RES 1974-131 - 00007989234
RESOLUTION NO. 131 -1974
A RESOLUTION 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 Fridley 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 municipalities in the monitoring of utility services in the Metropolitan
Area by participating in the Suburban Rate Authority, and
WHEREAS, the City is presently a member of 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 monitoring 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 RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Fridley,
Minnesota as follows:
1. The Mayor and (Clerk, Manager) are authorized and directed to execute
the Joint and Cooperative Agreement providing for membership
of the City in the Suburban Rate Authority.
2. in accordance with the provisions of the Joint and Cooperative
Agreement, the Council hereby designates W. R. Starwalt as its first
director on the Board of Directors of the Suburban Rate Authority.
y 3. The City Clerk is directed to tile a copy of the executed agreement
together with a certified copy of this resolution with the City Manager
of the City of Columbia Heights.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 16TH DAY
OF DECEMBER, 1974.
ATTEST
quPAMERK R�VIN C. B ELL
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MAYOR - FRANK 1. LI BL