0342 ORDINANCE NO. ,7 /Z
AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL 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 authorized 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 (hereafter referred to as "City "), to the City of Jacksonville,
Arkansas, 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 of Jacksonville, Arkansas, pur-
1 suant to said authority;
WHEREAS, the City requires additional revenues for payment of in-
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creased salary requirements for City employees and other municipal func-
tions 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 Commission and the Arkansas
Supreme Court requiring that the charges for service by a utility to custo-
mers 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 dis-
tribution of natural gas and energy by Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
within the City is hereby declared to be a special privilege and for such
privilege the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company shall pay to the City, in
addition to current payments being made to the City in the form of $2.00
per meter setting, an additional special assessment, tax, charge or impo-
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sition as follows: the company for the year 1975 shall pay an additional
sum of Forty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($40,000.00), payable in approxi-
mately equal quarterly installments beginning March 15, 1975. 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 Ordinance
No. 303 -A.
Section 3. It is hereby found by the City Council that there is an ur-
gent 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, retroactive to
January 1, 1975. ( ��
APPROVED this .5 day of �l�,,�L„ -, ,,� , 1975.
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