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• ORDINANCE NO. 90-12-1 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 892 OF 1978 AS AMENDED; WITH RESPECT TO THE ESTAB- LISHMENT OF RATES FOR SEWER SERVICES; PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Water Utilities Commission of the City of Batesville owns and operates sewage collection, pumping and treatment facilities (treatment works) ; and WHEREAS, in order to finance the proper and reasonable expense of operation, repair, replacements and maintenance and for the payment of sums required to retire the bonded debt of the treatment works; and • WHEREAS, it is necessary for the City to establish rates which will provide a more equitable share of total revenues from users of the treatment works; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS : Section 1 : That Ordinance No . 892, Section 5 (a) is hereby repealed and the following is substituted therefor: Sewer (a) The monthly rate for sewer services of the System shall be as set forth below for users located in the City. Monthly sewer charges shall be based upon water con- sumption. The Utilities Commission shall classify all users of the sanitary sewer system (user being hereby defined as any landowner whose buildings or premises are connected with and use the sanitary sewer system of the City or otherwise discharges sewage, industrial waste, water or other liquids either directly or indirectly into the sewer system of the City) as either domestic or commercial on the basis of whether the water consumption for the individual user is used for domestic or commercial purposes . In the case of domestic users, the average monthly water consumption for the months of January, February and March of the current year in which sewer bills are rendered and the month' s of October, November, and