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ORDINANCE ~g92.. <br /> <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ELECTRIC AND GAS FRANCHISE FEES <br />FOR THE~C~IT~ OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The City Council of the City of Ramsey ordains: <br /> <br />SECTION 1.: DEFINITIONS. The following terms shall have the meaning given them: <br /> <br />1. "ComPani/~s" or "each company" means Anoka Electric Cooperative, a Minnesota <br /> cOOpe~ativt~, its successors and assigns, Midwest Gas, an Iowa corporation, its successors <br /> and ~a.qsignls, Anoka Electric, a municipal electric distributor, its successors and assigns, <br /> and ar~y other entity selling energy to customers in the City for any use related to heating, <br /> cooling, lighting and running machinery and appliances, provided that the City has the <br /> authority t¢ require a franchise fee or impose a tax on each of the foregoing. <br /> <br />2. "GrOS~; rel~enues" mean all sums received by each company's sale of energy to its <br /> cust:o,0~aers! within the corporate limits of the City, excluding any surcharge or similar <br /> addi~tibn to each company's charges to customers for the purpose of reimbursing for each <br /> com~pany t~he cost resulting from the franchise fee, and also excluding sales of energy to <br /> custi~mers ISolely for use as a fuel for vehicles. <br /> <br />3. "Comlner¢ial and industrial customer" means a customer so classified by each company <br /> except asdefined below. <br /> <br />4. "InStitut~olnal customer" means a user of energy for purposes other than residential uses as <br /> defined b{low or other than retail or wholesale trade or manufacturing or warehousing, <br /> including but not limited to churches, schools and government facilities. <br /> <br />5. "Residential customer" means a user of energy in connection with the occupancy of a <br /> residO~ti~ dwelling without regard to how such user may be classified by the companies. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. ~RANCHISE FEE. <br /> <br />I. Amount. ~ The City hereby imposes a franchise fee equal to the applicable percentage, <br /> her¢i/!a.q:~ set forth, of the gross earnings of each company. Such fee shall not exceed any <br /> amount ~hich each company may legally charge to its customers, prior to payment to the <br /> CitY, Iby iinposing a surcharge equivalent to such fee in its rates for energy service. Each <br /> cortigany ![may pay the City the fee based upon the surcharge biiled subject to subsequent <br /> redtJ~ion~; to account for uncollectibles or customers refunds. Each company may add to <br /> its ~ffeCtiye rate schedules a surcharge equal to the applicable franchise fee to reimburse <br /> each/:ompany for the cost of the franchise fee, but such surcharge shall be separately stated <br /> on :en, erg~ bills to customers within the City. The time and manner of collecting the <br /> frat!eh, ise ~fee is subject to the mutual agreement of the City Council and the Utilities Board <br /> of D'.lrect/~rs or Commission, which each company agrees to use its best efforts to obtain. <br /> Th~- initi~ franchise fee imposed by this ordinance shall be in the amount of the percentage <br /> set.forth below on that portion of gross revenues derived from sales to each company's <br /> cuSt6me~ based on the billing months for the applicable calendar quarter. <br /> <br /> CommerCial and Industrial Customers % <br /> Re~i/tential Customers % <br /> Institutio{hal Customers % <br /> ORDINANCE g92- Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br /> <br />