O-2011-3378 increasing the monthly Residential Dwelling Solid Waste Fee

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ORDINANCE NO. 2011• .1 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING "APPENDIX A, FEES," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, BY INCREASING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING MONTHLY SOLID WASTE FEE BY $1.50, TO $18.00, CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Chapter 58 of Appendix A -- Fees, "Solid Waste," Article III, "Rates and Charges ", subparagraph (a), is hereby amended and shall hereafter read as follows, to -wit: "(a) Residential dwelling unit collection, per unit, per month (minimum charge) 18.00 58 -106" Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only. Section 3. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this Ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid. Section 4. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required