#721 11-18-74 Participate Suburban Rate Authority1
Resolution No. 721
November 18, 1974
Member Moberg introduced the following resolution and MOVED its adoption:
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 Golden Valley 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, notwith-
standing 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 Golden Valley,
Minnesota, as follows:
1. The Mayor and (Clerk, Manager) are authorized and directed to
execute the attached 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 Mary Anderson as its first director
on the Board of Directors of the Suburban Rate Authority.
3. The City Clerk is directed to file a copy of the executed agree-
ment together with a certified copy of this resolution with the City Manager
of the City of Columbia Heights.
Attest: ;._......
City Clerk
ayor
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was seconded by Member
Anderson, and upon vote being taken thereon the following voted in favor thereof:
Anderson, Bix, Hoover, Moberg, and Riggs; and the following voted against the
same: None, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted,
signed by the Mayor and his signature attested by the Clerk.