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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1976-005 RESOLUTION NO. 76-5 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYORS' COUNCIL OF TARRANT COUNTY ESTABLISHING A UTILITY RATE STUDY COMMITTEE WHEREAS, the Mayors of the undersigned cities of Tarrant County, acting with the concurrence of the Tarrant County Commissioner's Court and the full consent of our respective city councils and in behalf of the interests of our respective citizens, do hereby jointly and severally agree to establish a county-wide Utility Rate Study Committee; and WHEREAS, the committee, functioning under the direct auspices of the Mayors' Council of Tarrant County shall hereinafter be referred to as the Tarrant County Utility Rate Study Committee; and, WHEREAS, that the Tarrant County Utility Rate Study Committee shall be empowered, on behalf of the undersigned cities, to consider requests for utility rate increases of any and all descriptions in accordance with V.A.T.S. Article 1446c, Section 17a and Section 19a, from the vatious utility companies that provide our respective cities with natural gas, synthetic natural gas, electric power, and telephone service; and FURTHER, that the Tarrant County Utility Rate Study Committee shall be empowered in accordance with V.A.T.S. Article 1446c, Section 24, to select and engage rate consultants, accountants, auditors, attorneys, engineers, or any combination thereof, to conduct investigations on behalf of any or all of the undersigned cities; and FURTHER, the costs incurred jointly or severally by the participating cities in the engagment of any of the aforementioned specialists shall be borne by the individual utility company seeking an increase in rates; otherwise the costs are to be assumed by the individual cities on the basis of an equitable formula to be derermined by the Tarrant County Utility Rate Study Committee and jointly and severally approved by the city councils of the member cities; and FURTHER, with the concurrence of Tarrant County Commissioners' Court, it is the desire of the Mayors' Council of Tarrant County that the cities of Fort Worth, Arlington, and Grand Prairie, a portion of which lies within the boundaries of Tarrant County, be invited to participate as associate members of the Tarrant County Utility Rate Study Committee if they desire to do so. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon approval of this resolution by our respective city councils, and city participating in the Tarrant County Utility Rate Study Committee agrees to hereinafter refer all requests for utility (gas, electric, and telephone) rate increases to the Tarrant County Utility Rate Study Committee for consideration and validation and/or justification; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that authority for the final decision of whether or not a specific rate request is approved o~ rejected shall continue to reside with the respective city councils of the cities participating in the Tarrant County Utility Rate Study Committee. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of April, 1976. _¡/,iê~" I ' ,iJ.,7/j" '7Htl ;<- T. EI. ewman - Mayor ATTEST: