HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 94-248 - Proclaiming Oct 2-8, 1994 as "Public Power Week" r � •
RESOLUTION NO. 94-,2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 2-8, 1994, AS "PUBLIC POWER WEER."
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
WHEREAS, 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, 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 that contributes substantially to the well-being
of local citizens through energy efficiency, customer service,
environmental protection, economic development, and safety
awareness; and
WHEREAS, 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
publicly-owned electric utilities in the United States that,
through consumer-ownership, ensure cost-cutting competition in
the electric utility industry to the benefit of electricity
consumers everywhere; and
WHEREAS, the American Public Power Association initiated \n
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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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the week of
October 2-8, 1994 , 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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that our community join hands with
other public power communities across the nation and celebrate
the benefits of public power to 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 6th day of September_, 1994 , by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: P. Anderson, Kehoe, McGeorge, Murray and R. Anderson
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ROBERT C. ANDERSON, Mayor
City of Redding
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TST:
CONNIE STROHMAYER, FXty Clerk
FORM APPROVED:
RANDALL A. S, City Attorney
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