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Crockett council tables utility-rate ordinance after wording error; staff to repost
Summary
Council delayed action on an ordinance to amend Chapter 19 (Utilities) after staff identified a wording error that mislabels a sewer section as water; the item will be rewritten and reposted for the Oct. 15 agenda and staff will provide water and sewer budget materials.
The Crockett City Council on an unspecified date tabled an ordinance to amend Chapter 19, Utilities, after staff discovered a wording error that mislabels a sewer section as a water section. The council directed staff to rewrite the ordinance and repost it for the Oct. 15 agenda; staff also said it will provide handouts and the water and sewer budget before that meeting.
Staff member: “If you'll read, it says increase the Section 19-37 is for residential and commercial water. Then 19-58 also says commercial water, not sewer. It should've been sewer,” a staff member told the council. The staff member said the error was noticed minutes before the item was called and urged correction before formal action.
Council members raised preliminary questions about whether proposed changes should affect both water and sewer rates. One councilmember noted a recent increase from the water district: “I know they go up on us 2%,” the councilmember said, asking why sewer would also rise if only water increases were being passed through. No formal changes to rates were adopted at the meeting.
Because the published agenda language did not accurately reflect the ordinance as intended, the council concluded it could not legally address the item in its present form. The council directed staff to revise the ordinance text, distribute the water and sewer budget and related handouts, and refile the corrected ordinance for the Oct. 15 agenda.
No detailed rate schedules, dollar amounts, or final vote totals were provided in the meeting record. The council did not take a final vote on any rate change during the session recorded in the transcript.
