0423 ORDINANCE NO. *;?.
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-
suant to said authority;
WHEREAS, the City requires additional revenues for payment of in-
creased 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 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 far meter setting,
an additional special assessment, tax, charge, or imposition as follows: the
company for the year 1977 shall pay an additional sum of Forty Thousand and
no /100 Dollars ($40,000.00), payable in approximately equal quarterly install-
ments beginning January 1, 1977. 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 and Ordinance No. 342.
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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 advancenent of the public peace, health, safety and welfare, shall be in
full force and effect from and after th date of approval.
APPROVED this 9 day of t_.__ __ 2), 1976.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM;
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