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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0248_229co co Iq C9 Q Q 229 Section 10. MAINTENANCE OF RATES. The City hereby covenants and agrees that it will, at all times, while any of the Parity Bonds or any Additional Bonds, or any interest thereon, are outstanding and unpaid, charge and collect for services rendered by said Utility System rates sufficient to pay all maintenance, depreciation, replacement, betterment, and interest charges and to provide an Interest and Sinking Fund sufficient to pay the interest and principal of such bonds as such interest and principal mature and any outstand- ing indebtness of said System, as is required by applicable Statutes of Texas. For the benefit of the original purchasers and for the benefit of any and all subsequent holders of the Parity Bonds, Additional Bonds, coupons, or any part thereof, and in addition to all other provisions and covenants in the laws of the State of Texas, and in this Ordinance, it is expressly covenanted that the City shall fix and maintain rates and collect charges for the facilities and services afforded by the System to the City and to all other customers which will provide revenues sufficient at all times: (a) To pay all operating, maintenance and replacement charges of the Utility System, as is required by Article 1113 of the Civil Statutes, as amended, and by other applicable Statutes of the State of Texas; (b) To establish and maintain the Interest and Sinking Fund and the Reserve Fund for the Parity Bonds and for any Additional Bonds; (c) To pay in addition all outstanding indebtness against the Utility System other than the Parity Bonds, or any Additional Bonds, as and when the same becomes due; and (d) To provide for the payments into the "Contingency Fund" as required under the provisions of the Ordinances authorizing the issuance of the Parity Bonds. Section 11. UTILITY SYSTEM REVENUE FUND. There shall be deposited in the Utility System Revenue Fund (already established) as collected all revenues derived from the operation of the Utility System, which fund shall be main- tained separate and apart from all other funds of the City. Such Utility System Revenue Fund shall be maintained so long as any Parity Bonds, or any Additional Bonds, remain outstand- ing, in the City's official Depository, and shall be adminis- tered as follows: (a) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES: The money in the Utility System Revenue Fund shall be used first for the payment of the reasonable and proper expenses of operating and maintaining the Utility System, including salaries, labor, materials, interest, repairs and extensions necessary to render efficient service. The words "repairs" and "exten- sions" as used in this paragraph shall be construed to refer only to such repairs and extensions, as in the judgment of the governing body of the City, are necessary to keep the System in operation and render adequate service to the City and the inhabitants thereof, or such as might be necessary to remedy some physical accident or condition which would otherwise impair the security of the Parity Bonds or any Additional Bonds. (b) BOND FUND: The amounts to be paid into the Utility j System Revenue Bonds Interest and Sinking Fund (already established and hereinafter called the "Bond Fund") during each year in which any of the Parity Bonds, or any Additional Bonds, are outstanding, shall be an amount equal to 100 per centum of the amount required to meet the interest and principal payments falling due on or before the next maturity i