Editor's Note — Ord. no. 4397 was passed in compliance with HB209 of the 2006 Missouri legislative session. Provisions contained in HB209 were subsequently deemed unconstitutional by the Missouri Supreme Court on August 8, 2006 in City of Springfield, Appellant V Sprint Spectrum, L.P., Respondent Case No. SC87238. Consequently, this ordinance was not codified.
[CC 1974 §82.010]
Every person, firm, company, corporation or association now or hereafter engaged in the business of furnishing telephone service in the City of Dexter, Missouri, shall pay the said City as an annual license tax five percent (5%) of the gross receipts derived from the furnishing of such service within said City payable in quarterly installments.
[CC 1974 §82.020]
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing, transmitting, distributing and selling electricity for lighting, heating and power and for any and all other purposes shall pay to the City of Dexter as a license or occupational tax five percent (5%) of the gross revenue derived from the sale and distribution of such electrical energy to residential and commercial users and customers within the City limits, which sum shall be paid by such concerns unto the City semi-annually.
[Ord. No. 3084 §1, 1-5-1981; Ord. No. 3288 §1, 4-21-1986; Ord. No. 4732 §25, 11-4-2013]
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing, transmitting, distributing and selling electricity or gas for lighting, heating and power and for any and all other purposes shall pay to the City of Dexter as a license or occupational tax five percent (5%) of the gross revenue derived from the sale and distribution of such electrical energy and gas to all users except the Southeast Hospital and those users falling within the classification of SIC Code 20, which sum shall be paid by such concerns unto the City semi-annually.
[Ord. No. 3274 §§1 — 2, 12-2-1985]
A. 
The City of Dexter in order to maintain its sources of revenue at its historical level hereby determines to maintain the five percent (5%) gross receipt tax against firms or corporations engaged in the business of manufacturing, transmitting, distributing and selling electricity and gas within the City of Dexter.
B. 
The City Clerk is hereby directed to send a copy of this Chapter to all firms or corporations engaged in the business of manufacturing, transmitting, distributing and selling electricity and gas within the City of Dexter, Missouri, and the Public Service Commission.
[Ord. No. 4732 §26, 11-4-2013]
[CC 1974 §82.030]
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of transmitting, distributing and selling natural gas under franchise in this City for lighting, heating and power and for any and all other purposes shall pay to the City of Dexter, Missouri, as a license or occupational tax therefor a sum equal to five percent (5%) of the gross revenue derived from the same within the City limits, which sum shall be paid by such concern unto the City semi-annually.
[CC 1974 §82.040; Ord. No. 3215 §11, 4-16-1984; Ord. No. 4907, 1-15-2019; Ord. No. 4910, 2-4-2019; Ord. No. 5103, 8-24-2023]
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of transmitting, distributing and selling cable television, within the City of Dexter, shall pay the City of Dexter an annual payment of the gross monthly rental receipts but excluding installation and service charges as follows: Beginning August 28, 2023, franchise entities are prohibited from collecting a video service provider fee in excess of four and one-half percent (4½%) of such gross revenues. Beginning August 28, 2025, franchise entities are prohibited from collecting a video service provider fee in excess of three and one-half percent (3½%) of such gross revenues. Beginning August 28, 2026, franchise entities are prohibited from collecting a video service provider fee in excess of three percent (3%) of such gross revenues. Beginning August 28, 2027, and continuing thereafter, franchise entities are prohibited from collecting a video service provider fee in excess of two and one-half percent (2½%) of such gross revenues.
[CC 1974 §82.050]
The codification of the ordinances of the City of Dexter shall in no way repeal or invalidate or modify the existing franchise agreements with any utility or service, a tax upon which is imposed by this Chapter, nor shall the absence of any provision of Ordinances No. 2251, 1985 and 1984 from this codification in any way affect their continued validity.