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ORDINANCE NO. 4 6 7
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 citi-
zens 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 Jackson-
ville, Arkansas, pursuant to said authority;
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WHEREAS, the City requires additional revenues for payment of
increased salary requirements for City employees and other munici-
pal 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 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 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 Arkansas Louisiana
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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 imposition as
follows: the company for the year 1978 shall pay an additional
sum of Forty Thousand and no /100 Dollars ($40,000.00), payable
in approximately equal quarterly installments beginning Janu-
ary 1, 1978. Payments shall continue in succeeding years unless
sooner modified.
Section 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in con-
flict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed,
including Ordinance No. 303 -A and Ordinances No. 342 and No. 423.
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 .� / day of /] c i7= / —j , 1S72:.
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ATTEST:
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CITY LERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Ronald C. Mills,
City Attorney