[Ord. No. 827 §§1-5; Ord. No. 833 §1; Ord. No. 888-90-1 §1; Ord. No. 923-91-2 §§1-2, 6-20-1991; Ord. 951-92-15 §1, 12-3-1992; Ord. No. 953-93-02 §§1 — 2, 5-20-1993; Ord. No. 954-93-04 §§1 — 2, 7-1-1993; Ord. No. 966-93-15 §2, 11-4-1993]
A. 
There is hereby imposed, levied and assessed on the grantee of a franchise agreement between the City of Palmyra and any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of supplying natural gas service within the corporate limits of Palmyra pursuant to such franchise agreement, an occupation and license tax (in lieu of all other occupation, license or other revenue taxes) for the privilege of engaging in such business during the term of such agreement at the rate of five percent (5%) on the gross receipts from the sale by said grantee of natural gas for domestic and commercial purposes within the corporate limits of the City of Palmyra.
B. 
Said grantee shall not later than the first day of each calendar month in each year during the term of any such agreement, make a report to the City Council of the City of Palmyra of its gross receipts from the sale of gas for domestic and commercial purposes within the corporate limits of Palmyra for the one (1) month period ending on the first day of the month next preceding that on which the report is due; and at the time of making such reports, pay into the City Treasury a sum equal to five percent (5%) of said gross receipts subsequent to the effective date of such franchise, which may be charged to the operating expenses of said grantee. Domestic and commercial sales shall be considered as sales made other than on special contracts providing for stand-by fuel and interruption of service at any time demands of domestic and commercial consumers may so require. So long as such grantee shall be required by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction, to separately state the franchise tax increment on its charges for natural gas service rendered under such franchise, the term "gross receipts" as used herein shall not include the separately stated tax increment.
C. 
Any such grantee, by entering into any such franchise agreement and engaging in such business, shall be deemed to have agreed to recognize the tax herein imposed as a valid tax and make said payments during the term of such agreement, and the franchise so granted by the City shall be conditioned upon such agreement.
D. 
In the event the tax imposed herein is determined by any court having proper jurisdiction to be invalid, then the City may at its option terminate said franchise with such grantee upon written notice to such grantee of said termination.
E. 
Every grantee of a franchise agreement between the City of Palmyra and any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of supplying natural gas service within the City of Palmyra, shall maintain an office within the City limits for the acceptance of payments of sums due from customers or users of the gas service for the charges made for such gas services. Such office shall have the capability of accepting payments made in the form of cash, check or money order, and making change in connection with payments made in cash. Such office shall have the further capability of providing a receipt contemporaneous with payment upon the request of the customer or user. Such office shall be open to the public not less than eight (8) hours between the hours 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. during normal business days from Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
F. 
This Section shall apply to any grantees, or successors, of any gas franchise agreements with the City of Palmyra now existing or subsequently entered into with said City.
[Ord. No. 674 §§1 — 3; Ord. No. 702 §1, 6-15-1972]
A. 
That there is hereby granted to the Board of Public Works of the City of Palmyra, Missouri, herein called the Grantee, the rights, privilege and franchise, from the fourteenth (14th) day of November, 1968, until the repeal of this ordinance, to use the electricity production and distribution facilities of the City of Palmyra, Missouri, and to construct, maintain, and operate in the present and future streets, alleys, bridges, and public places in said City, said electricity production and distribution facilities as now located, together with the right, privilege and franchise to acquire, construct, maintain and operate therein and thereon such additions and extensions thereto as may be necessary or desirable, all for the purpose of supplying electricity for all purposes to the inhabitants of said City and consumers in the vicinity thereof.
B. 
That in consideration of and as compensation for the right, privilege and franchise hereby granted, the Grantee shall at all times save the City harmless from any and all uninsured damages which said City may be liable to pay that may arise from the use, construction, maintenance, and operation of said plant and system or any part thereof; shall limit all excavations of streets, alleys or public places to the necessity of efficient operation, and shall not at any one time open or encumber more of any street, alley, or public place than shall be reasonably necessary to enable Grantee to proceed with advantage in its operation, and shall not permit such street, alley or public place to remain open longer than necessary for the purpose for which it was opened; shall refill all excavations and replace surfaces with like material and leave same in as good a condition as when altered or removed; shall perform all work on streets, alleys and public places under supervision of a representative of said City, if so desired, and shall repay said City all expenses to which it has been put in the repair or replacement of streets, alleys or public places in the event such work is done by said City after the neglect, or refusal of Grantee to perform same in a reasonable time.
