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rJ ...:s- e:;- 16 ..i::~ '-..) ORDINANCE 1992- 67 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 12-8 OF THE SAN MARCOS CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR SETTING OF THE RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RATE, AND OF THE PORTION OF SUCH RATE TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE SOLID WASTE RESERVE FUND, BY SEPARATE ORDINANCE: DECREASING THE RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RATE BASED ON THE CONTRACT COLLECTION RATE FOR BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES, INC.: SETTING THE AMOUNT OF THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RATE TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE SOLID WASTE RESERVE FUND: PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY: REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES: PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION: AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ~ ~ WHEREAS, a decrease of the rate in the City's solid waste collection contract with Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. makes possible a corresponding decrease in the City's solid waste collection rate charged to residents: now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That subsections (a) and (e) of Section 12-8 of the San Marcos Code of Ordinances are hereby amended to read as follows: (a) The monthly charge for the collection of garbage and rubbish from each residential unit located in the city using bags and containers shall be established by separate ordinance from time to time by the City Council. (e) A solid waste reserve ~und shall be established by the director of finance. The funds deposited in this account are to be used for purposes related to the collection or disposal of solid waste. From each monthly residential unit payment, the director of finance shall cause a portion of the payment, in an amount set by separate ordinance from time to time by the City Council, to be deposited into the reserve fund. SECTION 2. That, pursuant to Section 12-8 (a) of the San Marcos Code of Ordinances, the monthly charge for the collection of garbage and rubbish from each residential unit located in the city using bags and containers shall be $8.04. SECTION 3. That, pursuant to Section 12-8 (e) of the San Marcos Code of Ordinances, the amount of each monthly residential unit payment to be deposited into the solid waste reserve fund is set at 239. SECTION 4. That if any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this ordinance shall remain in effect as if the unconstitutional or invalid portion had not been adopted. SECTION 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION 6. That this Ordinance shall apply to billing cycles initiated by the City for said waste collection and disposal services on and after October 1, 1992, and it shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area as required by the Charter of the City of San Marcos, Texas. PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading August 24, 1992. PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading September 8, 1992.