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ORDINANCE NO. 598

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING GAS RATES

Be It Ordained by the City Council of Hawarden, Iowa as follows:

Section 1. Amendment. Chapter 12.08 of the Hawarden Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows:

12.08.010 (1) Domestic and Commercial Rate

Difference

Minimum Service Charge $5.00 $4.15 0.85
First .5 MCF $8.23 $10.00 per MCF

$.527 per ccf

Next 1.5 MCF $5.78 $7.03 per MCF

$.125 per ccf

Next 3.0 MCF $5.41 $6.66 per MCF $.125 per ccf
Next 5.0 MCF $5.18 $6.43 per MCF

$.125 per ccf

Next 40.0 MCF $5.05 $6.30 per MCF $.125 per ccf
Next 50.0 MCF $4.98 $5.73 per MCF

$.075 per ccf

Next 50.0 MCF $4.89 $5.64 per MCF

$.075 per ccf

Over 150.0 MCF $4.76 $5.51 per MCF

$.075 per ccf

Note: RED text is the old rate; BLUE text is the new rate. The difference is the change. Note the Rate is in 1000 cubic feet and the difference is in 100 cubic feet.

12.08.010 (2) Wholesale Gas Adjustment Charges The rates established by 12.08.010 (1) of this Ordinance shall be increased for each full cent increase above the established upper MCF cost threshold. In addition, the rates established by 12.08.010 of this Ordinance shall be decreased for each full cent below the established lower MCF cost threshold. The threshold cost shall be based on all the blended costs (mixing of months) incurred to receive gas at the point of demarcation at the Ventura Index any gas ordered. For The upper threshold cost shall be set at $2.75 $3.25 per MCF and the lower threshold cost shall be set at $2.00 $2.50 per MCF.

Section 2. Repealer. All ordinances or part of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.

Section 3. Severability. If any section, provision, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision, or part thereof, not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.

Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval and publication as provided by law. Billing at the revised rates shall commence immediately at the start of the next complete billing cycle starting with Route one.

Passed and approved this 4th Day of March, 2002.

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Ricard Porter, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Craig M. Coffey, City Administrator

First Reading:

February 4, 2002

Second Reading:

February 18, 2002

Third Reading:

March 4, 2002

I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 598 was published in the Hawarden Independent, a newspaper printed and published and has a circulation in the City of Hawarden, Iowa on the 7th day of March, 2002.

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Craig M. Coffey, City Administrator

Note: Blue text are additions to the existing city code, while red text are deletions to the existing city code. "*" Indicate separations in text in the current City Code that are unchanged and are not repeated for brevity purposes.