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ORDINANCE NO.
624
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 au-
thorized to construct, operate, maintain and extend a gas
system and to sell:, fllrnlsh" transrnit and distribute natural
gas and energy in the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas (here-
after referred to as "City"), and to the citizens residing
therein;
WHEREAS, said Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company is now
providing 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 desires 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 Comm-
ission 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 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, transmission
and distribution of natural gas and energy by the Arkansas
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Louisiana Gas Company within the City is hereby declared a
special privilege and for such privilege the Arkansas Louisiana
Gas Company shall pay to the City as follows:
For the year 1981 the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
shall pay in equal monthly installments beginning
January 1981, the sum of Seventy Three Thousand and
Nine_.-Hund:.~ed..DOllars ($73,.900.00)
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with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, includ-
ing Ordinances Number 303-A, 342, 423, 467 and 527.
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 ordinance 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
31st
day of December
, 1980.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
(EMERGENCY CLAUSE AFFIXED. ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE DECE~1BER 31,1980)
PER DEBORAH D. WALTMON, DEPUTY CITY CLERK