HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-09-17 Ordinance Rates of Gulf States Telephone CoAN ORDINANCE INCREASING TILE riA'I'FS OF GULF STATES TELEPHONE
COMPANY IN TIIF. CITY OF STFPJENVILLE, TEXAS AND DECLARING AN
MTERGFNCY
MIFREAS, tire Gulf States 'Telephone Company has applied
to the City Council of the City of Stephenville for an adjustment
upwards of its rates for telephone service to meet its increased
operating costs and to insure continued growth and expansion of
the Stephenville Telephone Exchange to meet the needs of the cit-
izens of Stephenvile and its trade territory, and
WHEREAS, the Gulf States Telephone Company agrees to com-
plete an additional- investment of in in the improvement and
expansion of its Central Office and outside plant facilities, and
WIIEREAS, after investigation by the City Council of all
pertinent matters relating to the application, the adjustments
applied for appear to be reasonable and just,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY TIIECITY COUNCIL OF
TILE CITY OF STEPIIENTVILLE, TEXAS:
Section One
That the Gulf States Telephone Company is authorized
to place in effect, as hereinafter provided, the following rates
for telephone service in the Stephenville Exchange, said rates
not including applicable Federal Excise Taxes:
CLASS OF SERVICE MONTHLY 'IATES
BUSINESS:
1-Party Line, Handset 9.00
2-Party Line, Handset 7.75
Extension, IIandset 1.50
RESIDENCE:
1-Party line, handset 5.00
2-Party- Line, Handset 4.00
I -Party Line, IIandset 3.25
Extension, IIandset 1.00
Section Two
That the said rates set out in Section One above shall
take effect upon the furnishing of a certificate from an inde-
pendent Certified Public Accountant by Gulf States Telephone
Company to the City Council of Stephenville that an additional
investment of :p30,000.00 in telephone facilities in the Stephenville
Telephone Exchange has been completed; provided, however, that if
such certification is furnished prior to April 1, 1958, such rates
shall take effect on April 1, 1958. When said rates become effec-
tive as herein provided, the rate schedule set out in Section One
hereof shall supersede the schedule of rates set forth in Section
Seven of the franchise ordinance relating to Gulf States Telephone
Company passed and approved by the City of Stephenville on June 5,
1951, but no other provision of said ordinance of June 5, 1951
/ol shall be deemed to be modified, amended or, repealed hereby.
Section Three
No action which may be taken by Gulf States Telephone
Company pursuant to this ordinance shall deprive the Gulf States
Telephone Company of the right to earn a fair and reasonable
return upon the fair value of its telephone plant, facilities and
property in the Stephenville Exchange.
Section Pour
The fact that telephone service is a public necessity
creates an emergency; therefore, all rules and regulations pro-
viding for the reading of ordinances more than one time and/or
on more than one occasion be, and they are hereby, suspended
and this ordinance is passed and shall take effect as an emer-
gency measure from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City
of Stephenville this the 17th day of Septe er, 1 57.
Mayor
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City Secretary
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