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0759 67 ORDINANCE NO. 7 5 2 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 727, FIXING AND IMPOSING THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF FEES, CHARGES AND SPECIAL TAXES TO BE PAID THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, BY THE GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST AND THE METHOD OF PAYMENT THEREOF; DE- CLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, THAT: SECTION 1. It is hereby declared that Ordinance Number 727 should be amended as set forth below. SECTION 2. Section 6 of said Ordinance Number 727 is hereby amended to read as follows: "The sale, furnishing, transmission and distribution of the telephone service by General Telephone Company within the City is hereby declared to be a special privilege and for such privilege General Telephone Company shall pay to the City an assessment amounting to: For the year 1985, the General Telephone COmpa!lY of the Southwest shall pay in monthly installments be- ginning January 1985, the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00). The payments shall continue in succeeding years unless sooner modified." In all other respects, said ordinance shall remain unchanged. SECTION 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. It is hereby found by the Jacksonville City Council that there is an urgent need for additional revenues for the City. Therefore, an emergency is declared to exist, and this ordinance being necessary for the preservation and advancement of the public peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. APPROVED THIS 6 tli, DAY OF VECEMB,ER 1984. J ATTEST: ~~. ) LULA-'M. LEONARD, Cf'11Y CLERK APPRO ED AS TO FORM: jvd )(. TH VAUGHAN,