2019-163 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 51.3 Utility Tax

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ORDINANCE NO.2019— �{a'?j ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 51.3 UTILITY TAXES WHEREAS, the City of Decatur, Illinois City Code Chapter 51.3 —Utility Taxes, defines and regulates the imposition of a tax on all persons engaged in the following occupations or privileges: Persons engaged in the business of distributing, supplying, furnishing, or selling gas for use or consumption within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur, and not for resale, but excluding the distribution, supplying, furnishing, or sale of gas to school districts or units of local government; and, Persons (but excluding school districts and units of local government) engaged in the privilege of using or consuming electricity acquired in a purchase at retail and used or consumed within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur; and, WHEREAS, the City of Decatur, Illinois City Council adopted Council Ordinance 2015- 66 on December 7, 2015, which established the tax to be imposed on all persons engaged in the following occupations or privileges: (a) persons engaged in the business of distributing, supplying, furnishing, or selling gas for use or consumption within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur, and not for resale,at the rate of four and one-fourth percent(4.25%)of the gross receipts therefrom, but excluding the distribution, supplying, furnishing, or sale of gas to school districts or units of local government; and, (b) persons (but excluding school districts and units of local government) engaged in the privilege of using or consuming electricity acquired in a purchase at retail and used or consumed within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur at the following rates, calculated on a monthly basis for each purchaser: For the first 2,000 kWh used or consumed in a month: 0.25330 cents per kWh; For the next 48,000 kWh used or consumed in a month: 0.16592 cents per kWh; For the next 50,000 kWh used or consumed in a month: 0.14926 cents per kWh; For the next 400,000 kWh used or consumed in a month: 0.14518 cents per kWh; For the next 500,000 kWh used or consumed in a month: 0.14110 cents per kWh; For the next 2,000,000 kWh used or consumed in a month: 0.13294 cents per kWh; For the next 2,000,000 kWh used or consumed in a month: 0.13056 cents per kWh;