The Mayor and City Treasurer are each authorized to enter into a contract for collection of the tax imposed by this chapter with any public utility providing gas service in the City. The contract shall include and substantially conform with the following provisions:
A. The public utility will collect the tax from retail purchasers as an independent contractor;
B. The public utility will remit collected taxes to the City Treasurer no more often than once each month;
C. The public utility will be entitled to withhold from tax collections a service fee equal to three percent (3%) of the amounts collected and timely remitted to the City Treasurer;
D. The public utility shall not be responsible to the City for any tax not actually collected from a retail purchaser; and
E. Such additional terms as the parties may agree upon. (Ord. 2015-5, 5-10-2016)