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ORDNANCE NO. 16,328 • 689
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3 AN ORDINANCE LEVYING ADDITIONAL FRANCHISE FEES
4 TO BE PAID BY SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE
5 COMPANY FOR THE YEAR 1993; AND PROVIDING FOR
6 THE PAYMENT THEREOF.
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8 WHEREAS, the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company ( "Telephone
9 Company ") is duly authorized by ordinance to operate a telephone
10 business and system in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas ( "City ");
11 and
12 WHEREAS, the Telephone Company is now and will be occupying
13 the streets, alleys, airways and other public rights -of -way of the
14 City for the purpose of operating and maintaining its telephone
15 system; and
16 WHEREAS, the City is legally authorized to impose and the
17 Telephone Company is obligated to pay a just and reasonable
18 franchise fee in connection with its operations in the City.
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20 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
21 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
22 SECTION 1. There is hereby imposed and Southwestern Bell
23 Telephone Company shall pay to the City a franchise fee in an
24 amount equal to seven and thirty -two hundredths percent (7.328) of
25 the Company's local exchange access line charges collected within
26 the City's corporate limits for the calendar year 1992, or a
27 minimum of One Million Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
28 ($1,950,000).
29 SECTION 2. Payments to the City by Southwestern Bell
30 Telephone Company for the net additional fee as provided for in
31 Section 1 hereof shall be made monthly by the 30th day of each
32 month except for the December payment which shall be made by the
33 15th of December.
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35 SECTION 3. Not later than March 31, 1993, Southwestern
36 Bell's access line revenue collected in Little Rock during 1992
will be certified to the City by a responsible official of the
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Company. April and subsequent monthly payments will be adjusted to
provide the total amount due the City in 1993, (7,328) of 1992
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.
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 the portion of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 11,345 pertaining
to the method of calculating the Telephone Company's annual
franchise fee.
SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall be in effect on and after
January 1, 1993.
PASSED: December 21, 1992
ATTEST:
J,Lj O LLa'a aa,
CITY CLERK ROBBIE HANCOCK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
THOMAS M. CARPENTERQ
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED: