HomeMy WebLinkAboutRequesting a field hearing to be held in the City by the Public Service Commission on Indiana and Michigan Electric Company's request for a 33.7 percent increaseAttest:
RESOLUTION
NO. 612 -78
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
April 10 1978
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Attest:
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
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City Clerk
Approved and signed by me
Mayor
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
REQUESTING A FIELD HEARING TO BE HELD
IN THE CITY BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION ON INDIANA AND MICHIGAN
ELECTRIC COMPANY'S REQUEST FOR A 33.7
PERCENT RATE INCREASE; AND SETTING
FORTH REASONS FOR OPPOSITION TO THE
PROPOSED INCREASE
WHEREAS, the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company has
petitioned the Indiana Public Service Commission for a thirty -three
point seven percent (33.70) across the board increase on utility
rates; and
WHEREAS, I & M was granted a 15.22% rate increase in 1975
and an 18.6% rate increase in 1977 which significantly affected
consumers both in the private and public sector; and
WHEREAS, the 1978 Budget for the City of South Bend already
contains substantial appropriations for electric current, as evi-
denced as follows:
Board of Works
Morris Auditorium
Bureau of Cementaries
Fire Department
Bureau of Building Maintenance
Park Department
Water Works
Waste Water
Sanitation
Parking Garage
Century Center
River Bend Plaza
TOTAL
$675,000.00
8,500.00
100.00
11,400.00
35,000.00
89,000.00
270,000.00
135,000.00
3,000.00
24,000.00
36,000.00
18,000.00
$1,305,300.00
WHEREAS, the proposed increase would mean an additional
$439,886.10 of our tax dollars spent just on electricity; and
WHEREAS, Indiana law requires the Public Service Commission
to conduct full, fair, and impartial hearings to enable all of the
facts and evidence to be introduced; and
WHEREAS, due to the overwhelming amount of public interest
by the citizens of the City of South Bend, a field hearing held in
our city by the Public Service Commission on the proposed rate in-
crease is both necessary, reasonable and essential.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the
City of South Bend, Indiana, that:
SECTION I. The Common Council of the City of South Bend,
Indiana, on behalf of all of its citizens officially petitions the
Indiana Public Service Commission to schedule a field hearing in
the City of South Bend so that all consumers in this area may have
the opportunity to offer facts and evidence on the 33.7 percent
rate increase proposed by the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company.
SECTION II. The Common Council further finds that the pro-
posed rate increase would have a detrimental effect on the economic
welfare of its citizens as well as the City itself.
SECTION III. The Council believes that in order to insure
that full, fair and impartial public hearings are held on this
proposal, that a field hearing in the City of South Bend is not
only necessary but indeed essential, due to the drastic effect the
increase would have on our own policy of sound fiscal management.
SECTION IV. This Resolution shall be in full force and ef-
fect from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval
by the Mayor.
FRANK HORVATH, Member of the
Council
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WALTER M. 'SZYN�"OyGIAK, Member o
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TERRY S. ILLER, Member of the
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Irene K. Gammon
City Clerk
Chief Deputy Clerk
Jo Ann Harper
Mary Ann Ryback
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CITY of SOUTH BEND,
PETER J. NEMETH, Mayor LU Z
COUNTY -CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601
INDIANA
April 21, 1978
Reply To: Office of the City Clerk
Secretary of the Public Service
Commission
901 State Office Building
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Dear Secretary:
Re: Cause No. 35251
Please find enclosed a resolution unanimously
passed by the Common Council of the City of
South Bend, to be entered in Cause No. 35251.
The City of South Bend officially intervened
on April 19, 1978.
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Sincerely,
Irene K. Gammon
City Clerk