ORD 2008-03 - Amend 2007-08 Budget Amendments 02-05-2008ORDINANCE NO. 2008-03
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE
FISCAL YEAR 2007 -08 ANNUAL BUDGET, ORDINANCE NO. 2007 -26; TO
AMEND ADOPTED FEE SCHEDULE OF THE BUDGET; AND DECLARING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Annual Budget was adopted by Ordinance 2007 -26 on September 4,
2007;
WHEREAS, various unforeseen circumstances affecting the City have presented
themselves during the course of these fiscal years;
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the circumstances independently, deliberating
appropriately on the associated revenues and expenditures and the overall impact on the
general financial status of the City;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the laws of the State of Texas and the City Charter of the City
of Huntsville, Texas, the City Council has determined that it will be beneficial and
advantageous to the citizens of the City of Huntsville to amend the 2007 — 2008 budget as
set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance combines the independent Council actions into one budget
amendment document;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, that:
Section 1. The findings set forth above are incorporated into the body of this ordinance.
Section 2. The annual budget for fiscal year 2007 — 2008 is hereby amended to include
the expenditures and revenues described in Exhibit "A" - Fee Schedule attached hereto
and made a part of this ordinance as if set out verbatim herein.
Section 3. All ordinances of the City in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are
hereby repealed, and all other ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions of
this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. Should any section, portion, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance be
declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, it shall not invalidate or impair the
force or effect of any other section or portion of this ordinance.
Section 5. The necessity for amending the budget for the fiscal year, as required by the
laws of the State of Texas, requires that this ordinance shall take effect immediately from
and after its passage, as the law in such cases provides.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect immediately after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 5th day of February 2008.
ATTEST:
A ReBri"m , City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FOR I:
Thomas A. Leeper, C tto ey
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS
Mayor
Single Family Residential
Commercial /Jointly Metered
Residential /Institutional Users
Wastewater services
First 2,000 gallons
Over 2,000 gallons
(aural)
$15 per month
$4.87 per thousand gallons
monthly wastewater service charge and a volume charge based upon the
First 2,000 gallons
Over 2,000 gallons
$15 per month
$4.87 per thousand gallons
Note: Residential customers not connected to the waterworks system of the
city shall be billed monthly by the city for wastewater services at a calculated
rate based on the average residential water consumption of sixty -eight
hundred (6,800) gallons ($38.38), or at a rate based on the average water
consumed during the months of November, December. January and
February of each fiscal year from the billing records of a special water
district. Commercial customers shall be billed at a rate that is consistent with
the regular wastewater charge of similar type businesses, premises or users
receiving service from the city. The utility office supervisor shall recommend
for approval such service charge and conditions as deemed appropriate to
the Finance Committee of the City Council and the Finance Committee shall
approve the same.
Ordinance
Ordinance
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Single Family Residential
Commercial /Jointly Metered
Residential /Institutional Users
Septic Disposal Fee
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wastewater sery ,bces
First 2,000 gallons
Over 2,000 gallons
$15 per month
$4.87 per thousand gallons
monthly wastewater service charge and a volume charge based upon the
First 2,000 gallons
Over 2,000 gallons
$15 per month
$4.87 per thousand gallons
Ordinance
Ordinance
Note: Residential customers not connected to the waterworks system of the
city shall be billed monthly by the city for wastewater services at a calculated
rate based on the average residential water consumption of sixty -eight
hundred (6,800) gallons ($38.38), or at a rate based on the average water
consumed during the months of November, December, January and
February of each fiscal year from the billing records of a special water district.
Commercial customers shall be billed at a rate that is consistent with the
regufar wastewater charge of similar type businesses, premises or users
receiving service from the city. The utility office supervisor shall recommend
for approval such service charge and conditions as deemed appropriate to
the Finance Committee of the City Council and the Finance Committee shall
approve the same.
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