HomeMy WebLinkAbout16-004 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2016/01/19RESOLUTION NO. 16-004
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MEMBERSHIP IN THE SUBURBAN
RATE AUTHORITY, A JOINT POWERS ORGANIZATION UNDER
MINNESOTA STATUTES, § 471.59, AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF
THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT AND
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND APPOINTING A DELEGATE AND
ALTERNATE, TO THE SUBURBAN RATE AUTHORITY BOARD
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park, 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 29 Twin Cities suburban
municipalities totaling over 900,000 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 Minneapolis/St. Paul suburban municipalities
and their ratepayers; and that, therefore, the City's active participation in the Suburban Rate
Authority will help maintain that representation to protect the City in important utility matters
including utility rates and use of the right-of-way, 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. Louis Park,
Minnesota as follows:
1. The Mayor and City Manager are authorized and directed to execute the attached
Second Amended and Restated Joint and Cooperative Agreement providing for membership of the
City in the Suburban Rate Authority, effective for 2016,
2. In accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, the Council hereby designates
Debra Heiser, as director to the SRA Board and Jack Sullivan as the alternate director to the Board.
3. The City Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this resolution and the executed
Second Amended and Restated Joint and Cooperative Agreement to the SRA Board.
4. The City is further authorized to pay the pro rata assessment for 2016 membership
in the ftabeduring the first half of 2016, in the total annual assessment amount at $425
per votach 5,000inpopulation and fraction thereof as provided in the Agreement.
Reviey�dministration: A�c opt��the City Council January 19, 2016
Manager
Attest:
Mel a Keknedy, City Cle c