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| DATE:
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10/7/2013 7:00:00 PM |
| SUBJECT: |
| A Proclamation Designating the Week of October 6-12, 2013, as Public Power Week. |
| BACKGROUND: |
We, the citizens of Gillette, place high value on local control over community services and therefore have chosen to operate a community-owned, locally controlled, not-for-profit electric utility. As consumers and owners of our electric utility, we have a direct say in utility operations and policies.
The City of Gillette provides our homes, businesses, social service, and local government agencies with reliable, efficient, and cost-effective electricity. We do so by employing sound business practices designed to ensure the best possible service at not-for-profit rates.
The City of Gillette is a valuable community asset that contributes substantially to the well-being of local citizens through energy efficiency, customer service, environmental protection, economic development, and safety awareness.
The City of Gillette is a dependable and trustworthy institution whose local operation provides many consumer protections and continues to make our community a better place in which to live and work, as well as contributes to protecting the global environment.
The City of Gillette will continue to work to bring lower-cost, safe, reliable electricity to community. Just as it has since 1915, the year when the utility was created to serve all the citizens of Gillette. |
| SUGGESTED MOTION: |
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Now, therefore, I, Tom Murphy, Mayor of the City of Gillette, do hereby proclaim that the week of October 6-12, 2013 be designated as Public Power Week.
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| STAFF REFERENCE: |
| Kendall Glover, Utilities Director |
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