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CITY OF PLYMOUTH
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, was held on—We e 2nd day of
December , 1974 The following members were present: or Hilde,
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Councilman Spaeth introduced the following Resolution and moved
Tfi-IaMption:
RESOLUTION NO. 74-576
AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN THE SUBURBAN RATE AUTHORITY; DIRECTING THE
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT; AND
DESIGNATING A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY AS ITS
MEMBER ON THE BOARD OF THE
SUBURBAN RATE AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth is authorized by Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59
to enter into ,joint and cooperative agreements with other governmental units, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the City cooperate with other munici-
palities in the monitoring of utility services in the Metropolitan Area by partici-
pating in the Suburban Rate Authority, and
WHEREAS, the City is -presently a membersof the Suburban Rate Authority established
by joint agreement in 1962 to administer the regulatory provisions of uniform
franchises granted to Minneapolis Gas Company, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is necessary and desirable
that the Suburban Rate Authority continue in existence, notwithstanding the
assumption of utility regulatory powers by the State, for the purpose of monitor-
ing utility services and participating to the maximum degree possible in the
utility rate -making procedure, -and that the -,Suburban Rate Authority's scope of
activities be broadened to include electric utilities and other utilities if
necessary.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH
as follows:
1. The Mayor and Manager are authorized and directed to execute the attached
Joint and Cooperative Agreement providing for membership of the City in the
S,:hurban Rate Authority.
2. In accordance with the provisions of the Joint and Cooperative Agreeemnt,
the Council hereby designates Sherman Goldberg as its first director :m
1bthe Board of Directors of the Suburban Rate Authority.
3. The City Clerk is directed to file a copy of the executed agreement together
with a certified copy of this resolution with the City Manager of the City
of Columbia Heights.
?he.:'matioh, or the adoption of the foregoing Resolution was duly_ econded`by
Co ftc '-Man: 5eibO L ,.an, upon vote, being 'tirken thereon, the fot':awing voted
faror,.thereof.;.Mayoe Hi.ade end Councilmen Seibold and Spaeth. The°follow-
�1n vbted :against or:ntistalned ':,'One, Whereupon .the Resolution was datlared
y" P�ss�f end adopted,
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