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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION N0. 81 - 140 <br />BY: Mayor Swietyniowski <br />A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE INCREASES <br />IN RATES FOR OHIO BELL TELEPHONE <br />COMPANY NOW PENDING BEFORE THE OHIO <br />PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION <br />WHEREAS, The Ohio Bell Telephone Company has given notice <br />of its intention to file for rate increases which, if granted, <br />would result in a sixty-five percent (65%) increase in residential <br />phone rates, and <br />WHEREAS, this recent request will be in addition to a rec{uest <br />filed by Ohio Bell Telephone Company in April, 1981, which reQuest <br />is still pending before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the rate requests for businesses are proportionately <br />less than the increases sought for residential customers, many of <br />whom are poor and elderly and rely heavily on their telephone service, <br />and <br />WHEREAS, This Council wishes to go on record in opposition to <br />any exhorbitant rate increases for residential telephone company <br />customers. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION l: That this Council hereby expresses its opposition to <br />a sixty-five percent (650) rate increase requested by the Ohio Bell <br />Telephone Company and urges the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio <br />to carefully consider the needs of the public being served by this <br />utility when determining a fair increase for all parties concerned. <br />SECTION 2: That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby <br />directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to each member of the <br />Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. <br />SECTION 3: That this Resolution shall take effect and be in <br />force from and after the earliest period allowed by law. <br />PASSED: <br />ATTEST: <br />F orenc?e?E. ?Campbell, C r c-o Coi.uicil es D. Boe er, resi ent o Council <br />APPROVED: <br />?? ? °•?, • <br />ROBERT W. SWI T NIOW KI , T? OR First reading: ? _ lel <br />`ti, Second reading: / <br />Third reading: S ??L