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ORDINANCE NO. 326
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10 (UTILITIES) or THE
SEWARD GENERAL CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING THERETO
NEW SECTIONS 10.400 TO 10.404 (TELEPHONE), CREATING
NEW RATES FOR 'niE FURNISHING OF TELEPHONE SERVICE TO
RESIDENTS OF 'niE CITY OF SEWARD, AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
'niE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA ORDAINS:
That Section 10 (Utilities) of the Seward General Code of
Ordinances be amended by adding thereto Sections 10.400 to 10.404 (Telephone),
with provisions for the effective date thereof:
Section 10.400 Definitions.
Company shall be the Alaska Telephone Corporation, its legal
assigns or successors, or others operating under proper franchise granted by
the Common Council of the City of Seward.
City shall be the City of Seward, Alaska.
Telephone Service shall be any service offered by a duly franchised
company for the purpose of communication.
Section 10.401 Rates.
After pUblic hearing of interested witnesses, examination of
relevant evidence and consideration of oral argument, the Common Council of the
City does hereby mOdify, fix, regulate and establish the following rates, and
no other, for telephone service to subscribers located within the corporate
limits of the City of Seward, Alaska:
TYPE OF SERVICE
RATES
PER MON'ni
Business in base Rate Area
Individual
Two Party
Mul ti Party
On Premises Extension
Off Premises Extension
Trunks
Teletype - Two Wire Circuit
$16.50
14.00
12.50
2.50
5.00
16.50
14.40
Residence in base Rate Area
Individual
Two Party
Multi Party
On Premises Extension
Off Premises Extension
$11.00
9.00
7.75
1.75
5.00
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Section 10.402 Rate of Return.
Company shall at no time make or be entitled to more than a reason-
able return, as determined by the Common Council of the City, on its net
capital investment, represented by initial investment for property actually
used and useful in the public service, regardless of subsequent changes in
ownership, plus capital additions and minus accrued depreciation. For this
purpose the Company shall furnish to the City annually an independent audit by
a certified public accounting firm authorized to conduct its business in
Alaska, reflecting the financial activities of the Company in Seward in con-
nection with its telephone franchise. The City reserves the right at any
time to adjust the rates established herein, wbether by lowering or raising
said rates, to conform to the provisions of this section.
Section 10.403 Public Service Telephones.
Company shall at all times, at its own cost or at the cost of others,
maintain telephone service available to the public at the Seward Small Boat
Harbor and at the Seward Municipal Airport.
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The effective date for Section 10.401 shall be January~, 1964.
Section 10.404 Effective Date.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
A determination that any part of this ordinance is invalid shall
not affect the validity of any remaining portions or provisions hereof.
The Company shall, upon demand, pay the costs of publishing this
ordinance.
Publication of this ordinance shall be made by posting a copy hereof
on the City Hall Bulletin Board from 29 August 1963 through 10 October 1963
(being ten (10) days following the telephone franchise referendum election).
First reading:
5 August 1963
Second reading: 19 August 1963
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PASSED AND APPROVED by the Common Counc1l of the City of Seward,
Alaska, this 29th day of August, 1963.
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Per R. Stockton
Mayor
Attest:
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C1ty C1erk-TF.a&~rer
.Approved as to form and content:
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