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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 91-432 - Proclaiming October 6-12, 1991 as " Public Power Week" RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 6-12, 1991, AS "PUBLIC POWER WEEK." WHEREAS, the City of Redding has owned and controlled its own Electric Utility since 19211, and is proud of its choice to operate a community-owned, not-far-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, 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 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 r consumers everywhere; and r G,, r 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; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the week of October 6-12, 1991, 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 this community joins hands with other public power communities across the nation in celebrating the benefits of public power to our local and national progress. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 1st day of October , 1991, and was duly adopted at said meeting by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ARNESS, BUFFUM, FULTON, MOSS & DAHL NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE zz, MIKE DAHL, Mayor City of Redding ATTEST: ETHEL A. NICHOLS, City Clerk O PPROVED: ALL A. HAYS, ity Attorney 2