HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 14-049 Suburban Rate Authority MembershipCITY OF ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 14-049
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MEMBERSHIP IN THE SUBURBAN RATE
AUTHORITY, A JOINT POWERS ORGANIZATION UNDER MINNESOTA
STATUTES, § 471.59, AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE AMENDED
JOINT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND APPOINTING JAY
HARTMAN AND MARK CASEY AS DIRECTOR AND ALTERNATE,
RESPECTIVELY, TO THE SUBURBAN RATE AUTHORITY BOARD.
WHEREAS, the City of St. Anthony Village, Minnesota is authorized by
Minnesota Statutes, § 471.59 to enter into joint and cooperative agreements with other
governmental units;
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the
City and its gas, electric and telecommunications ratepayers for the City to become a
member of the Suburban Rate Authority, a joint powers organization, consisting of 28
Twin Cities suburban municipalities totaling over 800,000 in population that intervenes
in utility matters before the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, and monitors utility
rates and other utility issues on behalf of its members and their ratepayers;
WHEREAS, the Suburban Rate Authority has existed in present form since 1975
and has a long history of successfully acting on behalf of Twin City suburbs and
suburban ratepayers; and that, therefore, the City's active participation in the Suburban
Rate Authority will help maintain that representation and keep the City apprised of
important issues in utility regulation and matters affecting City residents and businesses
who pay gas, electric and telecommunications utility rates and receive utility services
regulated by the Public Utilities Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of St. Anthony
Village, Minnesota as follows:
1. The Mayor and City Manager are authorized and directed to execute the
attached Amended Joint and Cooperative Agreement providing for membership of the
City in the Suburban Rate Authority, effective upon execution.
2. In accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, the Council hereby
designates Jay Hartman, as director to the SRA Board and Mark Casey as the alternate
director to the Board.
3. The City Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this resolution and the
executed Amended Joint and Cooperative Agreement to the SRA Board.
4. Upon acceptance of the City's membership in the SRA, the City is further
authorized to pay the pro rata assessment for membership in the SRA for the second half
of 2014 in the total amount of $400.00.
Passed by the City Council this 241h day of June, 2014.
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