HomeMy WebLinkAbout15574I ORDINANCE NO. 15,574
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3 AN ORDINANCE LEVYING ADDITIONAL PRIVILEGE FEES
4 TO BE PAID BY SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE
5 COMPANY FOR THE YEAR 1989; AND PROVIDING FOR
6 THE PAYMENT THEREOF.
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8 WHEREAS, the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
9 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "Telephone Company ") is
10 duly authorized by ordinance to or connected with the conduct of
11 a telephone business and system in the City of Little Rock, all
12 beneficial to the inhabitants thereof residing in said
13 municipality; and
14 WHEREAS, the Telephone Company is now and will be
15 occupying the streets and alleys of the City for the purpose of
16 operating and maintaining its telephone system to the
17 municipality and the inhabitants and customers residing in said
18 municipality; and
19 WHEREAS, the City is entitled to receive just and
20 reasonable fees from the Telephone Company which the City may
21 lawfully impose and the Telephone Company is entitled to pay.
22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
23 OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
24 SECTION 1. There is hereby imposed and Southwestern Bell
25 Telephone Company shall pay to the City a privilege fee in an
26 amount equal to seven and thirty -two hundredths percent (7.32$)
27 of the Company's access line billing revenues for the calendar
28 year 1988 or a minimum of One Million Eight Hundred Seventy
29 Thousand Dollars ($1,870,000.00).
30 SECTION 2. Payments to the City by Southwestern Bell
31 Telephone Company for the net additional fee as provided for in
32 Section 1 hereof shall be made monthly by the 30th day of each
33 month except for the payment the month of December which shall
34 be made by the 15th of December.
35 SECTION 3. Not later than March 31, 1989, Southwestern
36 Bell's access line revenue collected in Little Rock during 1988
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will be certified to the City by a responsible official of the 48 U
Company. April and subsequent monthly payments will be adjusted
to provide the total amount due the City in 1989 (7.32 %) of 1988
certified revenue.
SECTION 4. The City recognizes and accepts the purposes
and results of an Order of the Arkansas Public Service
Commission entered on February 7, 1980, in Docket U -30132
relating to the treatment by the Telephone Company of all city
special fees. The fees, together with costs of collection
thereof, provided for by Section 1 hereof, may be passed on to
the customers of the Telephone Company in keeping with the
provision of the said Order of the Arkansas Public Service
Commission.
SECTION 5. It is acknowledged that Ordinance No. 11,345
amended by Ordinance No. 14,981 which set out the terms and
conditions of the present privilege authority under which the
Telephone Company is operating is the controlling document over
this franchise.
SECTION 6. Nothing herein contained shall be construed
as altering or amending any other rights or obligations of the
City or the Telephone Company and provided for in Ordinance No.
11,345 except that portion of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 11,345
pertaining to the method of calculating the Telephone Company's
annual privilege fee.
SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall be in effect January 1,
1989.
PASSED: November 1, 1988
ATTEST:
CIT CLERK JANI CZECH
MARK STODOLA, CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED:
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ASSISTANq MAYOR FLOYD G. VILLINES