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ORD 83-15 AUTHORIZING PARTIAL REBATE OF SEWER UTILITY SERVICETMW/ehk 11/28/83 ORDINANCE NO. 83- 3 4 5 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW AUTHORIZING A PARTIAL REBATE OF SEWER UTILITY SERVICE FEES TO CERTAIN CUSTOMERS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING PRIOR ACTS 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 WHEREAS, in Ordinance 82-20 the City established higher rates for utility service to customers located outside the corporate limits of the City than for customers located inside the City; and WHEREAS, following review of the rates by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and public discussion, the City suspended the higher rates for service outside the City; and WHEREAS, the City established a new rate structure; and until the new rate structure went into effect, a portion of the sewer utility administrative costs had been subsidized by the City's general tax revenues paid by in-City customers; and WHEREAS, customers outside the City should receive a rebate for the higher rates they were billed minus an amount equal to indirect administrative costs subsidized by the City's general tax revenues which the City Council finds to be $18.01 per customer; NOW THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Clerk/Treasurer is authorized to pay a utility service fee rebate to the sewer utility customers located outside the corporate limits of the City of Winslow to whom the City billed the 50% surcharge 24. under Ordinance 82-20. The amount of the rebate shall 25[ be calculated and credited to the customers in accordance 26[ with this ordinance. 27i Section 2. The City Clerk/Treasurer shall calculate 28 the amount of rebate for each customer located outside 29 the City by calculating the total surcharge billed to 30] the customer minus $18.01. 1 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Section 3. The amount of rebate shall be credited to each customer's account with the City. Section 4. All prior acts of officers and officials of the City of Winslow, consistent with the provisions of this ordinance, are ratified and confirmed. Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect 5 days after its publication or posting as provided by law. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this /~' day of , 1983. Alice B. Tawresey Mayor Attest: Clerk/Treasurer Approved as to form: Thomas M. Walsh City Atttorney I do hereby certify this Ordinance was signed by the Mayor this ~--~'~ day of ~/~4f~_~/ , 1983, and thereafter posted this day of , 1983, at the Ferry Terminal, Chamber of Commerce, City Hall. Effective Clerk/Treasurer