262aRESOLUTION SETTING A DATE FOR A
PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED SEWER
CONNECTION RATES
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas:
SECTION 1. That the City Council sets 7` ..~~_ o'clock P.M.
August ~# , 1953, a s the date for a public hearing on the proposed
new rates for sewer connections, and that the City Clerk aha 11 publish
notice of said hearing one time in the CRITTENDEN COUNTY TIMES, in
substantially the following Porm:
NOTICE OF HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of West Memphis,
Arkansas, has under consideration an ordinance establishing rates
for connection to the municipal sewer system, as follows:
In addition to the $30 now being charged by the City
of West Memphis for the purpose of paying the cost of labor
and material from the sewer main to the property line of
4, the property being connected, the City will make a charge
i~,,. for connection upon the basis of the size of the property
being connected, to-wit:
A charge of ~~ cents per linear foot
of the frontage o said property on the lines
of said sewer system.
These connection charges shall be paid in cash a t
the time the permit for connection is secured. The monthly
sewer service charges as fixed by Ordinance No. 108, passed
and approved July 2~, 195, shall begin to apply as soon
as the connection is put into actual use.
All persons are hereby notified tha t a public hearing on the
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proposed connection charges will be held in the Council Chamber in
the C1ty Hall in West Memphis, Arkansas, a t 7:30 o'clock P.M.
August ~4, 1953, at which time all users of the sewer system and the
owners of property served or to be served thereby, and others
interested, shall have the opportunity to b® heard concerning the
proposed rates or charges.
GIVEN by order of the City Council this 21st day of
July, 1953.
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SECTIOAT 2. It is hereby ascertained and declared that in
order to protect the lives and health and property of the citizens
of West Memphis, it is necessary to improve and extend the municipal
sewer system; therefore, an energency exists and this resolution,
being necessary for the immediate preservatimn of the public peace,
health and safety, shall take effect and be in force from and aE'ter
its passage .
Passed: July 21 , 1953-
APPROVED: ~
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Attest:
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CERTIFICATE
I, City Clerk of West Memphis, Arkansas, hereby certify the
foregoing to be a true copy p~ a resolution adopted at a meeting of
the City Council held July ~~ , 1953, at a duly called and consti-
tuted meeting at which more than two-thirds of the members-elect of
the Council were present and voted for said resolution, which now
appears of record in Book ~. , page 226 , of the records
of said City.
CERTIFIED under my hand and the seal of said C1ty, this
2 th day of July, 1953 •
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