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MOTION TO PASS PROPOSED ORDINANCE 2021-25 ON SECOND AND FINAL READING.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE 2021-25 IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 50 OF THE CITY’S CODE OF ORDINANCES, ENTITLED “WATER AND SEWER REGULATIONS;” PROVIDING FOR REVISIONS TO THE CITY’S WATER AND SEWER REGULATIONS, AS DETAILED IN EXHIBIT “A,” ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN, INCLUDING DEFINITIONS, FEES, PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS AND ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING THAT ORDINANCE 1964 AMENDING SECTIONS 50.35 AND 50.36 TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT REMAINS IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AND UNAFFECTED BY THE CHANGES TO CHAPTER 50 APPROVED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. On April 24, 2021, the City entered into a contractual agreement with Tyler Technologies, Inc. (Tyler-Munis) for the purchase of Software as a Services f for the new City Enterprise Resource Planning or "ERP". This new system will bring many changes to the various City processes including Customer Service; the overriding intention being the transition of Customer Service to current, on-line ways of doing business. Customers will be able to setup and manage their accounts completely online.
2. In order to accommodate this new ERP software, and to update business practices related to utilities services as recommended by City staff, several changes are required to Chapter 50, entitled Water and Sewer Regulations of the City’s Code of Ordinances, of the City’s Code of Ordinance, as set forth in the attached Exhibit “A”.
3. No changes to monthly water or sewer rates are proposed in this Ordinance.
4. City staff would like to call attention to the following substantive changes to Chapter 50:
A. The addition of a CUSTOMER SERVICE FEE SCHEDULE - A review of...
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