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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1415-15 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AMENDING SECTION 21-113 OF CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, CONTINGENT ON VOTER APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1415-16 INCREASING THE MONTHLY BASE FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL METERED USERS FROM FOUR DOLLARS ($4.00) TO SIX DOLLARS ($6.00); INCREASING THE MONTHLY WATER RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL METERED USERS FROM TWO DOLLARS ($2.00) TO THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($3.50) PER THOUSAND GALLONS FOR THE FIRST 5,000 GALLONS OF WATER, FROM TWO DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS ($2.10) TO FOUR DOLLARS AND TWENTY CENTS ($4.20) PER THOUSAND GALLONS FOR WATER USAGE BETWEEN 5,001 AND 15,000 GALLONS, FROM TWO DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS ($2.75) TO FIVE DOLLARS AND TWENTY CENTS ($5.20) PER THOUSAND GALLONS FOR WATER USAGE BETWEEN 15,001 AND 20,000 GALLONS, AND FROM FOUR DOLLARS AND NINETY FIVE CENTS ($4.95) TO SIX DOLLARS AND EIGHTY CENTS ($6.80) PER THOUSAND GALLONS FOR WATER USAGE OVER 20,000 GALLONS; INCREASING THE MONTHLY BASE FEE FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL WATER SERVICE FROM FOUR DOLLARS ($4.00) TO SIX DOLLARS ($6.00); INCREASING THE WATER RATES FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL METERED USERS FROM TWO DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS ($2.10) TO THREE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY CENTS ($3.80) PER THOUSAND GALLONS FOR WATER USAGE UP TO SUCH CUSTOMER'S AVERAGE WINTER CONSUMPTION AS DEFINED HEREIN AND FROM TWO DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS ($2.10) TO FOUR DOLLARS AND TWENTY CENTS ($4.20) PER THOUSAND GALLONS FOR WATER USAGE EXCEEDING SUCH NON-RESIDENTIAL METERED USER'S AVERAGE WINTER CONSUMPTION AS DEFINED HEREIN; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SAID INCREASE SUBJECT TO VOTER APPROVAL; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF.
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BACKGROUND: Norman's Water Treatment Plant (WTP) was built in 1966 to treat six million gallons per day (mgd) of water and was upgraded in 1982 to a capacity of 14 mgd. The last successful water rate increase was in 2006. The rates were...
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