Ordinance No. 10,764ORDINANCE NO. 10,764
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF NINETY-FOUR
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($94,475.00) TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FOR THE ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED WATER QUALITY FEES FOR
THE CITY'S FOUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, INCLUDING THE
NEW INACTIVE NORTHEAST PLANT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE
DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ("TCEQ") in response to the
Clean Water Act has established a program to assess the quality of the river basins of the State; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 818 requires the TCEQ to recover the reasonable cost of the assessment
program from wastewater treatment permit holders and water rights holders; and
WHEREAS, the Consolidated Water Quality Fees are assessed annually each October 31s1 and
imposed on each person holding a permit under the V.T.C.A., Water Code, §§26.001, el sea • NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby authorizes the
payment in the amount of NINETY-FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE AND
NO/100 DOLLARS ($94,475.00) to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the Annual
Consolidated Water Quality Fees for the City's four Wastewater Treatment Plants, including the new
inactive Northeast Plant.
Section 2: That the City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve any change
involving a decrease or an increase in amount authorized in Section 1 hereinabove of TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($25,000.00) or less; however, the original contract price may
not be increased by more than twenty-five percent (25%) or decreased by more than twenty-five percent
(25%) without the consent of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to such decrease.
Section 3: This ordinance shall take effect immediately frorn^nd after its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
INT.RQP.yCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote^the City Council of the City of
BaytownM§ the i9"-day of November, 2007.
LORRI COODY, City Clerk
stf EPHEN H. DONCARLOS, Mayor
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