[Ord. No. 705 §1 — 2; Ord. No. 1290-25-07, 6-19-2025]
A. 
The Board of Public Works of the City of Palmyra, Missouri, shall henceforth establish by resolution such electric meter deposits within the City as it shall from time to time deem sufficient to secure payment of electric use charges.
B. 
All bills for electric use shall be billed and collected monthly. The Board of Public Works shall establish schedules for payment, which schedules shall establish both a due date, and a delinquent date. All accounts not paid on or before the delinquent date established by the Board of Public Works shall be deemed delinquent. All delinquent customers shall pay a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount billed. Electric service of all customers remaining delinquent ten (10) days after the delinquent date shall be discontinued.
[Ord. No. 899-90-12 §1 — 6; Ord. No. 965-93-14 §2, 11-4-1993]
A. 
PERSON: When used in this Section shall include any individual, firm, co-partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, estate, business, trust, trustee, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit, in the plural as well as in the singular.
B. 
Every person now or hereafter engaged in the business of supplying telephone service, for compensation for any purpose in the City of Palmyra, Missouri, shall pay as license tax, a sum equal to five percent (5%) of the gross City rental exchange revenue receipts from such business.
C. 
It is hereby made the duty of every person engaged in the business described in the foregoing Subsection hereof to file with the Clerk of the City of Palmyra on the 31st day of January and the 31st day of July of each year, a sworn statement of the gross City rental exchange revenue receipts from such business for the six (6) calendar months preceding the filing of such statement. The City Clerk shall be and is hereby authorized to investigate the correctness and accuracy of the statement required and for that purpose shall have access at all reasonable times to the books, documents, papers and records of any such person making such statement in order to ascertain the accuracy thereof.
D. 
Every person now or hereafter engaged in any business described herein shall pay to the City Collector of the City of Palmyra, Missouri, on the 31st day of January and the 31st day of July of each year an amount equal to five percent (5%) of all person's gross City rental exchange revenue receipts for said business for the preceding six (6) calendar months.
E. 
The tax herein required to be paid shall be in lieu of any other occupation tax required of any person engaged in any of the businesses described herein, but nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to exempt any such person from the payment of any levy upon real and personal property belonging to any such person, nor the tax required of merchants or manufacturers for the sale of anything other than electricity, or telephone service, nor shall the tax herein required exempt any such person from the payment of any other tax which may be lawfully required other than an occupation tax.
F. 
Every person now or hereafter engaged in the business of supplying telephone service for compensation for any purpose in the City of Palmyra, Missouri, shall maintain an office within the City limits for the acceptance of payments of sums due from customers or users of the telephone service for the charges made for such telephone service. Such office shall have the capability of accepting payments made in the form of cash, check or money order, and making change in connection with payments made in cash. Such office shall further have the capability of providing a receipt contemporaneous with payment upon the request of the customer or user. Such office shall be open to the public not less than eight (8) hours between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. during normal business days from Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
G. 
Any person engaged in any of the businesses described herein who shall violate any of the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 774 §§1 — 3]
A. 
Imposition of Tax. Pursuant to the authority granted by and subject to the provisions of Sections 144.010 to 144.510 RSMo. and Sections 94.500 to 94.570 RSMo., a tax for general revenue purposes is hereby imposed upon all sellers for the privilege of engaging in the business of selling metered water service, electricity, electrical current and natural, artificial or propane gas, wood, coal or home heating oil for domestic use.
B. 
Rate of Tax. The rate of tax shall be one percent (1%) on the receipts from the sale at retail or all sales of metered water service, electricity, electrical current and natural, artificial or propane gas, wood, coal or home heating oil for domestic use.
C. 
Collection of Tax. The tax provided herein shall be collected pursuant to the provisions of Sections 94.500 to 94.570 RSMo.