HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances 2143ORDINANCE NO. 2143
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING IN PART CHAPTER 13.16.010 WATER AND UTILITY RATE
DISCOUNTS FOR EXTREME HARDSHIP
RECITALS:
A. Pursuant to CPMC, Chapter 1.01.040, the City Council, may from time to time make
revisions to its municipal code which shall become part of the overall document and
citation.
B. The City finds that it is in the public interest to increase the threshold for utility rate
discounts to address the impacts of increases in fees and costs on individuals living
within two hundred percent of the federal poverty limit.
C. Words lined through are to be deleted and words in bold are added.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.16.010 Qualification for discount is amended in part to read as follows:
Any residence being served by city water, and/or subject to a parks maintenance fee, public
safety fee, stormwater or water quality fee, and/or transportation utility fee and with a
combined total income falling below one hundred fifty percent two hundred percent of the
federal poverty guidelines as published by the Department of Health and Human Services shall
be considered eligible to apply for a rate discount to each of the above -described fees. Persons
applying for a water rate discount must be the person who has signed up for the water service,
a water customer of the city and the occupant of the residence. For all other rate discounts, the
person applying for the rate discount must be the person who receives the respective bill for
which the discount is sought and the occupant of the residence. To qualify for a discount to any
of the foregoing fees or water service, the applicant must not owe delinquent payments to the
city for any utilities and other assessed fees and charges. (Ord. 2087 §5, 2022; Ord. 1932
§1(part), 2010).
SECTION 2. Codification. Provisions of this Ordinance shall be incorporated in the City Code
and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "code", "article", "section", "chapter" or
another word, and the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, or re-lettered,
provided however that any Whereas clauses and boilerplate provisions (i.e. Recitals A-C)
need not be codified and the City Recorder is authorized to correct any cross-references and
any t ypographical errors.
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Ord. No.2143; (City Council Meeting 04/09/2026) Page 2
SECTION 3. Effective Date. The Central Point City Charter states that an ordinance enacted by
the Council shall take effect on the thirtieth day after its enactment. The effective date of this
ordinance will be the thirtieth day after the second reading.
PASSED by the Council and signed by me in authentication of its passage this 9th day of
April 2026.
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Mayor Taneea Browning
ATTEST:
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City Recorder
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