HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-173-12/07/1982-SUPPORTING PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO RETURN CONTROL OF MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC AND GAS UTILITIES TO LOCAL G RESOLUTION 82- 173
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
SUPPORTING PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO RETURN
CONTROL OF MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC AND GAS
UTILITIES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
WHEREAS , the City of Fort Collins, Colorado owns and operates a
municipal electric utility, and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins, Colorado is a member in good
standing of the Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities ( "Associa-
tion") , and
WHEREAS, the purposes of the Association include promoting the in-
terests of its municipal electric utility members, providing services to
its members and consumers in the management of utility services, and assist-
ing in the enactment of legislation beneficial to and in the interest of
municipally-owned utilities within the State of Colorado, and
WHEREAS, some members of the Association are subject to the partial
regulation and jurisdiction of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission
to the extent that they provide electric utility service outside the
corporate boundaries of their respective municipalities, and
WHEREAS, the Association is considering proposing certain legislative
changes to the General Assembly which will result in the return of control
over the rates and service of municipally-owned electric and gas utilities
to officials of the affected or potentially affected municipalities,
and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins, Colorado wishes to endorse the
efforts of the Association and its representatives in pursuing such legis-
lative changes
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the City of Fort Collins hereby endorses the efforts of the
Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities, of which it is a member, in
proposing and seeking changes in existing Colorado law which will result in
the return of control over the rates and service of municipally-owned
electric and gas utilities to the appropriate municipal officials
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this
7th day of December A D 1982
Mayor
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City Clerk