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9/10/90 RESOLUTION N0. 90-59 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Carmen and Council as a Whole A RESOLUTION URGING THE OHIO GENERAL. ASSEMBLY TO DECLARE THE SOLID WASTE LANDFILL INDUSTRY TO BE A PUBLIC UTILITY, AND TO CAUSE THE LANDFILL INDUSTRY TO OPERATE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE. OHIO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMLSSION WHEREAS, the generation of solid waste products is a necessary and continuing activity of the people of this community and all other communities in the State of Ohio; and WHEREAS, the number of dumpsites available for the disposition of waste products has been diminishing; and WHEREAS, the remaining locations for the siting of solid waste are in the hands of only a few companies; and fdHE_RF.AS, as a result of these and other conditions., the cost of landfill usage has been escalated beyond the reach of many municipal budgets; and WHEREAS, because of the lack of competition in said industry parallel conditions exist as those found in the electric power, natural gas and tele- communications industries; and WHEREAS, the Ohio Legislature has previously provided for the protection of the people of this. state by creating a Public Utilities Commission,. which regulates the conditions under which these utilities operate; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT:. SECTION 1. The Mayor and Council of Mayfield Village., Ohio urge the General Assembly of the State of Ohio to recognize the solid waste disposal. industry as a public utility, and as such, be subject to the rules and regula- tions of the Public Utilities Commission, State of Ohio. SECTION 2. The Clerk of Council.. is hereby authorized and. directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to Governor Richard F. Celeste, to the entire Cuyahoga County delegation, to the Ohio General Assembly, to the Board