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ORDINANCE NO. 5 2 6
AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND IMPOSING AN ASSESSMENT 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 (hereafter
referred to as "General ") is duly authorized to construct, operate,
maintain and extend a telephone system and to sell, furnish, transmit
and distribut telephone service in the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas
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(hereafter referred to as "City "), to the City of Jacksonville,
Arkansas, and to the citizens residing therein;
WHEREAS, General is now providing telephone service to the City
and its inhabitants and is occupying the streets, 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 payment of special
taxes, charges and assessments paid by General, 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 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 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 pay to
the City an assessment amounting to 8% of gross revenues, payable in
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approximately equal quarterly installments beginning January 1, 1979.
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with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, including
Ordinance No. 304, and Ordinances No. 343, No. 422, and No. 468.
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 14th day of December , 1978.
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YOR
ATTEST:
�VCLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
RON MILLS, CITY ATTORNEY