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RESOLUTION N0. 5804-83 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, <br /> McBride, Wendling <br /> A RESOLUTION expressing to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio the <br /> opposition of the Council of the City of Lakewood to the application filed by <br /> the Ohio Bell Telephone Company for an increase in telephone rates (Formal Case <br /> No. 83-300-TP-AIR). <br /> WHEREAS, this Council determines that there is a need to protect the <br /> residents of the City of Lakewood and the City Government itself against an un- <br /> reasonable increase in rates which the Ohio Bell Telephone Company is seeking <br /> by virtue of an application filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio <br /> under Formal Case No. 83-300-TP-AIR, and <br /> WHEREAS, the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, which is requesting an in- <br /> crease in rates of $179 million, is the principal supplier of telephone service <br /> in the City of Lakewood, Ohio, and <br /> WHEREAS, the 45% rate increase being requested by the Ohio Bell Tele- <br /> phone Company will have a substantial adverse affect upon those persons living <br /> on low and/or fixed incomes and the elderly whereby they will no longer be able <br /> to afford telephone service, which in today's society is virtually a necessity <br /> of life, and <br /> WHEREAS, this Council wishes to make known to the members of the PUCO <br /> its deep concern over the 45% rate increase being sought by the Ohio Bell Tele- <br /> phone Company and its opposition to said application (Formal Case No. 83-300-TP- <br /> AIR); now, therefore, <br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: <br /> Section 1. That this Council, for and on behalf of the residents of <br /> the City of Lakewood, hereby expresses to the members of the Public Utilities <br /> Commission of Ohio its deep concern over the $179 million, 45% rate increase be- <br /> ing requested by the Ohio Bell Telephone Company and strongly urges the Commis- <br /> sion to deny said application (Formal Case No. 83-300-TP-AIR). <br /> Section 2. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized <br /> and directed to forward five certified copies of this Resolution to the Secretary <br /> of the Public Utilities Commission, Columbus, Ohio.,. for distribution to each mem- <br /> ber of said Commission. <br /> Adopted:__~~,Q~"'ij(~ ~ ~ a~ ~~//(`~Z3~ <br /> /V PRESIDE <br /> K <br /> <br /> Approved t,~'~O, ~ l ~-3 i~~~~~+ - , tea. <br /> r~ 1dAY-OR <br /> <br />