There came on for consideration at a duly constituted meeting of the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Gulfport, Mississippi, held on the ____ day of September, 2017, the following Ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. ________ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4-175 (a) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI WHEREAS, the Gulfport City Council has enacted various ordinances over time regulating the fee to be charged by the City of Gulfport for the collection and disposal of garbage, trash and refuse in the City of Gulfport, which ordinances have been codified as Chapter 4, Article VI of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Gulfport, Mississippi; and WHEREAS, that certain section contained within Chapter 4, Article VI, which regulates the fees charged for the collection and disposal of garbage, trash and refuse in the City of Gulfport is in need of amendment for purposes of changing the fee charged therefore and for other purposes; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the matters and things set forth in the above preamble are hereby accepted as stated as the findings of the Gulfport City Council. SECTION 2. That Chapter 4, Article VI, Section 4-175(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Gulfport, Mississippi, should be amended to read as follows: (a) Each household and commercial establishment within the city receiving municipal garbage collection services shall pay the following amount each month for the collection and disposal of garbage, trash and refuse: (1) Household (single or multi-family (4 units or less) residential):  Sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($16.75) per month (effective October 1, 2017);  Sixteen dollars and eighty cents ($16.80) per month (effective October 1, 2018);  Sixteen dollars and eighty-six cents ($16.86) per month (effective October 1, 2019);  Sixteen dollars and ninety-one cents ($16.91) per month (effective October 1, 2020);  Sixteen dollars and ninety-seven cents ($16.97) per month (effective October 1, 2021); and  Seventeen dollars and two cents ($17.02) per month (effective October 1, 2022). (2) Commercial establishments:  Twenty dollars and seventy-five cents ($20.75) per month (effective October 1, 2017);  Twenty dollars and eighty cents ($20.80) per month (effective October 1, 2018);  Twenty dollars and eighty-five cents ($20.85) per month (effective October 1, 2019);  Twenty dollars and ninety-one cents ($20.91) per month (effective October 1, 2020);  Twenty dollars and ninety-six cents ($20.96) per month (effective October 1, 2021); and  Twenty-one dollars and two cents ($21.02) per month (effective October 1, 2022). SECTION 3. All provisions of Chapter 4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Gulfport, Mississippi, not in conflict herewith shall remain in full force and effect as heretofore provided. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after the date of passage. It shall be published according to law and shall be spread on the minutes of the Gulfport City Council. The above and foregoing Ordinance, after having been first reduced to writing and read by the Clerk, was introduced by _____________________, seconded by _________________________, and was adopted by the following roll call vote: AYES NAYS ABSENT/ABSTAIN WHEREUPON, the President declared the motion carried and the Ordinance adopted, this the _______ day of September, 2017. (SEAL) ATTEST: ADOPTED: __________________________ CLERK OF THE COUNCIL ___________________________ PRESIDENT The above and foregoing Ordinance was submitted to and approved by the Mayor, this the ______ day of September, 2017. APPROVED: _________________________________ MAYOR