[CC 1979 §90.010]
The right, permission and authority be, and the same are hereby
granted to the Missouri Power and Light Company, a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri, hereinafter
designated as "power company", to construct, maintain and operate
a system of mains, pipes, services and other appliances for the transmission,
distribution and sale of natural and/or artificial gas for lighting,
heating, industrial and other uses, in the City of New London, a municipal
corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws
of the State of Missouri. The power company may construct, maintain
and operate all mains, pipes and other appliances necessary or convenient
for such system in, upon, over, across, along, and under each and
all of the streets, avenues, alleys, bridges, and other public places,
including any subsequent additions thereto, in accordance with the
ordinances and regulations currently in force in the City of New London.
[CC 1979 §90.020]
All mains, pipes, services, and appurtenances erected, installed
or placed under this grant shall be located on streets or alleys wherever
practicable so to do and shall be installed and placed under the supervision
of the committee on streets and alleys of said City of New London
or under such supervision as said City of New London may from time
to time provide; and where the paving or surfacing of the street or
alley is disturbed, the power company shall, at its own expense and
in a manner satisfactory to the duly authorized representatives of
the City of New London, replace such paving or surfacing of the street
or alley in as good a condition as before said work was commenced.
In the installation or placing of mains, pipes, services or appurtenances,
the power company shall make application to the City of New London
for the establishment of permanent grades; and such mains, pipes,
services and appurtenances shall be installed only after such permanent
grades have been established. The City of New London agrees to establish
promptly such permanent grades on such application.
[CC 1979 §90.030]
The rates to be charged by the power company under this Chapter
shall be in accordance with those now or hereafter filed with and
approved by the Missouri Public Service Commission or its legally
qualified successor.
[CC 1979 §90.040]
The power company shall maintain adequate and continuous service
to the inhabitants of the said City of New London, in accordance with
its rules and regulations on file with the Missouri Public Service
Commission subject, however, to temporary cessations of service occasioned
by fire, explosion, flood, strike, insurrection, mob violence, governmental
interference, breakdown or injury to equipment or lines, or other
accidents or causes not reasonably within the control of said power
company.
[CC 1979 §90.050]
All rights and privileges granted by this Chapter are granted
for a term of twenty (20) years from and after the acceptance of this
Chapter.
[CC 1979 §90.070]
The Mayor of the City of New London is authorized and directed
to execute for and on behalf of the City of New London a contract
with the Missouri Power and Light Company for the lighting of public
streets. The contract referred to is expressly set out in ordinance
no. 201 which is on file in the City offices.
[CC 1979 §90.080; Ord. No. 247 §1, 5-12-1986]
The City of New London, in order to maintain its source of revenue
at its historical level, hereby determines to maintain the five percent
(5%) gross receipt tax against all persons, firms or companies engaged
in the business of supplying gas for compensation in the City of New
London, Missouri.
[CC 1979 §90.090; Ord. No. 247 §2, 5-12-1986]
The City of New London, in order to maintain its source of revenue
at its historical level, hereby determines to maintain the four and
forty-eight hundredths percent (4.48%) gross receipt tax against all
persons, firms or companies engaged in the business of supplying electricity
for compensation in the City of New London, Missouri.
