HomeMy WebLinkAbout797 06-26-1984ORDINANCE NO. 797
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NEW MAIN LINE EXTENSION RATE APPLICABLE
TO MAIN LINE EXTENSIONS BY LONE STAR GAS COMPANY WITHIN THE CITY
OF EULESS, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Lone Star Gas Company, a Division of ENSERCH Corporation, is
the holder of a franchise to distribute natural gas within the municipal limits
of the City of Euless, Texas, and
WHEREAS, the existing main line extension rate for residential extensions
within the municipal limits is $4.50 per foot for each foot beyond the applicable
free limit, and
WHEREAS, Lone Star Gas Company desires to change the main line extension
rate to more closely match the rate with the actual cost of extension,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EULESS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: Effective upon the date of passage of this ordinance, the
charge for extending mains beyond the free limit established by Lone Star Gas
Company, or any free limit established by franchise, or residential customers
shall be the lesser of: (a) the system -wide average cost of construction,
including all overheads, for the prior fiscal year or (b) the adjusted actual
cost as determined by applying the latest Handy - Whitman Index to the 1975 act-
ual base cost of $2.94. The Company shall file the calculation of such charge
with the city as soon as sufficient data is available each fiscal year. Exten-
sion to commercial and industrial customers shall be based on actual cost per
foot.
SECTION 2: Any prior ordinance establishing a main line extension rate
for Lone Star Gas Company is hereby repealed to the extent that the prior pro-
vision is inconsistent with SECTION 1 of this ordinance. In all other respects,
prior ordinances are not affected by this ordinance.
SECTION 3: It is hereby found and determined that the meeting at which
this ordinance was passed was open to the public, as required by Texas law,
and that advance public notice of the time, place, and purpose of said meeting
was given.
PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 26th day of June , A. D. 19 84
ATTEST'
City - Secretary
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF TARRANT 4
Mayor, Harold D. Samuels
City of Euless, Texas
I, Kay Rainey ,City Secretary of the City
of Euless, Tarrant County Texas, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinance
passed by the Council on first reading on the 12th day of
June _, 1984 , and was finally passed and approved by
the Council on second and final reading on the 26th day of
June , 19 84, as it appears of record in the
Minutes of said Council, in Book 1984 Page
1984 -145
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID CITY, this the 26th
day of June , A.D. 19 84
City S retary
City o Euless, T