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MERIDEL M. HEDBLOM
NOTARY PUBLIC-MINNESOTA
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 151.2005
RATE INFORMATION
(1) Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users 2.85 per line
for comparable space
(2) Maximum rate allowed by law 6.20 per line
(3) Rate actually charged 1.40 per line
City of Brooklyn Center
AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING. A NATURAL GAS
FRANCHISE FEE ON CENTERPOINT ENERGY
MINNEGASCO'S OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CITY
OF BROOKLYN CENTER
THE CITY COUNCIL OF BROOKLYN CENTER,
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Code is hereby amended to include
the following Special Ordinance.
Subd. 1. Purpose. The Brooklyn Center 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. 2003 -06,
a Franchise Agreement between the City and CenterPoint
Energy Minnegasco "CENTERPOINT"), the City has the
right to impose a franchise fee:
Subd. 2. FYanchise Fee. A franchise fee "Fee is
hereby imposed on CENTERPOINT under its natural gas
Franchise as set forth in the fee schedule attached hereto
and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A"
commencing with the CENTERPOINT January 1, 2004
billing month.
This fee is an account -based fee on each premise and not a
meter -based fee. In the event that an entity covered by this
ordinance has more than one meter at a single premise,
but only one account, only one fee shall be assessed to that
account. If a premise has two or more meters being billed
at different rates, the Company may have an account for
each rate classification, which will result in more than one
franchise fee assessment for electric service to that
premise.
If the Company combines the rate classifications into a
single account, the franchise fee assessed to the account
will be the largest franchise fee applicable to a single rate
classification for energy delivered to that premise. In the
event any entities covered by this ordinance have more
than one premise, each premise (address) shall be subject
to the appropriate fee. In the event a question arises as to
the proper fee amount for any premise, the Company's
manner of billing for energy used at all similar premises
in the city will control.
Class
(Official Publication)
NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION
ORDINANCE NO. 2003-23
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
CENTERPOINT may choose to add the full amount of the
Fee as a customer surcharge to reimburse the Company for
I the Fee. CENTERPOINT 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.
Subd. 5. Proof of Customer Usage. CENTERPOINT
shall make each payment when due and shall quarterly
furnish a complete and correct statement of gross
operating revenues for said quarter. CENTERPOINT
shall permit the City and its designated representative
reasonable access to the company's records for the purpose
of verifying such statements.
Subd. 6. Enforcement. Any dispute, including enforce-
ment of a default regarding this ordinance will be resolved
in accordance with the Franchise.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective after
adoption and upon thirty (30) days following its legal
publication.
Residential
Commercial A
Commercial Industrial B
Commercial Industrial C
SVDF A
SVDF B
LVDF
Adopted this 8th day of December, 2003.
Myrna Kragness
Mayor
ATTEST: Sharon Knutson
City Clerk
Date of Publication: December 18, 2003
Effective Date: January 17, 2004
$1.48 per month
81.53 per month
$5.00 per month
$20.00 per month
$50.00 per month
$96.00 per month
$96.00 ner month
EXHIBIT A
CENTERPOINT ENERGY GAS FRANCHISE
FEE SCHEDULE
Fee Per Premise
P -1 ORD2003 -23 (December 18, 2003)