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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 02-1989ORDINANCE NO. 2 -89 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 671 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADOPT SEWER RATES BY RESOLUTION AND TO ADJUST ANNUALLY BASED ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX; REPEALING ALL PORTIONS OF THE CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 671, Sewer Service, of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by repealing Section 671.03 in its entirety and replacing with the following: Sec. 671.03 Rates. Any user of the services of the sewer system shall pay therefore a monthly charge or rate as established by the City Council. The schedule of fees is subject to revision annually as may be necessary to keep the rates commensurate with changes in the cost of living as reflected by the Consumer Price Index, or due to any regulatory or environmental factors which increase the costs of sewage treatment. All revisions shall be done by Resolution and shall become effective as of May 1 of each year, commencing with May 1, 1989. The basis of such rate increase shall be the "Consumer Price Index" U.S. City Average "all items" (1967 =100), hereinafter called the Index, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of•Labor. The Index number for the month of February, 1989 shall be the "Base Index Number" and the corresponding index number for the month of February in each succeeding year shall be the current index number. Beginning May 1, 1989 and each year thereafter, the sewer rate shall be determined by dividing the Current Index Number (CIN) by the Base Index Number (BIN), in accordance with the following formula, dropping all digits after one hundreth: New rate charge = (CIN) X the current sewer rate. (BIN) SECTION 2. All portions of the Code in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, this 7th day of February , 1989. And Reading, 1 -17 -89 Posted: 1-18-89 Advertised: 1 -26 -89 Second Reading: 2-07-89 HOOD X KIDD X MILLER SALAMONE