to increase rates and charges to permit the City to issue approximately $300,000 additional Sewer Revenue Certificates under the terms and provisions of said Ordinance No. 255; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA: Section 1. That Section 8 of Ordinance No. 255, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: “2- "That the monthly rates, fees and other charges for sanitary sewer service shail be as follows: Residences ~- Multiple Units - Motels - Trailer Parks - Commercial - Section 2. $2.85 flat rate per unit. $2.85 flat rate per occupied unit for any portion of a month. Flat rate to be computed on water consumption at the following schedule, with the number of gallons consumed to be the product of 3,000 gallons times the number of units: For the first 3,000 gals - $0.86 2/3 per 1,000 gals 13] # " " next 4,000 " - 052 " " n tt 3,000 " - 45 1/2 " uw t tt tt " 10,000 " “ 039 " ) u n a n 30,000 " - ~26 n " " " ” " 50,000 tt - 19 1/2 " tt u All over 100,900 " - .09 3/4 " nooM $1.00 for each trailer, plus commercial rate for any and all Utility Buildings connected. $2.85 per unit flat rate to apply to those businesses that have bathroom facilities for their personal and occasional customer use. This flat rate shall not apply tc a business that contributes to the sewer any other disposal such as dishwater, air conditioner water, or any other form of waste going into the sewer system other than the normal bathroom facilities for employees and customers. For businesses not included above, sanitary sewer service charge is to be based on water consumption at the following rate schedule: For the first 3,000 gals $3.00 per minimum charge " 4 next 7,000 " - .36 per 1,000 gals fn tt # 10,000 t - . 30 tt " " " it u“ 30 ’ 000 n - . 20 W Lil a tt it 3] 50,000 ia} - L4 i Ht " All over 100,000 " - .09 " " n All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and particularly Ordinance No. 293 adopted April 7, 1959. Section 3. In order to provide for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and not for any special priv- jilege, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure Lr ee Ral ine Pa ad and shall take effect™immediately upon its passag/ and approval by the Mayor. ey . Adopted and approved Cia (J -, 1960. / WA Mayor Attest: STATE OF FLORIDA 4 ~ COUNTY OF OKALOOSA ) » LBL I am the duly qualified and ac AiepMted jf e— Z— , do hereby certify that Le aw Clerk of Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County, Florida. I further certify that the above and foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of excerpts from the memes a meeting of the City Council of said city held on Cone, (7 , 1960, and of an ordinance adopted at said meeting, dd sata minutes and ordinance is officially of record in my possession. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my of lal Signature and the official seal of Fort Walton Beach this | JER day of Aan sh » 1960. 0) (SEAL) -6-