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OR 34 Authorizes Southwestern State Telephone Company to provide services ORDINANCE NO. 34 WHEREAS, The Southwestern States Telephone Company has requested the City Council of the City of Coppell to adopt its Texas General Exchange Tariff whereby a standarization of its rates charged in the City of Coppell will cause such rates to be the same as those charged in fts other exchanges in Texas, and WHEREAS, such rates will result in a general rate reduction to its customers in the City of Coppell,l and WHEREAS, The Southwestern States Telephone Company proposes as a betterment of service the elimination of its business four-party service and to discontinue as a new service offering residence four-party service, and such service will apply to existing services only, and substitute residence two-party service, and WHEREAS, said proposed schedule of rates appears to the City Council to be reasonable and just, and necessary to insure continued expansion and improvement of telephone service in the Coppell telephone exchange, and WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the right of The Southwestern States Telephone Company to earn a fair return on the fair value of its property devoted to the rendition of local exchange telephone service to the customers of the Coppell, Texas, exchange. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS: Section 1: That The Southwestern States Telephone Company is hereby authorized to place into effect on its first billing date following the passage of this ordinance, the following schedule of rates within the corporate limits of Coppell, Texas, for local telephone service and such other charges and rates for Miscellaneous Services as are included in its Texas General Exchange Tariff, and to eliminate its business four-party service, and to discontinue as a new service offering residence four-party service, and such residence four-party service will apply to existing services only, and to offer residence two-party service. Class of Service: MONTHLY RATES BUSINESS: Individual Line Service Extension $7.00 1.75 RESIDENCE: Individual Line Service Two Party Line Service Four Party Line Service Extension 4.50 4.00 3 . 00 1.25 Section 2: That nothing in this ordinance contained shall be construed as in any manner, now or hereafter, limiting or modifying the right and power of the City of Coppell under the law to regulate the rates charged by The Southwestern States Telephone Company for its service within the City of Coppell, Texas. Passed and approved this the ~ day of ~ , 19 ~fi ATTEST: Mayor, City of as c(ty s~