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ORDINANCE ~92- ~ CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ELECTRIC AND GAS FOR THE CITY OF EAMSEY, MINNESOTA The City. Council of the City of Ramsey ordains: FRANCHISE FEES I I I I SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. The following terms shall have the meaning given them: "Companies" or "each company" means Anoka Electric Cooperative. a Minnesota cooperative, its successors and assigns, Midwest Gas, an Iowa corporation, its successors and assigns, Anoka Electric. a municipal electric distributor, its successors and assigns, and any other entity selling energy to customers in the City for any use related to heating, cooling, lighting and running machinery and appliances, provicled that the City has the authority to require a franchise fee or impose a tax on each of the foregoing. -) "Gross revenues" mean all sums received by each company's sate of energy to its customers within the corporate limits of the City, excluding any surcharge or similar addition to each company's charges to customers for the purpose of reimbursing for each company the cost resulting from the franchise fee, and also excluding sales of energy to customers solely for use as a fuel for vehicles. "Commercial and industrial customer" means a customer so classified bv each company except as defined below. "Institutional customer" means a user of energy for purposes other than residential uses as defined, below or other than retai~ or wholesale trade or manufacturing or warehousing, including but not limited to churches, schools and government facilities. "Residential customer" means a user of energy in connection with the occupancy of a residential dwelling without regard to how such user may be classified by tile companies. SECTION 2. FRANCHISE FEE. I I I I I I I Amount. The City hereby imposes a franchise fee equal to the applicable percentage, hereinafter set forth, of the ~oss earnings of each company. Such fee shall not exceed an5, amount which each company may legally charge to its customers, prior to payment to the City, t~y imposing a surcharge equivalent to such fee in its rates for energy service. Each company may pay the City the fee based upon the surcharge billed subject to subsequent reductions to account for uncollectibles or customers refunds. Each company may add to its effective rate schedules a surcharge equal to the applicable franchise fee to reimburse each zompany for the cost of the franchise fee, but such surcharge shall be separately stated on ener~, bills to customers within the City. The time and manner of collecting the franchise fee is subject to the mutual ageement of the CiD' Council and the Utilities Board of Directors or Commission, which each company agees to use its best efforts to obtain. The initial franchise fee imposed bv this ordinance shall be in the amount of the percentage set for'th below on that port/on o{ goss revenues derived from sales to each company's customers based on the billing months for the applicable calendar auarter. Commercial and inausrrial Customers Residential Custome~ institution~ Customers % % ORDINANCE Page 1 of 3 I I I I