2002-0298
INTRODUCED BY: ALBERT D. LAQUE
PARISH PRESIDENT
ORDINANCE NO. _________
Title
An ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, Section 22-80 to delete the January 1, 2003 sewer rate increase.
Body
WHEREAS, on June 18, 2001 the Parish Council adopted Ordinance No. 01-6-04 adjusting the sewer user rate charges; and,
WHEREAS, GSE Associates, Inc. has conducted a review of sewer rates comparing the Rate Study Report and the actual audited financial statements for 2001; and,
WHEREAS, the professional independent review determinedÂ… "that no increase is required at the beginning of 2003"; and,
WHEREAS, the Department of Wastewater, at the direction of the Parish President, has prepared the 2003 Wastewater Budget based on no rate increase in 2003; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Parish President and the Parish Council to eliminate the previously enacted 2003 sewer rate increase.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances is hereby amended in Chapter 22, Section 22-80 (1) (a) by deleting the following:
Â…"$5.19 (80 percent of $5.19 equals $4.15) per 1,000 gallons of water use on January 1, 2003";
Vote
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this day of , 2002, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
CHAIRMAN:______________________________________________
SECRETARY:_____________________________________________
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:_________________________________
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PARISH PRESIDENT:______________________________________
RETD/SECRETARY:_______________________________________
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