HomeMy WebLinkAbout16522 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,522
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3 A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THAT FRANCHISE FEES FOR THE
4 USE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY BY UTILITIES WITHIN THE CITY
5 OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, WILL CONTINUE IN THE SAME
6 AMOUNT IN 2025; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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8 WHEREAS, the City will continue Franchise Agreements with various utilities including Water
9 Service, Sanitary Sewer Services, Electricity Services, Telephone Service, Long Distance
10 Telecommunications Services and Natural Gas Services,among others,and has done so since 1957;and,
11 WHEREAS, Arkansas State Law suggests a Franchise is not effective until it has been on public
12 display for a period of at least ten(10)days prior to its adoption.
13 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
14 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
15 Section 1. The following Franchise Agreements, and Franchise Fees payments, attached below as
16 Exhibit A, shall be in effect from and after January 1,2025:
17 A. Entergy Corporation,in the amount of 5.2%of the company's gross revenue collection as
18 paid to it by industrial,commercial and residential users located within the corporate limits
19 of the City of Little Rock,Arkansas,or the sum of Eight Million,Eight Hundred Thousand
20 Dollars,($8,800,000.00),whichever is greater; and,
21 B. Local Access Telephone Service carriers, in the amount of 7.32% of the respective
22 company's local exchange access charges collected within the corporate limits of the City
23 of Little Rock,Arkansas;and,
24 C. Long Distance Intrastate or Interstate Telecommunication Service providers,in the amount
25 of$0.004 cents per minute for toll charges charged to a service address within the corporate
26 limits of the City of Little Rock,Arkansas; and,
27 D. Summit Utilities,for Natural Gas Service,in an amount equal to 5.2%of the gross revenues
28 paid to it during Calendar Year 2025 and each year thereafter by all of its customers
29 including, but not limited to industrial, residential and commercial customers located
30 within the corporate limits of the City of little Rock,Arkansas,or the sum of Two Million,
31 One Hundred Thousand Dollars($2,100,000.00),whichever is greater;and,
32 E. Central Arkansas Water for Water Service within the corporate limits of the City of Little
33 Rock,Arkansas,as currently established;and,
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1 F. Little Rock Water Reclamation.Authority for Sanitary Sewer Service within the corporate
2 limits of the City of Little Rock,Arkansas,as currently established.
3 Section 2. Copies of the various annual ordinance or resolution provisions for each of the entities set
4 forth in Section 1 above shall be on file with the City Clerk, and will be listed on the City of Little Rock,
5 Arkansas,website,for a period of not less than ten(10)days prior to the end of 2024.
6 Section 3. Severabiliiy. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
7 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
8 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
9 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
10 resolution.
11 Section 4. Repealer. All laws,ordinances,resolutions,or parts of the same that are inconsistent with
12 the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
13 PASSED: December 3,2024
14 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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17 Allison Segars,Ac ity Clerk Frank Scott, r., yor
18 APPRO D AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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21 Thomas M.Carpenter,City Att ney
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