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RESOLUTION No. 16-10 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES <br /> A RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ELK RIVER <br /> MUNICIPAL UTILITIES RECOGNIZING PUBLIC POWER WEEK, <br /> OCTOBER 2-8,2016 <br /> WHEREAS,we,the citizens of Elk River, place high value on local control over <br /> community services and therefore have chosen to operate a community-owned, locally <br /> controlled, not-for-profit electric utility and, as consumers and owners of our electric <br /> utility, have a direct say in utility operations and policies; and <br /> WHEREAS, ERMU provides our homes, businesses, farms, social service, and local <br /> government agencies with safe, reliable, efficient, and cost-effective electricity <br /> employing sound business practices designed to ensure the best possible service at not- <br /> for-profit rates; and <br /> WHEREAS, ERMU is a valuable community asset that contributes substantially to the <br /> well-being of local citizens through energy efficiency, customer service, environmental <br /> protection, economic development, and safety awareness; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that ERMU will continue to work to bring <br /> lower-cost, safe,reliable electricity(and water services)to community homes and <br /> businesses just as it has since the utility was created; and <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:that the week of October 2-8 be designated Public <br /> Power Week in order to honor ERMU for its contributions to the community and to make <br /> its consumer-owners, policy makers, and employees more aware of its contributions to <br /> their well-being; and <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:that our community joins hands with more than 2,000 <br /> other public power systems in the United States in this celebration of PUBLIC POWER. <br /> This Resolution Passed and Adopted this 13 day of S „ , 2016. <br /> ^R7, <br /> J••I J. I etz,►Chair <br /> Troy Adams,P.E., General Manager <br />