HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 796ORDINANCE NO. 796
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING A FRANCHISE FEE ON CENTER
POINT ENERGY NATURAL GAS OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF
MOUNDS VIEW FOR THE YEAR 2008
THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The City of Mounds View Municipal Code Appendix D is hereby amended
to include reference to the following Special Ordinance.
Subdivision 1. Purpose. The Mounds View City Council has determined that it is
in the best interest of the City to impose a franchise fee on those public utility
companies that provide natural gas and electric services within the City of Mounds
View.
a. Pursuant to City Ordinance No. C~25, a Franchise Agreement between the
City and Center Point Energy (formerly Reliant, formerly Minnegasco), the City
has the right to impose a franchise fee of not more than four (4) percent on
Minnegasco in amount and fee designs as set forth in Section 4.1 of the
Minnegasco Franchise.
Subd. 2. Franchise Fee Statement. A franchise fee is hereby imposed on
Center Point Energy under its natural gas Franchise Agreements in the amount of four
(4.0) percent of Center Point Energy's gross revenues, as defined in Section 4.1 of the
Franchise Agreements commencing with Center Point Energy's January 2008 billing
month.
Subd. 3. Payment. The said franchise fee shall be payable to the City in
accordance with the terms set forth in Section 4.4 of the Franchise.
Subd. 4. Surcharge. The City recognizes that the Minnesota Public Utilities
Commission requires each said utility company to add to its effective rates for the utility
service on which the public utility gross earnings fee is imposed, a surcharge to
reimburse such utility company for the cost of the fee.
Subd. 5. Proof of Company Gross Revenues. Center Point Energy shall make
each payment when due and shall quarterly furnish a complete and correct statement of
gross revenues for said quarter. Center Point Energy shall permit the City and its
designated representative free access to the company's records for the purpose of
verifying such statements.
Subd. 6. Enforcement. Any dispute, including enforcement of a default
regarding this ordinance will be resolved in accordance with the Franchise Agreement.
Subd. 7. Effective Date of Franchise Fee. Notwithstanding the effective date of
this ordinance and notwithstanding any contrary provisions in Section 4 of the
Franchise, the effective date of the fee collected under Subdivision 2 of this ordinance is
the later of ten (10) days after the publication and after the sending of written notice
enclosing a copy of this adopted ordinance upon Center Point Energy by certified mail.
Subd. 8. Sunset Clause. This ordinance shall automatically sunset on
December 31, 2008.
SECTION 2. This ordinance takes effect as provided herein.
Read by the City Council of the City of Mounds View this 13th day of August, 2007.
Read and passed by the City Council of the city of Mounds View this 27th day of
August, 2007. /~
Rob PUlarty, Mayor
Ulrich, City Clerk-Administrator
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JESSICA ITALIANO ,being duly sworn, on oath, says that
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he/she is the publisher or authorized agent and employee of the publisher of the newspaper known
as NEW BRTCTHTON BULLETIN ,and has full knowledge of the facts which are
stated below:
(A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualification as a qualified
newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other applicable laws, as amended.
(B) The printed ORDINANCE
which is attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published once each
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week, for I successive weeks; it was first published on WEDNESDAY ,the 5 day of
SEPTEMBER 20 07 ,and was thereafter printed and published on every to and
including ,the day of , 20 ;and printed below is a copy of
the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size and
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ORDINANCE SUMMARY
ORDINANCE NQ. 798
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING A
FRANCHISE FEE ON CENTER POINT
ENERGY NATURAL GAS
OPERATIONS. WITHIN THE CITY OF
MOUNDS VIEW FOR THE YEAR 2008
On August 27, 2007, the Mounds View
City Council adopted an ordinance which
implements a franchise fee on Center
Point Energy patural gas operations
within the City of Mounds View for the
year 2008.
A copy of Ordinance 796 is on file and
available for public viewing at the office of
the Clerk-Administrator. 'fhe ordinance is
also posted in its entirety on the City's
website, located at www.cLmounds-
view.mn.us.
Kurt Ulrich, City Cle'ic-Administrator
(Bulletin: Sept. 5, 2007)..
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