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A. Gas Service Rates Established: Rio Grande Valley Gas Company, a Delaware corporation, its successors or assigns, hereby is authorized to charge no more for natural gas sold at its general service rate and firm transportation rate, which shall be available to all of its customers in the city, than is provided in its general service rate schedule and firm gas transportation service rate schedule which is attached to ordinance dated January 28, 1992, as exhibit A on file in the office of the city secretary and made a part hereof.
B. Customer Call Rates: Rio Grande Valley Gas Company, its successors or assigns, hereby is authorized to charge no more for customer service calls than is provided for in the service rate schedule which is attached to an ordinance dated January 28, 1992, on file in the office of the city secretary and made a part hereof as if copied herein in full.
C. Effective Date: Such general service rate schedule and firm gas transportation rate schedule shall be placed in effect on all bills rendered beginning February 1, 1992. (Ord., 1-28-1992)
In the event a question should arise as to what sewer or garbage rate should apply to a particular establishment or in what category an establishment should be included, the city secretary shall decide the applicable rate and the proper category to which the entity or establishment belongs. Any persons dissatisfied with the determination by the city secretary shall have the right to appeal to the board of commissioners. (Ord. 86-21, 11-10-1986)
A. Use Of City Services: Any person who avails himself of any of the three (3) city services shall be required to use all three (3) and pay the rates set out in this chapter. (Ord. 86-21, 11-10-1986)
B. Payment Of Charges; Late Penalties: Any person or other entities who shall fail to pay the charges set forth above shall be subject to subsection 8-1-3F of this title. (Ord. 86-21, 11-10-1986; amd. Ord. 17-09-14, 9-2-2014)
A. Any resident receiving city of Alamo sanitation sewer may request assistance from the city to unplug their private sewer line. Such service will be provided only if and when the city maintenance crew has verified that the sewer plug up is not the city main sewer line.
B. Upon verification that the sewer plug up is on the customer's line and before any work order is dispatched, the property owner must sign a release of liability in the utility billing/collections department. This release of liability form releases the city of Alamo, its officers, administration, and employees from any and all liability for damages or claims during the course of the unplugging of private sewer lines on private property.
C. Such release of liability must be signed by the property owner, and having shown proper identification, will be notarized by a staff member in the utility billing/collections department.
D. The board of commissioners of the city of Alamo hereby sets a fee of eighty dollars ($80.00) to offset the costs of unplugging a private sewer line. In the event that the sewer unplug is unsuccessful and the city crew has been diligent in its efforts, the fee will not be refunded. (Ord. 26-09-13, 9-24-2013)