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RESOLUTION NO. 2007 - 193
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDDING PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 7-13, 2007, 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 of local 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 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.
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, BE IT RESOLVED that the week of October 7-13, 2007, be
designated as Public Power Week in Redding, to honor the City of Redding Electric Utility and
its 87 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.
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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 2nd day of October, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bosetti, Jones, Murray, Stegall, and Dickerson
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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DICK DICKERSON, Mayor
Attest:
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Form Approved:
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