Board of Directors Special Called Meeting

December 21, 2021

9:47 PM

ROLL CALL

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Agenda
1. ORDINANCE	To provide for and to adopt the 2022 Budget for the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, for the period beginning January 1, 2022, and ending December 31, 2022; to appropriate resources and uses for every expenditure item and fund; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes. (1^st Reading Held on December 7, 2021) (2^nd Reading Held on December 21, 2021) Staff recommends approval.
2. ORDINANCE Board Communication	To fix and impose the aggregate amount of fees and charges to be paid to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, by Entergy Corporation and the method of payment thereof; to amend Section 9 of Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 11,683 (December 6, 1965); and for other purposes. (1^st Reading Held on December 7, 2021) (2^nd Reading Held on December 21, 2021) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Approval of an ordinance levying a Franchise Fee to be paid by Entergy Corporation. This Franchise Fee should remain in effect until otherwise amended by the Board of Directors.
3. ORDINANCE Board Communication	To amend Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 11,366 (March 4, 1963) as amended, to provide for levying a Franchise Fee to be paid by CenterPoint Energy ARKLA; to provide for the payment thereof; and for other purposes. (1^st Reading Held on December 7, 2021) (2^nd Reading Held on December 21, 2021) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Approval of an ordinance levying a Franchise Fee to be paid by CenterPoint Energy ARKLA. This Franchise Fee should remain in effect until otherwise amended by the Board of Directors.
4. ORDINANCE Board Communication	To levy Franchise Fees to be paid by all carriers providing Local Access Telephone Services; to provide for the payment thereof; and for other purposes. (1^st Reading Held on December 7, 2021) (2^nd Reading Held on December 21, 2021) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Approval of an ordinance levying a Franchise Fee to be paid by all carriers providing local access telephone service. This Franchise Fee should remain in effect until otherwise amended by the Board of Directors.
5. ORDINANCE Board Communication	To fix and impose the amount of fees and charges to be paid to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, by all companies that provide interstate or intrastate Long Distance Telecommunication Services, and all business incidental to, or connected with, the conducting of such telephone business in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; to amend Section 3 of Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 15,706 (July 5, 1989); and for other purposes. (1^st Reading Held on December 7, 2021) (2^nd Reading Held on December 21, 2021) Staff recommends approval. Synopsis: Approval of an ordinance levying a Franchise Fee for companies providing Long Distance Telephone Service in Little Rock for 2022.