A tax is imposed on all persons engaged in the following occupations or privileges:
(A) Persons engaged in the business of distributing, supplying, furnishing or selling gas for use or consumption within the corporate limits of the City of O'Fallon and not for resale, at the rate of 5% of the gross receipts therefrom, pursuant to Section 8-11-2(2) of the Illinois Municipal Code (ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 8-11-2(2));
(B) The privilege of using or consuming electricity acquired in a purchase at retail and used or consumed within the corporate limits of the City of O'Fallon at the following rates, calculated on a monthly basis for each purchaser, using an alternative rate, pursuant to pursuant to Section 8-11-2(3) of the Illinois Municipal Code (ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 8-11-2(3)):
(1) For the first 2,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed a month: $0.5112 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(2) For the next 48,000 kilowatt hours used or consumed a month: $0.3352 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(3) For the next 50,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed a month: $0.3017 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(4) For the next 400,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed a month: $0.2933 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(5) For the next 500,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed a month: $0.2849 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(6) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed a month: $0.2682 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(7) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed a month: $0.2640 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(8) For the next 5,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed a month: $0.2598 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(9) For the next 10,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed a month: $0.2556 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(10) For all electricity used or consumed in excess of 20,000,000 kilowatt-hours in a month: $0.2514 cents per kilowatt-hour.
(1999 Code, § 35.85) (Ord. 3093, passed 2-19-2002; Ord. 4193, passed 9-20-2021)