10-24-11 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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terms of the applicable CIMA contract with the city, in place of this article. (b)Fees authorized herein shall be for services rendered, and shall be billed on a per hour basis. In all cases requests for service involving either a station response or a general alarm response shall be billed at a minimum increment of one hour. (c)Service fees for a station response or a general alarm response shall be set in an amount established by the La Porte City Council and as listed in Appendix A — Fees of this Code." Section 2. Appendix A- Fees of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by adding the following article to Chapter 38 "Fire Prevention and Protection ", to wit: "Article IL Fire Department Division 1. General1v 1) Station calls, fee per hour ............. $500 2) General alarms, fee per hour ........... $2000" Section 2 : All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance. Section 3: Should any section or part of this ordinance be held unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, or the application to any person or circumstance for any reasons thereof ineffective or inapplicable, such unconstitutionality, illegality, invalidity, or ineffectiveness of such section or part shall in no way affect, impair or invalidate the remaining portions thereof, but as to such remaining portion or portions, the same shall be and remain in full force and effect and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 5. 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 is 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 Chapter 551, Tx. Gov't Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof. Section 6 . This Ordinance shall become effective on November 1, 2011