256957 ORIGINAL TO CITY CLRRK 25s95'7
CITY OF ST. PAUL �`E NCIL NO.
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
� � COUN L RESOLUTION-GENERAL FORM
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COMMISSIONE DATF
WHERE�S, Northern a s Power Company has applied to the
City of Saint Paul, by pet' ion dated July 23, 1971, for an
increase in its gas rates in connection with the operation
in the City of Saint Paul and pursuant to the provisions of the
Permit Ordinance No. 14786, Council File No. 253491, approved
May 13, 1971, and accepted June 25, 1971; and
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 testi.mony 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 District Court,
and the qualifications and experience of Touche Ross & Co. , 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 Touche Ross
& Co. , for its retention as rate consultant to serve in an
advisory capacity, to examine the basis for the petition, to
participate during the entire Northern States Power Company .qas
hearing, both before the hearing examiner and the Council, and
in related proceedings.
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Yeas Nays
Butler
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Levine �n Favor
Meredith
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Tedesco
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