AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HOBBS, NEW MEXICO, GRANTING TO LEACO RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE,
INC. ("LEACO"), A NEW MEXICO NONPROFIT COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND
ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE LICENSE, RIGHT-OF-WAY AND PRIVILEGE TO ENTER UPON AND USE THE
STREETS, AVENUES, BOULEVARDS, ALLEYS, HIGHWAYS, SIDEWALKS, BRIDGES AND OTHER PUBLIC
GROUNDS OF THE CITY (COLLECTIVELY CALLED "PUBLIC AREAS") WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF
THE CITY AS THEY NOW EXIST OR AS THEY MAY BE CHANGED FROM TIME TO TIME, FOR A PERIOD
OF TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS TO ERECT, CONSTRUCT, EQUIP, EXTEND, ALTER, MAINTAIN, REPAIR,
REPLACE, REMOVE AND OPERATE IN, UNDER, UPON, WITHIN, OVER, ABOVE, ACROSS AND ALONG
PUBLIC AREAS, ALL WORKS, SYSTEMS, PLANTS, POLES, POLE LINES, TOWERS, DISTRIBUTION
LINES, TRANSMISSION LINES, WIRES, GUYS, CABLES, CONDUITS, TRANSFORMERS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTION
AND TRANSMISSION INSTRUMENTALITIES, FACILITIES AND APPURTENANCES NECESSARY OR PROPER
FOR THE RENDITION OF TELEPHONE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE AND FOR CONDUCTING
A GENERAL LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE BUSINESS IN, WITHIN, FROM, ACROSS, AND
THROUGH THE CITY
WHEREAS, Leaco is now and has been engaged in the business of supplying and furnishing
to portions of Lea County, Eddy County, and Chaves County, New Mexico, and their inhabitants,
and to any other person or persons, firms, or corporations, located without the City,
telephone and other communication services; and
WHEREAS, the City of Hobbs has not previously granted to said Company a franchise
granting the privilege to enter upon and use the streets, avenues, boulevards, alleys,
highway, sidewalks, bridges, and other public areas of the City to operate Leaco's
facilities, and wishes to grant a franchise governing future operations of said Company
in the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF HOBBS, NEW MEXICO,
that:
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