Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 502.17 — reading text

ORDINANCE NO. 502.17 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22-13 (1) OF THE FORT WALTON BEACH CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR WATER SERVICE CHARGES ABOVE A USAGE OF 10,000 GALLONS PER MONTH, PROVID- ING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA: SECTION I. That Section 22-13 (1) of the Fort Walton Beach Code of Ordinances is revised to read as follows: (1) First 4,000 gallons per month or less: (a) Residential customers $4.00 (b) Commercial customers 4.75 Next 6,000 gallons per month, per 100 gallons iy, Over 10,000 gallons per month, per 100 gallons ~05 SECTION II. That this ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days after its passage and approval by the Mayor. ADOPTED 71780} oxo 1) Als he. JE City Cferk cintenn, semanas omens tn maa InISposTTION ry DATE: AUGUST 14, 1980 TO: MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FROM: CITY MANAGER The present ordinance charges for water service as follows: (1) First 4,000 gallons per month or less: (a) Residential customers $4.00 (b) Commercial customers 4.75 Next 6,000 gallons per month, per 100 gallons .07 Next 40 , 000 i a tt w tt uw . 05 Over 50 , 000 au " 1 wt iw uw ~035 The attached recommended ordinance drops the charge shown above for users who use over 40,000 and over 50,000. The charge for the first 10,000. gallons stays the same and the bulk of our customers will not be affected by this increase. Cost of producing water has increased from $.34 per thousand gallons in 1979 to $.39. per thousand gallons in 1980. Increased fuel and labor costs are primarily to blame. Recommend approval of the attached proposed ordinance. Iuhe WGW /ig Attach. ° Daily. News Published Daily Fort Walton Beach, Florida State of Florida | County of Okaloosa \ Before the undersigned authorized personally appeared Dorothy Buffington who on oath says that (s)he 3 is Secretary of the Playground Daily News, a daily newspaper published at Fort Walton Beach, in Okaloosa County, Florida; that legal #9550 the attached copy of advertisement, being a in the matter of Notice of Ordinance No, 502.17 in the Court, was published in said newspaper in the issues of August 20, 1980 Affiant further says that the said Playground Daily News is a newspaper published at Fort Walton Beach, in said Okaloosa County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Okaloosa County, Florida, each day, and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Fort Walton Beach, in said Okaloosa County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that (s)he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper. Sworn to and subscribed before me this —20th day of August A.D 19° ty 5 Goto ae thitty, LE pyle Notary Public, Stateof Florida’ t Large MAY 9, To2 My Commission Expires