5906-85 Opposition to increase in phone rates

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RESOLUTION N0. 5906-85 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling A RESOLUTION expressing to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio the opposition of the Council of the City of Lakewood to the application filed by the Ohio Bell Telephone Company for an increase in telephone rates (Formal Case No. 84-1435-TP-AIR) WHEREAS, this Council determines that there is a need to protect the residents of the City of Lakewood and the City Government itself against an un- reasonable increase in rates which the Ohio Bell Telephone Company is seeking by virtue of an application filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio under Formal Case No. 84-1435-TP-AIR, and WHEREAS, the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, which is requested an in- crease in rates of $137 million, is the principal supplier of telephone service in the City of Lakewood, Ohio, and WHEREAS, the 30% rate increase being requested by the Ohio Bell Tele- phone Company will have a substantial adverse effect upon those persons living on low and/or fixed incomes and the elderly whereby they will no longer be able to afford telephone service, which in today's society is virtually a necessity of life, and WHEREAS, This Council wishes to make known to the members of the PUCO its deep concern over the 30% rate increase being sought by the Ohio Bell Tele- phone Company and its opposition to said application (Formal Case No. 84-1435- TP-AIR); now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That this Council, for and on behalf of the residents of the City of Lakewood, hereby expresses to the members of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio its deep concern over the $137 million, 30% rate increase be- ing requested by the Ohio Bell Telephone Company (Formal Case No. 84-1435-TP- AIR) and strongly urges the Commission to aggressively examine the economic basis for such request, to determine the fairness, equity and need for the increase in each particular type of service, and to conscientiously protect the interests of all affected residential customers. Section 2. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward five certified copies of this Resolution to the Secretary of the Public Utilities Commission, Columbus, Ohio, for distribution to each mem- ber of said Commission. Adopted: a., j ~ JJJ ~,1W,~41\ ~ - VJ'~rd RESIUL UG L'E~~ Approve~~~~..1/zv R ~Li~~