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ORDINANCE NO. 1065
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 1059,
DATED MARCH 30, 1981, ESTABLISHING
ELECTRICAL RATES FOR RESIDENTS OF THE
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS,
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Electrical Rates for the residents of the
City of West Memphis, Arkansas, shall be set as rates
recommended and submitted by Allen and Hoshall, and as
approved and recommended by the West Memphis Utility Commission
in the regular meeting of March 12, 1981.
SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 1059, dated March 30, 1981,
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SECTION II, beginning with Paragraph 4, shall be amended
as follows:
(4) When any part of a residence comes to be used
regularly for commercial business, the Residence
Service Rate thereupon, ceases to be applicable;
and the wiring must be separated, and the business
part metered separately; or, the Standard
Commercial Lighting Rate must be applied to the
whole premise.
(5) RESIDENTIAL RATE SCHEDULE
RATE:
Cost of Service
Summer (April - September)
First 1000 KWH
Excess
Winter (October - March)
First 1000 KWH
Excess
RATES:
$6.00
@5.5~/KWH
@4.9~/KWH
@5.5~/KWH
@4.3~/KWH
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(6) MINIMUM .CHARGE: A charge of $6.00 per month
is established. For meter loads in residence in
excess of 3 HP connected load there may be an
additional $6.50 net per KW per month for such
load.
(7) PAYMENT AND DISCOUNT: All rates are the
net rate for bills paid within fifteen (15) days
from date of the bill. The gross billing is
One Hundred Ten Per Cent (110%) of net, and
shall apply on all bills paid after fifteen (15)
days of date of the bill. If a bill is not paid
within thirty (30) days from the date thereof,
the City shall have the right to disconnect the
Consumer's service without further notice. If a
Consumer's service is disconnected for non-payment,
the City may make a reasonable charge for the
labor of the reconnection.
SECTION 3. All Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. If there are any rebates from the Arkansas
Power & Light Company concerning the new rates charged the
City of West Memphis on March 1, 1981, said rebates will be
credited to each Consumer of the West Memphis Utility Department
on an "AS USED" percentage basis.
SECTION 5. The new rates shall be effective for all
Consumers the date this Ordinance is published. Consumption
before this Ordinance is published shall be billed at the old
rates.
SECTION 6. Emer enc Clause. It being found and determined
by the City C ncil of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, that an
increase in the electrical rates for the City of West Memphis is
necessary and that this Ordinance is immediately necessary for the
preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare of
the Citizens of West Memphis, Arkansas; therefore, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from the date of its pa sage, approval and publication.
PASSED AND APPROVED this ~ day of e~ ~.y , 1981.
ATTEST: ~ // ~ MAYOR
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