[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.