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RESOLUTION NO. 2006 -173
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 1-7, 2006, AS PUBLIC POWER WEEK
WHEREAS:
A. 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;
B. 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;
C. 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;
D. The City of Redding Electric Utility is a valuable community asset and contributes substantially to
the well being oflocal citizens through energy efficiency, customer service, environmental protection, economic
development, and safety awareness;
E. The City's public power system operates without profit, allowing all benefits to flow entirely to our
community and its citizens and consumers;
F. Not-for-profit rates and citizen participation combine to ensure that the City of Redding operates in
the public's interest;
G. The City of Redding is one of a community of2,000 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
H. The American Public Power Association initiated Public Power Week in 1987, and it has proven a
successful means to educate Redding's consumers and the general public about public power's public service
mission and community betterment goals.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED that the week of October 1-7, 2006, be designated Public
Power Week in Redding, to honor the City of Redding Electric Utility and its 86 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 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 19th day of September, 2006, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Dickerson, Mathena, Pohlmeyer, Stegall, and Murray
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RICHARD A. DUVERNAY lty Attorney
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