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ORD 86-19 MODIFY WATER RATES0045.200.002 WDT/jc 07/28/86 ORDINANCE NO. 86-19 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW, WASHINGTON, AMEND- ING SECTION E(3) (c) (iii) of ORDINANCE 82-20, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCES 83-09, 84-25 and 86-08 TO MODIFY THE CALCULATION OF THE AVERAGING RATES FOR CATEGORY 1, CATEGORY 2, CATEGORY 3, AND CATEGORY 4 CUSTOMERS AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Council intends to apply the sewer averag- ing rates for customers whose meters are read in June through November, now, therefore, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW, WASHINGTON, DO Ordinance No. 86-08 is hereby repealed. Section E(5) (iii) of Ordinance 82-20, ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2. amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: as iii. Effective January 1, 1986, sewer billings shall be based on the following monthly rates: Category 1: $15.22 per unit plus $1.54 per 100 cubic feet of water Category 2: $15.79 per unit plus $1.54 per 100 cubic feet of water Category 5: $52.94 per unit plus $1.54 per 100 cubic feet of water Category 4: $35.14 per unit plus $1.54 per 100 cubic feet of water Provided that with regard to Category 1, Category 2, Category 5 and Category 4 customers, the following averaging rates shall apply: For those customers whose meters are read in June, August, and October, the billing rate to be applied for that readin9 shall be the average billin9 for the particular unit based on the readings taken in December, February and April. For those customers whose meters are read in July, September, and November, the utility rate to be applied for that reading shall be the average billin9 for the particular unit based on the readings taken in January, March and May. Section 3. The City of Clerk is authorized to adjust a customer's sewer billing, with respect to the monthly charges for the three summer months which are based on the average charge of previous months if the charge is not reflective of the customer's actual water consumption. The adjustment made shall be to the average sewer billing for all customers in that category for the WDT/jc 07/58/86 prior months of December through May. The facts supporting any such adjustment shall be reduced to writing and maintained as a public record by the City Clerk. Section 4. This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published in the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force five (5) days after the date of publi- cations. The averagin9 provisions set forth herein shall be ret- roactive to the July billings. APPROVED: ATTEST,/AUTHENTICATED: MAYOR, ALICE B[ TAWRESEY y/ APPROVED AS TO FORM: OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY: FILSD WITS TEE CITY CLERK: PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:[/ff/'~"~ PUBLISHED: 577-'~//~ EFFECTIVE DATE: ORDINANCE NO. - 2 -