HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 96-167 - Proclaiming October 6-12, 1996, as Public Power Week .. �; • •
RESOLUTION NO. 96-/(� 7
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF REDDING PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 6-12, 1996, AS
PUBLIC POWER WEEK.
WHEREAS, the City of Redding has owned and controlled its own Electric Utility
since 1921, and is proud of its choice to operate a community-owned, not-for-profit Electric
Utility; and
WI3EREAS, the citizens of Redding are both consumers and owners of the City's
public power system, and have a direct say in utility operations and policies; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding Electric Utility provides our homes, businesses,
farms, social services and local governmental agencies with reliable, efficient and cost-
effective electricity by employing sound business practices designed to ensure the best possible
service at the lowest possible rates; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding Electric Utility is a valuable community asset and
contributes substantially to the well-being of local citizens through energy efficiency, customer
service, environmental protection, economic development and safety awareness; and
W�IEREAS, the City's public power system operates without profit, allowing all
benefits to flow entirely to our community and its citizens and consumers; and
WHEREAS, not-for-profit rates and citizen participation combine to ensure that the
City of Redding operates in the public interest; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding is one of a community of 2,000 public power
systems in the United States that, through consumer-ownership, ensure cost-cutting \
competition in the electric utility industry to the benefit of electricity consumers everywhere; "��
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WHEREAS, the American Public Power Association initiated Public Power Week in �
1987, and it has proven a successful means to educate this community's consumers and the �
general public about public power's public service mission and community betterment goals; �
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WI�EREAS, it is crucial to our local economy that our community understand the
value of our public power system, especially during this time when investor-owned electric
utilities have organized a concerted national campaign against public power and are distorting
and misrepresenting the record and operations of local publicly-owned electric utilities;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED that the week of October 6-12, 1996, be
designated Public Power Week in Redding, to honor the City of Redding Electric Utility, its
consumer-owners, policy makers and employees who work together to provide the best
possible electric service to our community.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that our community join hands with other public
power communities across the nation and celebrate the benefits of public power for our local
and national progress.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read and adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 3rd day of September, 1996, by the
following vote:
AYES• COUNCIL MEMBE�tS' P• Anderson, Kehoe, Murray and McGeorge
NOES: COUNCIL IV�MBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCII, MEMBERS: R. Anderson
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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DAVID . GEOR , M r
Attest: Form Approved:
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Connie Strohmayer, City e W. Leonard Wingate; ty Attorney
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