Table Ii: - Franchises  


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  • TABLE II: FRANCHISES

    Ord. No. Date Passed Description
    10-14-47 Granting a franchise to Southwestern Bell Telephone, expiring on December 31, 1987.
    3-1-61 Granting a franchise to the Texas Power and Light Company, expiring on March 1, 2011.
    3-18-76 Granting a franchise to the Brazos River Gas Company, expiring on March 18, 2016.
    3-22-77 Granting a franchise to the Jacksboro Cable TV Company, expiring on March 22, 1992.
    8-8-89 Granting a franchise to the Brazos River Gas Company, expiring on August 8, 1999.
    1-10-95 Regulating, as a certified local franchising authority, basic cable television service rates of James Cable Partners, L.P., d/b/a Southwest Cablevision.
    7-9-97 9-9-97 Amending Ordinance 7-3-92 which extended terms of agreement between Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and the city.
    1-1-98 9-9-97 Approving retail base rate reductions for Texas Utilities Electric Company.
    7-7-98 7-14-98 Defining terms and providing provisions for electrical services between J-A-C Electric Cooperative, Inc. and the city.
    9-12-98 9-22-98 Governing use and occupancy of the city's right-of-way for the provisions of telecommunications services for any telecommunications service providers.
    8-7-99 8-10-99 Extending the franchise previously granted to Brazos River Gas Company, merger predecessor to Southern Union Gas Company, until November 8, 1999.
    1-01-99 1-26-99 Approving the Time-of-Use Rate Schedule developed by Texas Utilities Electric Company and authorizing the company to collect charges within the corporate limits of this municipality until such time as said rate schedules may be changed, modified, amended or withdrawn.
    11-14-99 11-23-00 Accepting the franchise between Southern Union Gas Company and the city for the use of the streets, alleys, highways, public thoroughfares, public utility easements and public ways.
    2-2-00 2-8-00 Approving revised rate schedule for TXU Electric Company.
    5-6-00 5-23-00 Revising the rates, tariffs and charges of Southern Union Gas Company for natural gas service.
    O-5-02 8-13-02 Amending existing franchise between the city and Oncor Electric Delivery Company.
    O-16-04 9-21-04 Granting a solid waste collection franchise to Allied Waste Systems, Inc., d/b/a Trinity Waste Services to provide solid waste collection services to the city.
    O-04-06 4-11-06 Granting approval to Texas Gas Service Company for natural gas rate adjustment and miscellaneous other service charges.
    O-05-11 3-22-11 Granting to Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, an electric power franchise to use the present and future streets, alleys, highways, public utility easements, public ways and public property of the city.
    O-25-13 12-10-13 Assignment and transfer of the franchise previously granted to ONEOK, Inc. The existing franchise between ONEOK, Inc. and city granted under Ord. No. 11-14-99, adopted Nov. 23, 1999. ONEOK, Inc. has complied with the franchise in requesting the express consent of the city for the transfer and assignment of the franchise to One Gas, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation ("ONE Gas").