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3/27/85
RESOLUTION NO. 85-326
A RESOLUTION URGING AND REQUESTING SOUTHERN
BELL, AS A MATTER OF COURTESY, TO INFORM ITS
CUSTOMERS THROUGH A GENERAL MAILING DIS-
TRIBUTION TO SAID CUSTOMERS, OF THE MARCH 21,
1965 ACTION BY THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COMMISSION WHEN THE COMMISSION VOTED TO
DENY THE CITY ADMINISTRATION'S REQUEST FOR AN
AMENDMENT TO CITY CODE PROVISIONS PERTAINING
TO TELEPHONE SERVICE TAXES WHICH AMENDMENT
WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN -rHE PAYMENT OF
ADDITIONAL TAXES BY THOSE CUSTOMERS USING
CERTAIN SERVICES OFFERED BY SOUTHERN BELL.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. As a matter of courtesy, Southern Bell is
hereby urged and requested to inform its customers through a
general mailing distribution to said customers, of the March 21,
1985 action by the individual members of the City Commission
when the Commission voted to deny the City Administration's
request for an amendment to City Code provisions pertaining to
telephone service taxes which amendment would have resulted in
the payment of additional taxes by those customers using certain
services offered by Southern Bell.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of MARCH , 1985.
MAURICE A. FERRE
.•� tl�'_� URICE A. FERRE, MAYOR
RALX G. ONGIE
City Clerk
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
R BERT CLARK
Chief Deputy City Attorney
APPROVED, AS )FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
LUC,,A A. DOUGHERT'
City Attorney
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MAR 21B 1985
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April 15, 1985
Mr. Walter Alford
Southern Bell
666 N.W. 79 Avenue, Room 666
Miami, Florida 33126
RE: CITY TELEPHONE TAXES
Dear Mr. Alford:
Enclosed herein please find a copy of Resolution No. 85-326,
passed and adopted by the City of Miami Commission at its meeting
held on March 289 1985, which is self explanatory. Please
distribute a copy of this resolution to all the individuals
involved.
On behalf of the City of Miami, thank you for your attention.
_Very- truly yours,
R p G. Ongie
Ci Clerk
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Why you should oppose the
10010 telephone tax
proposed by the City of Miami Commission
The Miami City Commission is Proposing a 10% tax on all long distance calls made from
the city of Miami to other locations within Florida. The City's Pry also includes taxing
all other in -state calls made outside of Miami but tilled to customers in the city.
The new tax will also be applied to customer access line charges.
Miami even wards to tax a call you make, for instance, from Orlando
to Jacksonville but billed to your home or office in the City.
This new tax would be in addition to the 10% tax
on local telephone service already paid by our customers
in Miami. The proposed tax would affect homes and
businesses and would include voice, data and private
line communications.
goudwm Bell and its customers contribute
more in taxes to the �C�� virtually other
vital of the
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The charge is $12.20 monthly for a single residence line in the city of Miami. Total taxes
for Southem Bell including federal, state and local amount to an average of nearly $13.70
monthly for each telephone line. That means that taxes alone are more than the amount we
charge for basic telephone service in your home. Southem Bell makes up this tax difference
with revenues from other services.
Southern Bell already collects $10,412,085.15 from our customers for taxes and franchise
fees paid to the City of Miami.
Enough is enough! Contact Mayor Ferro and your City Commissioners to voice your
opposition to this tax increase. The City Commission is scheduled to meet on this issue on
March 14, 1965, and again on April 11, 1985, at City Mall, City of Miami, City Commission
Chambers, Dinner Key, 3500 Pan American Drive. Since these dates are subject to change
by the Miami City Commission, consult your local news source for confirmation. Your call could
save you tax dollars!
Southern Bell
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