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BLUERY - MAVORTMENT GITY OF SAINT PAI.lL File NO.
ou cil Resolution
Presented By ,
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, Northern States Power Company has applied to the City aE
Saint Paul, by petition dated October 12, 1973, for an increase in its
electric rates in connection with the operation in the City of Saint
Paul and pursuant to the provisions of its franchise, Section 7,
Ordinance No. 15319, approved February 7, 1973; an d
WHEREAS, it will be necessary to retain a utility consultant to
examine the petition and the factual basis to which it relates, and to
present any advice and testimony to this Council of the City of Saint
Paul as required in a hearing before a duly appointed hearing examiner,
before the Council itself, or in Distri�t Court, and the qualifications
and experience of Elmer Fox & Company, a partnership, as such consultant,
have been duly examined and approved by the Utilities Committee hereof;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the proper City officers are authorized and directed
to enter into and execute an agreement with Elmer Fox & Company for its 1
retention as rate consultant to serve in an adv�.sary capacity, to examine
the basis for the petition, to participate during the entire-l�orthern
States Power Company electric hearing, both before the hearing examiner
and the Council, and in related proceedings.
COUNCILMEN
Yeas ��ler Nays Requested by Department of:
Harr�-
Konopatzki In Favor
Levine J -
Meredith Against BY
�[ Roedler
Tedesco
Mme.President But�lst.�t
NOV � 5 1973 Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date -
Certified d by Coun ' ecre y BY � � a' a'd �Q '
By
Approve y Maxor Dat � Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
By BY
PUBLISHfD NOV �4 1973