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ORDINANCE No. 1262
AIQ ORDINANCE A°iEPIDITJG O?:DINATICE NU:'3ER 1254, BEING; ~V O?tDIPIANCE
E'w~1ET1DTNG TITLE 8, CTTAPTII 10 OI' TT-TE CAPITO]'t ;'~1UNICII'AL COD1: RELATING
`l'O t`JA'PER ~.ATEB
FIHEREAS, the Canton City Council has determined that it is
necessary and in the best interest of the City of Canton to amend
Ordinance No. 12511, being: An Ordinance Amending Title 8, Chapter
10 of the Canton T~Sunicipal Code Relating to ~~7ater 3'.ates, as
hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF C1INTON, l ulton County, Illinois, ~:rs folloc5rs:
1. That the Canton City Council finds the foregoing
recitals to be fact.
?.. That Titli 8, Chapter 10, Section 5 of the Canton
P•Iunicipal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto subparagraph
(J) to read as follows:
"(J) In addition to the foregoing charges, the water rates
shall be amended from time to time by city staff with prior
Council approval, to ref lect the actual cost, including
administrative expenses, of special electrical costs or
expenses incurred by the City in the operation and
maintenance of the City water ~~ell(s) at not to exceed 20
cents per 100 cubic feet of water per Gaell ~~hen in
operation. Such actual costs shall ~.~e spread evenly and
billed to city water customers in the same manner as the
foregoing charges are spread and billed. Such special or
extraordinary costs or expenses shall lae inu-nediately
reduced or removed as the actual cost or exoense to the
city is reduced or removed, except that if a pump runs for
50o or more of a billing cycle, the surcharc_;e shall be
billed for the entire billing cycle."
3. That the charges contemplated in the foregoing Section 2
shall be made retroactive to and applied as of July 7, 1989.
4. 'T'hat this ordinance shall k~e in full force and effect
ir~.T~.lediately upon its passage by the City Council of the City of
Canton.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton
County, Illinois at a regular meeting this 17th day of
October 1989 upon a roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Aldermen Chapman, May, Bohler, Sarff, Steck,
Zilly, Kovachevich.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: Alderman Meade.
APP OVED:
Donald E. Er3wards, Tda~.~or
ATPEST:
Pdancy j~Thit s, City Clerk.
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