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VILLAGE OF ORONO, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN THE
METRO RATE AUTHORITY; DIRECTING THE
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A JOINT POWERS
AGREEMENT; AND DESIGNATING A REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE VILLAGE AS ITS MEMBER ON THE BOARD
OF THE METRO RATE AUTHORITY.
WHEREAS, the Village of Orono is authorized by
Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59 to enter
into joint and cooperative agreements with other governmental
units, and
WHEREAS, the Village council has determined that
it is necessary and desirable that the Village cooperate
with other municipalities in the regulation of electric
utility service in the Metropolitan Area by participating
in the Metro Rate Authority, and
WHEREAS, the Village has granted a uniform franchise
to Northern States Power Company and is, therefore,
eligible for membership in the Metro Rate Authority, an
organization established to administer the rate provisions
of such uniform franchises adopted by its members.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the Village
Council of Orono, Minnesota, as follows:
1. The Mayor and Clerk are authorized and directed
to execute the attached Joint and Cooperative Agreement
• providing for membership of the Village in the Metro Rate
Authority.
• 2. In accordance with the provisions of the,Joint and
•
Cooperative Agreement, the council hereby designates
J-/T%WF Cas its first director on the Board of
Directors of the Metro Rate Authority.
3. The Village clerk is directed to file a
copy of the executed agreement together with a certified
copy of this resolution with the city manager of the City
of Columbia Heights.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that I am the Village Clerk of
the Village of Orono, Hennepin County, Minnesota, and that
I am the custodian of its records, that the above is a true
and correct copy of the resolution adopted at a meeting
of the Village Council held on ,
1973.
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