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RESOLUTION NO. 6145
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA
AUTHORIZING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY TO
REFUND THE UTILITY USERS' TAX COLLECTED PURSUANT TO
ORDINANCE NO. 1645 AS SUCH TAX CORRESPONDS
WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS REFUND
AMOUNT BY A CREDIT TO CUSTOMER BILLS
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 beginning in November 1999
and December 1999;
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, THEHEFORE, 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. 1645 as such tax
corresponds with Southern California Gas Company's refund amount by a credit to
customer bills.
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SECTION 2.
That Southern California Gas Company is authorized to
compute the utility users' tax refund by multiplying each customer's 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 should the California Public Utilities Commission
require Southern California Gas to make its refund in a month other than November,
1999 and December, 1999, said refund shall be made in the month and year required
by the Commission.
SECTION 5.
That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
P"",". appm,ed aod adopted th;' ,," day of Octo'" t 9'"d
M~.,e C;ty of A=d;a
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Attest:
of Arcadia
Approved as to form:
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City Attorne
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) S.S.
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, June D. Alford, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 6145 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 19th of October, 1999, and said Resolution was adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmember Harbicht, Kovacic, llarshall, Roncel1i and Chandler
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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