HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-1047 11-23-1999RESOLUTION NO. 99-1047
WHEREAS, HB -1777, codified as Chapter 283 of the Texas Local Government Code, took effect
on September 1, 1999 and which statute governs the relationship between municipalities and certifcated
telecommunication provides; and
WHEREAS, Texas Local Government Code Chapter 283 establishes the method to calculate the
municipal fee "base amount" of compensation to be paid to municipalities by certificated
telecommunication providers; and
WHEREAS, in determining a compensation level for the use of the public rights -of -way by
certificated telecommunication providers that is fair and equitable, the Council considered:
(1) the historic level of compensation received;
(2) the actual and projected percentage of growth in revenue from the compensation model
in the existing telecommunication ordinance; and
(3)
annual growth in number of lines; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 283 of the Texas Local Government Code, the Council
has determined that $461,052.00 is the base amount of compensation for certificated telecommunication
providers' use of the public right -of -way which fairly compensates the City for their use of the public
rights -of -way;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS,
TEXAS;
That the City Manager of the City of Euless is authorized, once allocation information becomes
fully available from the Public Utility Commission of the state of Texas, to determine the allocation of the
municipal fee base amount among the three access line categories as established by the Public Utility
Commission and to file such allocation with the Public Utility Commission by December 1, 1999 and to
the extent that it is reasonably calculable, to allocate to the residential customers comprising Category I
allocation substantially similar to the current allocation of municipal fees to residential customers.
ADOPTED at a regular meetin
a vote of 5 ayes, 1 nays, and
APPROVED:
L.gi .
Mary Lib Sal - Mayor
of the Euless City Council on the 23rd day of November 1999, by
abstentions.
ATTEST:
usan Crim, C ' C/AAE, City Secretary