50-87 Join cities to investigate CEI rates

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ORDINANCE NO. 50-87 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing and directing the Mayor for and on behalf of the City of Lakewood and its residents to participate in and enter into an agreement with the Cuyahoga County Mayors and City Managers Association, to investigate, analyze and put forth evidence with regard to the current Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company rate proceeding Case No 86-2025-EL-AIR. ' WHEREAS, there is need to protect the residents of the City of Lakewood and the city government against an unreasonable increase in the rates which the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company is seeking, by virtue of application filed by the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, in the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio under Formal Case No. 86-2025-EL-AIR; and WHEREAS, electric service is a necessity of urban life; and WHEREAS, the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company is the principal supplier of electric service in Cuyahoga County; and WHEREAS, the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company has filed an application for an increase in rates of $256,000,000; and WHEREAS, the proposed increase should be examined in the greatest possible detail to determine the fairness, equity and need for the increase in particular types of service; and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor be, and he is hereby authorized for and on behalf of the City of Lakewood and its residents, to participate and enter into an agreement with the~ Cuyahoga County Mayors and City Managers Association to investigate, analyze and put forth evidence with regard to the current Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company rate proceeding before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, Case No. 86-2025-EL-AIR, and to contribute to said effort the sum of $1,000 for the purposes of employing consultants and expert witnesses who will secure and furnish necessary technical information to assist the Cuyahoga County Mayors and City Managers Association in opposing the rate increase requested by the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, and to retain special counsel to serve as legal representative for the purpose of these proceedings, which effort will'inure to the benefit of the City of Lakewood, city government and the general business community. Section 2. That the Mayor be, and he is hereby authorized to give his consent to the Cuyahoga County Mayors and City Managers Association to retain the services of Energy and Resource Consultants, Inc., to serve as special expert witnesses for the purposes of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating rate proceedings. Section 3. That the cost of the City's participation provided for herein in the amount of $1000 shall be paid from the General Fund. Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this Ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, in that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal actions were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements.