UTILITY ADMINISTRATOR
Sara Mata
Office: (432) 336-8525 ext. 36
Fax: (432) 336-6273
email: samata@cityfs.net
The Public Utilities Division provides advice and assistance to the City Council and City Manager in their exercise of regulatory oversight over the City-provided Utilities, cable television companies, and broadband communications companies operating within the city limits.
Oversight of these entities includes making sure that they are in compliance with the provisions of franchise and license agreements, City Council Policies, state and federal laws and all rules and regulations established regarding policies or services rendered, monitoring commission and franchise fee payments made to the City, and monitoring each company’s use of the City’s rights-of-way. Pursuant to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cable TV rules and regulations, municipalities have limited regulatory authority over basic tier rates and equipment and installation charges. The Cable Customer Service Line is (800)996-8788.
The Public Utilities Division also administers the City’s contracts for public telephone and default long distance service provided on City rights-of-way and at City facilities. The Public Utilities Division also monitors the utility expenses of all City Departments and provides assistance to each City department in budgeting and forecasting their utility expenses. The regulation of companies providing local phone and cable services is the responsibility of the Texas Public Utilities Commission (PUC) in Austin,
Texas. Complaints against companies providing local phone service should be filed with the PUC at (512)936-7120. The FCC in Washington, DC regulates companies providing long distance service.
The FCC’s number is (888) 225-5322.
Rates
Within the Corporate Limits.
(a) The rate to be charged by the City to sanitation customers within its corporate limits shall be based on twice weekly pickup for residential customers and a maximum of once daily (Monday through Saturday) for commercial customers. If commercial customers require more pickups than the stated maximum, the business will be charged accordingly.
(b) The schedule of sanitation rates to be charged to customers inside the city limits is as follows:
Rate Table #1 (Sanitation)
Type of Service |
Monthly Charge |
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| (1) | All residential customers, including mobile homes, duplexes, triplexes, or quadruplexes, per unit. | $37.00 |
| (2) | All residential customers, including mobile homes, duplexes, triplexes, or quadruplexes, per unit, qualifying for certain property tax exemptions, as outlined in Sec.12-79. | $24.37 |
| (3) | Churches without school. | $32.00 |
| Churches with school. | Rate #5; Table No. 2 applies | |
| (4) | Apartments: Complexes with five (5) or more apartments–Rate of Twenty-Five Dollars & Sixty Cents ($25.80) per month for each apartment. 6Apartments are charged in the apartment complex times Eighty (80%) percent occupancy rate per Thirty-Two Dollars ($32.00) for each apartment year equals Twenty-Five Dollars & Sixty Cents ($25.60). | |
| (5) | Commercial: All mercantile, professional, business, motels and schools. | (See Rate Table No. 2) |
| (6) | F.S.I.S.D.: Receives a 25% discount for fiscal year(s) 2009-2010; 20% for 2010-2011; 15% for 2011-2012; 10% for 2012-2013; & 5% for 2013-2014. Thereafter payment is due @ the current sanitation rate charge. | |
| (7) | 96 gallon roll-out cart with one (1) pickup per week for Residential customers outside the city limits will require a Fifty-Five Dollar ($55.00) deposit | $32.00 |
Rate Table #2 (Sanitation)
The base rate for a Commercial container collected One (1) time per week shall be Seventy-One Dollars ($71.00) per month.
Extra pickups for Commercial and Residential accounts inside city limits will be assessed a Twenty Dollar ($20.00) Service Charge and for Commercial accounts outside city limits a Thirty Dollar ($30.00) service charge will apply.
Bulk trash pickups for commercial customers shall be assessed a service fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per pickup in addition to the current rate fee of the Municipal Solid Waste Facility for the weight of the trash being disposed.
The corresponding rates for Commercial Accounts shall be:
Pick-up per Week |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
1 Container |
$71 | $96 | $136 | $176 | $216 | $256 |
*Minimum Rate
1 – 5 pickups per week–Monday through Friday, based on City collection route scheduling
6 pickups per week–Monday through Saturday
(c) Any customer not specifically enumerated in the schedule in subsection (b) will be charged a rate based upon estimated volume as estimated by the City Manager or someone under his direction. If it is determined by the City Manager or his designee that a specific-type container will better serve the customer and/or be more advantageous to the sanitation collection system, the customer will be required to use that type container. Customers assigned 96-gallon carts will be responsible for replacement cost if the cart is damaged or lost.
