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RESOLUTION NO. 2004-145
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF' THE CITY OF REDDING
PROCI..AIMING OCTOBER 3-9, 2004,
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;
WHEREAS, the citizens of Redding have local control and ownership of the City's public
power system, and have a direct say in utility operations and policies;
WHEREAS, the City of Redding Electric Utility provides homes, businesses, social services,
and local governmental agencies with reliable, efficient, and cost-effective electricity by employing
sound business practices desigm:d to ensure the best possible service at the lowest possible rates;
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;
WHEREAS, the City's JPublic power system operates without profit, allowing all benefits
to flow entirely to our community and its citizens and consumers;
WHEREAS, not-for-profit rates and citizen participation combine to ensure that the City of
Redding operates in the public's interest;
WHEREAS, the City of Redding is one of a community of 2,000 public power systems in
the United States that, through local control and ownership, ensure competitive customer service-
oriented electric utility benefits to consumers and a measure of stability at a time when the electric
utility industry is undergoing dramatic change; and
WHEREAS, the Americ:an 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.
IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED that the week of October 3-9, 2004, be designated
Public Power Week in Redding, to honor the City of Redding Electric Utility and its 83 years of
service to the community, its local control and ownership, policy makers, and employees who work
together to provide the best possible electric service to our community.
BE IT FURTHER RJESOL VED that our community join with other public power
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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 21 st day of September 2004 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEJ\fBERS:
COUNCIL MEJ\fBERS:
COUNCIL MEJ\fBERS:
Cibula, Kight, Mathena, Stegall, and Pohlmeyer
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Form Approved:
LYNETTE M. FREDIANI
Interim City Attorney
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BARRY E. DEWALT, Assistant City Attorney