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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5884 RESOLUTION NO. 5884 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA AUTHORIZING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY TO REFUND THE UTILITY USERS' TAX COLLECTED PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 1415 AS SUCH TAX CORRESPONDS WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS REFUND AMOUNT BY A CREDIT TO CUSTOMER BILLS The City Council of the City of Arcadia, California does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows: WHEREAS, Decision 95-09-075, of the California Public Utilities Commission ordered Southern California Gas Company to refund certain amounts to its customers relating to an over collection of gas costs, and; WHEREAS, Southern California Gas Company has requested Commission, approval to make such refunds by credit to customer bills in November 1995; and WHEREAS, the City of Arcadia Utility Users' Tax is authorized in Section 2670 through 2672.1 of the Municipal Code, and; WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City of Arcadia to refund any over collection taxes as a result of over collected gas costs by Southern California Gas Company. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Arcadia, California, does hereby resolve as follows: SECTION 1. That Southern California Gas Company is authorized to refund the utility users' tax collected pursuant to Ordinance No. 1415 as such tax corresponds with Southern California Gas Company's refund amount by a credit to customer bills. Section 2. That Southern California Gas Company is authorized to compute the utility users' tax refund by multiplying each customers' monetary refund by the City's average utility users' tax rate of 5%. Section 3. That Southern California Gas Company. is authorized to offset its utility users' tax payment to the City by the total tax refunds through a one-time credit against current utility users' tax collections (or multiple credits if the total tax refund exceeds current collections) Section 4. That The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. P",od, ap""",'d aod adopted 'hi, 24th day of Octob~C' Arcadia Attest: moved as TifOm~ City~y 5884 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, June D. Alford, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 5884 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council on the 24th of October 1995, and said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmember Kuhn, Ulrich, Young and Lojeski NOES: None ABSENT: Councilmember Chang J 5884 Utility Users' Tax Refund Agreement , Authorization for Southern California Gas Company to Refund Utility Users' Tax City of: Ordinance No.: PSUB No.: Arcadia 1415 14 In Decision 95-09-075, the California Public Utilities Commission ordered Southern California Gas Company (SoCaIGas) to refund certain amounts to its customers relating to an overcollection of gas costs. SoCalGas has requested Commission approval to make this refund by credit to customer bills in November, 1995. The City of Arcadia authorizes Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) to refund the Utility Users' Tax collected pursuant to Ordinance No. 1415 as such Tax corresponds with SoCalGas' refund amount by a credit to customers bills. Also, SoCalGas is authorized to compute this Utility Users' Tax refund by multiplying each customer's monetary refund by the City's average Utility Users' Tax rate from January, 1995 through June, 1995. This methodology assures that each refund is calculated and distributed uniformly. The City's average Utility Users' Tax rate from January, 1995 through June, 1995 is 5.00%. Further, the City of Arcadia authorizes SoCalGas to offset its Utility Users' Tax payments to the. City by the total of the above-authorized Tax refunds through a one-time credit against current Utility Users' Tax collections (or multiple credits if the total Tax refund exceeds current collections). Should the California Public Utilities Commission require SoCalGas to make its refund in a month other than November, 1995, this agreement shall apply to the refund made in the month and year required by the Commission. Attached is the Resolution of the City Council of Arcadia authorizing this Agreement. By signing this agreement, I certify that I am authorized to enter into this agreement on behalf of the City of Arcadia. Signature: Type or Print Name: Title: Date: l~[!i .--- William R. Kelly City Manager October 26, 1995 refund I By M;cr..~el H. ['.,iller Arcc:di2: City .t,itorney 5884 o