Rate Table #3 (Water)
Effective October 1, 2015
The rates to be charged by the City of Fort Stockton, Texas, to consumers of water furnished by said City inside its corporate city limits shall be:
Water |
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Residential Inside City Limits |
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| Date Effective | Oct-2015 | |||||
| Minimum charge for all Meter Sizes | ||||||
| 0 | 2000 | gallons | $15.15 | |||
| Consumption Charge (per Thousand gallons) | ||||||
| 2001 | 3000 | gallons | $2.67 | |||
| 3001 | 5000 | gallons | $2.72 | |||
| 5001 | 8000 | gallons | $2.74 | |||
| 8001 | 10000 | gallons | $2.91 | |||
| 10001 | 15000 | gallons | $3.08 | |||
| 15001 | 20000 | gallons | $3.26 | |||
| 20001 | 50000 | gallons | $3.51 | |||
| 50001 | 100000 | gallons | $3.71 | |||
| 100001 | Greater | gallons | $4.03 | |||
Commercial & Governmental I.C.L. |
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| Date Effective | Oct- 2015 | |||||
| Minimum charge for all Meter Sizes | ||||||
| 0 | 2000 | gallons | $22.92 | |||
| Consumption Charge (per Thousand gallons) | ||||||
| 2001 | 3000 | gallons | $2.68 | |||
| 3001 | 15000 | gallons | $2.72 | |||
| 15001 | 30000 | gallons | $2.76 | |||
| 30001 | 50000 | gallons | $2.79 | |||
| 50001 | 100000 | gallons | $2.83 | |||
| 100001 | Greater | gallons | $2.86 | |||
Prison Facilities |
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| Date Effective | Oct-2015 | |||||
| Minimum charge for all Meter Sizes | ||||||
| 0 | 2000 | gallons | $22.92 | |||
| Consumption Charge (per Thousand gallons) | ||||||
| 2001 | Greater | gallons | $4.15 | |||
Rate Table #4 (Sewer)
Effective October 1, 2015
The rates to be charged by the City of Fort Stockton, Texas, to consumers of wastewater services by said City inside its corporate city limits shall be:
| WASTEWATER | |||||
| Residential Inside City Limits | |||||
| Date Effective | Oct-2015 | ||||
| Minimum charge for all Meter Sizes | |||||
| 0 | 2000 | gallons | $18.56 | ||
| Consumption Charge (per Thousand gallons) | |||||
| 2001 | 3000 | gallons | $0.60 | ||
| 3001 | 5000 | gallons | $0.60 | ||
| 5001 | 8000 | gallons | $0.60 | ||
| 8001 | 10000 | gallons | $0.60 | ||
| 10001 | 15000 | gallons | $0.60 | ||
| 15001 | 20000 | gallons | $0.60 | ||
| 20001 | Greater | gallons | $0.00 | ||
| Commercial & Governmental I.C.L. | |||||
| Date Effective | Oct-2015 | ||||
| Minimum charge for all Meter Sizes | |||||
| 0 | 2000 | gallons | $27.09 | ||
| Consumption Charge (per Thousand gallons) | |||||
| 2001 | Greater | gallons | $1.38 | ||
| Prison Facilities | |||||
| Date Effective | 13-Oct | ||||
| Minimum charge for all Meter Sizes | |||||
| 0 | 2000 | gallons | $40.64 | ||
| Consumption Charge (per Thousand gallons) | |||||
| 2001 | Greater | gallons | $2.07 | ||
Rate For Natural Gas
The rates to be charged to consumers of natural gas within and without corporate limits of the City of Fort Stockton, Texas, shall be:
- Minimum bill will include the actual cost of gas based on monthly index price from West Texas Gas plus a marginal service adjustment of Nineteen Dollars and Thirty-Nine Cents ($19.39) for the first MCF of gas; each MCF thereafter, will include the monthly index amount plus One Dollar and Eighty-Four Cents ($1.84).
- In the future if a change in rates to consumers of natural gas within and without corporate limits is required, the cost of gas shall be the combined cost of gas from the alternate source and West Texas Gas Company plus the transportation charge, as authorized by the Purchase Agreement from West Texas Gas Company for deliveries to Fort Stockton during the current month, plus a five percent (5 %) charge for unaccounted gas loss and a three dollar and ten cent ($3.10) cost of service.
UTILITY ACCOUNTS
Viri Salgado
Aministrative Assistant
Office: (432) 336-8525 ext. 20
Fax: (432) 336-6273
email: taramos@cityfs.net
The Accounting Division assists the Finance Director with development, maintenance, and administration of the City’s Accounting System. Assisting with the preparation of the City’s Annual Financial Report and other periodic financial reports and the implementation and maintenance of accounting controls over the City’s financial resources are also responsibilities of this Division.
UTILITY COLLECTIONS
Glenda Vargas
Collections Clerk
Office: (432) 336-8525 ext. 13
Fax: (432) 336-6273
email: gvargas@cityfs.net
Alma Gardea
Collections Clerk
Office: (432)336-8525 ext.38
Fax: (432)336-6273
email: algardea@cityfs.net
The Accounting Division assists the Finance Director with development, maintenance, and administration of the City’s Accounting System. Assisting with the preparation of the City’s Annual Financial Report and other periodic financial reports and the implementation and maintenance of accounting controls over the City’s financial resources are also responsibilities of this Division.
METER TECHNICIANS
Justin Dominguez Moises Contreras
Utility Worker Utility Worker
Office: (432) 336-8525
Fax: (432) 336-6273
email: judominguez@cityfs.net
The Accounting Division assists the Finance Director with development, maintenance, and administration of the City’s Accounting System. Assisting with the preparation of the City’s Annual Financial Report and other periodic financial reports and the implementation and maintenance of accounting controls over the City’s financial resources are also responsibilities of this Divis
