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ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING A GAS SERVICE FRANCHISE FEE ON NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY, A MINNESOTA CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS,FOR PROVIDING GAS SERVICE WITHIN THE CITY OF PEQUOT LAgES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES DOES ORDAIN THAT: SECTION 1. The City of Pequot Lakes Municipal Code is hereby amended to include reference to the following Special Oxdinance. Subd. 1. P ose. The Pequot Lakes City Council has determined tha.t it is in the best interest of the City of Pequot Lakes (the"City") to impose a fxanchise fee on those public utility companies tha,t provide natutal gas services within the City. (a) Pursuant to City Ordinance 2019 - , a Franchise Agreement(the"Fxanchise Agreement'� between the City and Northe�r.t-�ta�es Power�ompanp,a Minnesota corporation, its successors and assigns, (the"Company'�, the City has t.�.e right to impose a franchise fee on the Company,in an amount and fee design as set forth in Section 9 of the above-referenced Franchise Agreement and in the fee schedule attached hereto as Schedule A. Subd. 2. Franchise Fee Statement A franchise fee is hereby imposed on the Company under its gas franchise in accordance with the schedule attached hereto and made a part of this Ordinance as Schedule A,comxnencing with the Company's .20 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 moYe 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 diffexent rates, the Company ma,y have an account far each rate classification,which will result in more than one franchise fee assessment for gas service to th�t premise. If the Company combines the rate classifications into a single account, the franchise fee assessed to the account will be the laxgest franchise fee applicable to a single rate classification for energy deli.vered to that pYemise. In the event any entities covered bp this Ordinance have more than one premise, each premise (addtess) shall be subject to the appropria,te fee. In the event a question arises as to the proper fee amount for any premise, the Companp's manner of billing for energy nsed at all simila.r premises in tlie City will control. Subd.3. Payment The said franchise fee shall be payable to the City in accoYda,nce with the terms set forth in Section 9 of the Fxanchise AgYeement The Company shall make each payment when due. Subd. 4. Surchar�e. The City recognizes that the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission may allow the Company to add a suxcha,tge to customer xates of City residents to reimbutse the Company fox the cost of the fee. Subd. 5. Enforcement. Anp dispute,including enforcement of a default regarding this Ordinance will be resolved in accordance with Section 2.5 of the Franchise Agreement Subd. 6. Effective Date of Franchise Fee. The effective date of this Ordinance shall be after its publication and ninety (90) da.ps aftex the sending of written notice enclosing a copy of this adopted Ordinance to the Company by certified mail. Collection of the fee shall commence as pYovided above. 1