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City Council Summary Ordinance 498 and 499PUBLICATION SUMMARY OF ORDINANCES NO. 498 AND 499 CITY OF MONTICELLO WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA OfFFICIAL SUMMMARY FOR PUBLICATION ORDINANCES GRANTING A NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO, AND ESTABLISHING A FRANCHISE FEE FOR, WRIGHT-HENNEPIN COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION Ordinance Number 498 grants Wright -Hennepin Inc. a non-exclusive franchise to construct and operate facilities and equipment for the transportation, distribution and sale of electricity within the City and authorization to use public ways and public ground for such purpose. The term of the franchise is twenty (20) years. The franchise ordinance provides for regulations regarding the location and relocation of Wright -Hennepin electric facilities within public rights of way and on public grounds, and includes provisions regarding insurance and indemnification, tree trimming, vacation of public ways, and other matters pertaining to the transmission and distribution of electricity to customers within the City. Ordinance Number 499 imposes a franchise fee on the electric service provided by Wright -Hennepin. The franchise fee established is $1.95 per month for residential and $5.50 for small commercial and industrial (C & I) (no -demand), and $31.00 and $190.00 per month for C & I Demand and Large C & I Demand, respectively, according to WH Rate Code/Component Tables. Printed copies of both ordinances are available for inspection by any person during the City Hall regular office hours. Approved for publication by the City Council of the City of Monticello, Minnesota this 8th day of June , 2009. CITY OF MONTICELLO By: (I I I Z / /'0; - e ell�_ Clint Herbst, Mayor ATTEST: Dawn Grossinger, City Clerk DOCS-# 145403-v4-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN ELECTRIC FRANCHISE AND FRANCHISE FEE ORDINANCES