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ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND IMPOSING AN ASSESSMENT TO BE PAID THE
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, BY ARKANSAS LOUISIANA GAS
COMPANY AND THE METHOD OF PAYMENT THEREOF; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company is duly autho-
rized to construct, operate, maintain and extend a gas system
and to sell, furnish, transmit and distribute natural gas and
energy in the Ci ty of Jacksonville, Arkansas (hereinafter
referred to as "Ci ty") , and to the ci tizens residing therein;
WHEREAS, said Ar kansas Louisiana Gas Company is now
providing gas service to the City and its inhabitants and is
occupying the streets, alleys and other publ ic property of the
City, pursuant to said authority;
WHEREAS, the City requires additional revenues for pay-
ment of increased salary requirements for City employees and
other municipal functions and service and desires to increase
the pajment of special taxes, charges and assessments paid by
the said Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company pursuant to the right
of the City to levy such additional assessments; and
WHEREAS, the Ci ty recognizes and accepts the purposes and
results of decisions of the Arkansas Public Service Commission
and the Arkansas Supreme Court requiring that the charges for
service by a utility to customers in the City be adjusted to
adequately reflect any additional amounts of assessments
imposed by the Ci ty in excess of a standard level paid in other
municipalities to avoid discrimination among customers of the
utility.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, That:
Section 1.
The manufacture, sale, furnishing, trans-
mission and distribution of natural gas and energy by the
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company within the City is hereby
to
declared a special privilege and for such privilege the
Ar kansas Louisiana Gas Company shall pay to the Ci ty as
follows:
For the year 1982 the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
shall pay in equal monthly installments beginning Jan-
uary 1982, the sum of Seventy Seven Thousand Dollars
($77,000.00)
Payments shall continue in succeeding years unless sooner
modified.
Section 2.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed, including Ordinances Number 303-A, 342, 423, 467,
527, and 624.
Section 3. It is hereby found by the City Council that
there is an urgent need for additional revenues for the City.
Therefore, an emergency is declared to exist, and this ordi-
nance being necessary for the preservation and advancement of
the public peace, health, safety and welfare, shall be in full
force and effect from and after the date of its approval.
APPROVED this 30th day of
DeceJ.'uber
, 1981.
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CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY
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