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RESOLUTION No. 20-5 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ELK,RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES <br /> A RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES <br /> RECOGNIZING PUBLIC POWER WEEK, OCTOBER 4-10, 2020 <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 lower= <br /> cost, safe, reliable electricity(and water services) to community homes and businesses <br /> just as it has since the utility was created; and <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the week of October 4-10 be designated Public Power <br /> Week in order to honor ERMU for its contributions to the community and to make its <br /> 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 other <br /> public power systems in the United States in this celebration of PUBLIC POWER. <br /> This Resolution Passed and Adopted this 8th day of September, 2020. <br /> n J. ietz, it <br /> A/t/IM (4t: <br /> Theresa S minski, General Manager <br />