HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 640-91 08-27-1991 ORDINANCE NO. 6 4 0
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS,
PROVIDING FOR PERIODIC PAYMENTS FROM THE CITY'S
ENTERPRISE FUND TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND TO
COMPENSATE THE GENERAL FUND FOR COSTS OF
MAINTENANCE ATTRIBUTABLE TO WATER AND SEWER SERVICE
PROVIDED BY THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR MONTHLY PAYMENTS
BASED ON REVENUE ESTIMATES AND ANNUAL SETTLE-UP;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, all revenues derived from the sale of water and sewer by the City
of Richland Hills, Texas, are deposited into the Richland Hills Enterprise Fund; and
WHEREAS, the city's General Fund bears all of the costs associated with
maintenance of the rights-of-way and easements within which the city's water and
sewer lines are located; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills finds that a more
accurate and equitable distribution of revenues and costs will result if the city's
General Fund is reimbursed by periodic payments from water and sewer revenues
contained in the city's Enterprise Fund, to cover the costs of maintenance
associated with the city's water and sewer lines.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
• OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
That the Richland Hills Enterprise Fund shall pay to the Richland Hills General
Fund an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the annual revenues derived from the
sale of water and sewer service by the city. Said payments shall be made monthly,
and shall be based upon the city manager's estimated revenues to be derived from
the sale of water and sewer services within the city contained in the budget for the
then current fiscal year. Each September, said payment shall be in an amount
necessary to reconcile said estimated revenues with revenues actually received by
the Enterprise Fund from the sale of water and sewer service within the city for the
preceding fiscal year. Said periodic payments shall be made for the purpose of
reimbursing the Richland Hills General Fund for the costs associated with supplying
water and sewer service within the city which are borne by the General Fund.
II.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this
ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of
this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or
• unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
III.
• Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter and the
laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting
of the Richland Hills City Council on the 27thday of August 1991, by a vote
of ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPR D:
James R. Truitt, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Pauline Kempe, City Secretary
D AS TO FORM:
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Paul F. Wienesk e, City Attorney
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