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Council Member adoption: introduced the following ordinance and moved its CITY OF LINO LAKES ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 15-00 AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING A FRANCHISE FEE ON RELIANT ENERGY MINNEGASCO'S OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF LINO LAKES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF LINO LAKES, ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS: SECTION 1. The City of Lino Lakes Municipal Code is hereby amended to include reference to the following Ordinance. Subdivision 1. Purpose. The Lino Lakes City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City to impose a franchise fee or equivalent fee on those public utility companies that provide gas or electric services within the City. Pursuant to City Ordinance No. 14 -00, a Franchise Agreement between the City and Reliant Energy Minnegasco ( "Minnegasco "), the City has the right to impose a franchise fee. Subd. 2. Franchise Fee. A franchise fee in the form of a per meter fee is hereby imposed on Minnegasco under its gas Franchise in the amount shown below, commencing with the Minnegasco January 2001 billing month. Note that this chart is for Year 2001 and amounts will increase 3% per year. Classification Monthly Fee Annual Fee Residential $ 1.50 $ 18.00 Commercial A $ 1.50 $ 18.00 Commercial B $ 3.50 $ 42.00 Commercial C $ 12.00 $ 144.00 SVDF -A $ 25.00 $ 300.00 SVDF -B $150.00 $1,800.00 • Subd. 3. Payment. The Fee shall be payable to the City in accordance with the terms set forth in the Franchise. Subd. 4. Surcharge. The City acknowledges that Minnegasco may choose to add the full amount of the Fee as a customer surcharge to reimburse the Company for the Fee. Minnegasco shall provide to the City a copy of the proposed customer bill line item describing the Fee thirty days before the first bill collecting the Fee is sent to customers.