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ORDINANCE NO. 6 2 5
AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND IMPOSITNGiANASSESSMENT TO BE PAID
THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, BY GENERAL TELEPHONE
COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST AND THE METHOD OF PAYMENT THEREOF;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, General Telephone Company of the Southwest (here-
after referred to as "General") is duly authorized to construct,
operate, maintain and extend a telephone system and to sell,
furnish, transmit and distribute telephone service in the City
of Jacksonville, Arkansas (hereafter referred to a "City"),
and to the citizens residing therein;
WHEREAS, General in now providing telephone service to the
City and its inhabitants and is occupying the street, alleys,
and other public property of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas,
pursuant to said authority;
WHEREAS, the City requires additional revenues for payment of
increased salary requirements for City employees and other
municipal functions and service and desires to increase the pay-
ment of special taxes, charges and assessments paid by General,
pursuant to the right of the City to levy such additional assess-
ments; 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 by the
City in excess of a standard level paid ln 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 sale, furnishing, transmission and distribution
of telephone service by General within the City is hereby declared
to be a special privilege and for such privilege General shall
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pay to the City as follows.
For the year 1981 General shall pay in equal monthly
installments beginning in January 1981, the sum of
Two Hundred and Fifty Five Thousand, Three Hundred
Dollars ($255,300.00)
The 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repealed, including Ordinances Number 304, 343, 422, 468 and 526.
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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CITY CLERK '
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
(E~ERGENCY CLAUSE AFFIXED. ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31,1980)
PER DEBORAH D. ~~ALTMON, DEPUTY CITY CLERK