(a) Security lighting shall be available to any consumer where the City's (hereinafter called the "Utility") standard outdoor lighting unit can be installed on the Utility's existing pole and without requiring any extension or addition to the Utility's existing secondary or primary distribution facilities.
(b) Additional secondary spans shall be supplied, where necessary, for an additional charge of one dollar ($1.00) per month per span. Where no poles are available, additional poles shall be supplied for an additional charge of three dollars ($3.00) per month for each pole so supplied, and any such additional poles shall be installed only on private property.
(c) This service is available only where there is reasonable assurance that the service to be furnished will be permanent, and the Utility reserves the right to refuse to furnish the lighting service covered by this schedule where, in the Utility's opinion, the installation will not be of a permanent character.
(d) For all customers located outside the City’s corporation limits, the rates and charges set forth in this schedule shall be increased by an amount equal to the excise (kilowatt-hour) tax imposed on the City’s electric distribution system under Ohio R.C. 5727.81. Said increase shall become effective with the bills that are due December 10, 2014 as part of the usage period and shall thereafter be automatically adjusted to reflect any change in the kilowatt-hour tax imposed by Ohio R.C. 5727.81.
(1) The kilowatt-hour tax attributed to the distribution of electricity to end users located outside a municipality’s corporation limits must be paid to the Treasurer of the State of Ohio and the kilowatt-hour tax attributed to the distribution of electricity to end users located inside a municipality’s corporation limits is deposited in the municipality’s General Fund;
(2) The City previously compensated the City’s electric utility for the services and contributions that it provides to the City by transferring from the General Fund to the Electric Fund a portion of the kilowatt-hour tax funds received in the General Fund;
(3) The City Council now desires to retain in the General Fund all of the kilowatt- hour tax funds attributed to deliveries to customers located inside the City’s corporation limits in the General Fund; and
(4) The City Council also desires to recover the kilowatt-hour tax attributed to the distribution of electricity to electric customers located inside and outside the City’s corporation limits by increasing the City’s current electric rates applicable to said customers by an amount equal to the kilowatt-hour tax imposed on the City.
(Ord. 85-30. Passed 5-22-85; Ord. 2001-16. Passed 3-21-01; Ord. 2014-23. Passed 9-8-14; Ord. 2018-05. Passed 2-19-18.)