HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 802-96 09-24-1996
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ORDINANCE NO. 802-96
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS,
TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR PERIODIC PAYMENTS FROM THE
CTTY'S ENTERPRISE FUND TO THE CTTY'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 SEVERABILTTY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, all revenues derived from the sale of water and sewer service 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 service
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 there shall be paid from the Richland Hills Enterprise Fund 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 on the City Manager's estimate of 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
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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 24th day of September 1996, by a vote
of 5 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
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'C. F. Kelley, Mayor ~
ATTEST:
errs ~ lis, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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Paul F. Wien skie, ity Attorney
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