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RESOLUTION TO DESIGNATE OCTOBER 3-9, 1993, AS PUBLIC POWER WEEK IN HONOR OF CITY WATER AND LIGHT
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WHEREAS, we, the citizens of Jonesboro, Arkansas, have chosen to operate a community-owned electric utility, and
WHEREAS, we are both consumers and owners of our public power system and have a direct say in utility operations and policies, and
WHEREAS, City Water and Light provides our homes businesses, forums social service, and local government agencies with reliable, efficient, and cost-effective electricity employing sound business practices designed to ensure the best possible service at the lowest possible rates, and
WHEREAS, City Water and Light 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, and
WHEREAS, CWL is part of a community of 2,000 publicly owned electric utilities in the united states that through consumer-ownership ensure cost-cutting competition in the electric utility industry to the benefit of electricity consumers everywhere, and
WHEREAS, The American Public Power Association initiated public power week in 1987, and it has proven a successful means to educated this community's consumers and the general public about public power's public service mission and community betterment goals;
NOW, THERE, BE IT RESOLVED: that the week of October 3-9 be designated public power week in order to honor City Water and Light, its consumer-owners, policy makers, and employees, who work together to provide the best possible electric service, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that our community join hands with other public power communities across the nation and celebrate the benefits of public power to our local and national progress.
PASSED AND ADOPTED the 4th day of October, 1993.