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new customer unless the customer is a year-round customer and agrees to pay for that part of the extension which is over 100 feet. I SECTION 5. CONDITIONS OF OPERATION. The service furnished hereunder to the City and its inhabitants shall be first-class in all respects considering all circumstances and shall be subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as Grantee may make from time to time, including a requirement for reasonable security for the payment of its bills. SECTION 6. FRANCHISE FEE. 6. I. In consideration of the right granted by the City to Grantee to use and occupy the rights-of-way within the corporate limits of the City, Grantee, its successors and assigns, agree to pay to The City franchise fees in the amount and manner described herein. Such payment shall be made for each quarter on or before the fifteenth (15th) day following the end of the first month of the next calendar quarter beginning with the first such date following the effective date of this franchise. The franchise fee for each quarter shall be a sum of money which shall be equal to: 1) three percent of the Grantee's gross receipts for such quarter from the sale of gas to it customers within the corporate limits of the City plus 2) seven cents (7~) Mcffor gas transported by Grantee for its Transport Customers during such quarter. "Transport Customer" means any person or entity for whom Grantee transports gas through the distribution system of Grantee within the corporate limits of the City for consumption within the corporate limits of the City. 6.2. The payment of the franchise fee set forth herein shall be in lieu of any license, charge, fee, street or alley rental or other character of charge for the use and occupancy of the streets, alleys and public places within the City, and in lieu of any pipe tax or inspection fee or tax, but shall not in any way increase or diminish the Grantee's obligation to pay the City ad valorem taxes or in any way interfere with collection thereof. I 6.3. As a further condition of the grant of this franchise, and in partial consideration thereof, the Grantee shall reimburse the City for its reasonable costs of participating in rate- making proceedings before the City Councilor any other regulatory authority of the State which exercised jurisdiction over the rates of the Grantee, including any appeals there from to the courts. SECTION 7. INSPECTION OF RECORDS AND FACILITIES. 7.1. The Grantee shall fully cooperate in making available for inspection during normal business hours to the City Manager or his designee, the books, records, maps, plans contract and other materials of the Grantee applicable to the Grantee's system provided however, that when volume and convenience necessitate, the Grantee may require inspection to take place at the Grantee's local business office. 7.2. The Grantee shall maintain records, accounts, and financial and operating reports in a I manner that will allow City to determine investment, costs of service, and operating expenses