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I I !I I I 127 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, DECEMBER II, 1979 Present: John A. Hansen Mayor Council Members Ted Breihan Robert L. Cavazos Bob Hyatt Berry R. James Kenneth E. Sutton Gilbert G. Tenorio City Manager City Secretary City Attorney Director, Finance A.C. Gonzalez, Jr. Doriss Hambrick Barbara Edwards Earl T. Williams Also present: Kenneth Long; Dusty Rhodes; Jerri Martin; Jake Krauskopf; Rey Guevara-Vasquez; Donna Phillips; Terry Roberts; and others. The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Kenneth Long came before the Council to protest granting multifamily complexes and Southwest Texas State University a six-month discount on utility service rates without extending the same discount to all other users of the system. The City Secretary read an Ordinance in its entirety (including all exhibits) having the following caption: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 30-27 ENTITLED "RATES" OF DIVISION 2, ENTITLED "WATER SERVICE" OF CHAPTER 30, ENTITLED "WATER AND SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY BY INCREASING THE RATES CHARGED FOR THE FIRST 2,000 GALLONS OF WATER USAGE OR LESS, SETTING ONE RATE PER THOUSAND GALLONS FOR ALL ADDITIONAL GALLONS; PROVIDING THAT MULTIPLE DWELLING UNITS SERVED UNDER ONE WATER METER SHALL BE BILLED ON THE BASIS OF THE AVERAGE WATER USAGE PER DWELLING; PROVIDING THAT, FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 1980 UNTIL JUNE 30, 1980, THE TOTAL MONTHLY BILL FOR MULTIPLE DWELLING UNITS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY MULTIPLYING 50% OF THE RATE CHARGE COMPUTED UNDER THE AVERAGE METHOD BY THE NUMBER OF DWELLINGS IN SERVICE AND THAT AFTER JULY I, 1980, SAID MONTHLY BILL SHALL BE DETERMINED BY CHANGING SAID MULTIPLIER TO 100%; PROVIDING FOR TWO SCHEDULES OF RATES, ONE FOR URBAN CUSTOMERS (UW-l) AND ONE FOR RURAL CUSTOMERS (RW-l); BY AMENDING SECTION 30-35, ENTITLED "RATES" OF DIVISION 3, ENTITLED "WATER AND SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY BY INCREASING THE RATES CHARGED FOR THE FIRST 2,000 GALLONS OF WATER USAGE OR LESS, SETTING ONE RATE FOR THE NEXT 6,000 GALLONS OF WATER USAGE AND PROVIDING THAT THERE BE NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR SEWER SERVICES FOR WATER USAGE IN EXCESS OF 8,000 GALLONS; PROVIDING THAT MULTIPLE DWELLING UNITS SERVED UNDER ONE WATER METER SHALL BE BILLED ON THE BASIS OF THE AVERAGE WATER USAGE PER DWELLING; PROVIDING THAT, FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 1980, UNTIL JUNE 30, 1980, THE TOTAL MONTHLY BILL FOR MULTIPLE DWELLING UNITS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY MULTIPLYING 50% OF THE RATE CHARGED COMPUTED UNDER THE AVERAGE METHOD BY THE NUMBER OF DWELLINGS IN SERVICE, AND THAT AFTER JULY 1, 1980, SAID MONTHLY BILL SHALL BE DETERMINED BY CHANGING SAID MULTIPLIER TO 100%; PROVIDING FOR A MULTIPLIER OF 0.7 TO BE APPLIED TO THE SEWER RATES OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS (SC-l) THAT SUPPLY WATER TO THEIR PREMISES; PROVIDING THAT THIS FACTOR BE CHANGED TO 100% BEGINNING JULY 1, 1980; PROVIDING FOR TWO SCHEDULES OF RATES, ONE FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS (SR-l) AND ONE FOR CO~RCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS (SC-l); AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.