{"id":104525,"date":"2026-08-20T08:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/?p=104525"},"modified":"2026-08-20T08:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:40:03","slug":"protection-ordinance-no-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/2026\/08\/20\/protection-ordinance-no-2026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Protection: Ordinance No. 2026-2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ORDINANCE NO. 2026-2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Section 15-221, and Section 15-428, of the Code of the city of protection, Kansas, AMENDING THE MONTHLY CHARGES FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICE; and REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2025-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF PROTECTION, KANSAS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 15-221 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PROTECTION: That Section 15-221 of the Code of the City of Protection, Kansas, adopted pursuant to Ordinance No. 501 of the City of Protection, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15-221. WATER SERVICE RATES. The monthly charge for water service, for residential and commercial customers, beginning on September 1, 2026, shall be as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Minimum monthly water service charge of $22.00 per month for the first 1,000 gallons of water usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. $3.00 per 1,000-gallon unit of water usage, in excess of the first 1,000 gallons of water usage, units billed in 1,000 gallon increments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 15-428 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PROTECTION: That Section 15-428 of the Code of the City of Protection, Kansas, adopted pursuant to Ordinance No. 501 of the City of Protection, Kansas, is hereby amended to read as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15-428. SEWER SERVICE RATES. The monthly charge for sewer service, for residential and commercial customers, beginning on September 1, 2026, shall be as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Minimum monthly sewer service charge of $17.00 per month for the first 1,000 gallons of water usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. $2.50 for each 1,000-gallon unit of water usage, in excess of the first 1,000 gallons of water usage, units billed in 1,000 gallon increments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SECTION 2. REPEAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 2025-4: That Ordinance No. 2025-4 of the City of Protection, Kansas, and all other ordinances, parts of ordinances, and Articles or Sections of the Code of the City of Protection, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and publication in the official City newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passed, approved and adopted by the Governing Body of the City of Protection, Kansas, this 12th day of August, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\/s\/ Chris Brosius, Mayor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attest: \/s\/ Jennifer Monroe, City Clerk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORDINANCE NO. 2026-2 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Section 15-221, and Section 15-428, of the Code of the city of protection, Kansas, AMENDING THE MONTHLY CHARGES FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICE; and REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2025-4. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF PROTECTION, KANSAS: SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 15-221 OF THE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8371],"tags":[5376],"class_list":["post-104525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publicnotices","tag-protection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcnonline.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}