File #: 19-0778    Name: FY20 Fee Changes
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 9/17/2019 Final action: 9/17/2019
Title: Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance to Change Rates/Fees for City Services
Attachments: 1. Ordinance, 2. Ordinance - Redline

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Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance to Change Rates/Fees for City Services

 

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COUNCIL GOAL:                     Financially Sound Government

(4A: Provide Funding and Organizational Framework to Ensure Continual Economic Improvements)

 

MEETING DATE:                     September 17, 2019

 

DEPARTMENT:                      Financial Services

 

CONTACT:                                            Mark Holloway, Chief Financial Officer

 

 

RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:

                     Approve the ordinance. 

 

ITEM SUMMARY:                      

                     The attached ordinance details the proposed changes to fees in the Code of Ordinances Appendix A Schedule of Fees.  These include:

o                     Airport Fees

o                     MPAC Fees

o                     Water & Wastewater Utility Fees

§                     Water rates - 2% increase in order to pass through increased cost of services mandated to us from North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD).

§                     Wastewater rates - 6% increase in order to pass through increased cost of services mandated to us from North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD).

§                     Meter Set Fees

                     The new verbiage and rates in the ordinance are in blue and underlined for easier reading. Verbiage and rates to be removed are in red and have been crossed out.

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

                     The City intends to recover some of the costs of providing services through user fees.

 

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:                     None.

 

FINANCIAL SUMMARY:

                     Depending on the level of services provided, the changes will increase revenue.

 

BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:                     None.