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ORDINANCE NO. 6 6 8
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 EMER-
GENCY 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 City of Jacksonville, Arkansas (hereinafter
referred to as "City"), and to the citizens residing therein;
WHEREAS, said Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company is now pro-
viding gas service to the City and its inhabitants and is
occupying the streets, alleys and other public 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 desire to increase
the payment 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 City 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 im-
posed by the City 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 distr ibution of natural gas and energy by the
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company within the City is hereby
declared a special privilege and for such privilege the Arkan-
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sas Louisiana Gas Company shall pay to the City as follows:
For the year 1982 the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company shall
pay in monthly installments beginning January 1982, the
sum of Forty Seven Thousand Dollars ($47,000.00)
Payments shall continue in succeeding years unless sooner
modified.
Section 2.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
confl ict wi th the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed, including Ordinances Number 303-A, 342, 423, 467,
527, 624, and 658.
Section 3. It is hereby declared that this Ordinance shall
take effect on April 1, 1982.
APPROVED this 18th day of
February
, 1982.
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ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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(EMERGENCY CLAUSE NOT ADOPTED.
ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1982)