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RESOLUTION NO. 91-75 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Carmen and Council as a Whole A RESOLUTION PROTESTING THE UNREASONABLE WATER RATE INCREASE AND REQUESTING THAT CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL RECONSIDER A MORE EQUITABLE RATE REDISTRIBUTION BETWEEN SUBURBAN AND CLEVELAND WATER USERS WHEREAS, The Cleveland City Council has enacted a water rate increase which has a direct effect upon all suburban water users; and WHEREAS, the net scheduled increase in water rates exceeds 50% of the present water rates paid by suburban water users; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and the Council of the Village of Mayfield strongly protest the difference in rate application and strongly urge the City of Cleveland to reconsider the water rates in a more equitable and fair manner for all suburban users; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: SECTION 1. That the Mayor and the Council of Mayfield Village do hereby strongly protest the unequal water rate increase imposed by the Council of the City of Cleveland and strongly urge the City of Cleveland to reconsider the inequitable and unfair charges to suburban water users and to enact a more equitable water rate charge in line with the Cleveland water uses. SECTION 2. That the Clerk of Council be, and hereby is, directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to the Cuyahoga County Mayors and Managers Association with a request to review the Cleveland water rate hike for determination of any action that may be appropriate to receive a more equitable rate change. SECTION 3. That the Clerk of Council is hereby authorized and directed to forward certified copies of this legislation to Michael R. White, Mayor of the Cit~r of cleveland. Michael G. Konicek, Director of the Department of Public Utilities, Julius Ciaccia, Jr., Commissioner, Division of Water