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RESOLUTION NO. 95-C76
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA
OPPOSING ASSEMBLY BILL 318 RESTRICTING TRANSFERS
TO MUNICIPAL GENERAL FUNDS FROM MUNICIPAL UTILITY FUNDS
WHEREAS, the City of Azusa is a General Law City that has owed and operated
its own municipal utility services since incorporation December 29, 1898; and
WHEREAS, the City of Azusa has historically, by means of a Noticed Public
Hearing, collected and transferred to the Municipal General Fund, an amount equivalent
to that commonly accepted practice of franchise fees for private utility corporations of two
percent, and an in -lieu property tax of eight percent of utility revenues; and
WIIEREAS, the City of Azusa has since its incorporation served the community
well by providing a high level of police, fire and other governmental services; and
WHEREAS, the City of Azusa Light & Water Department has continually
maintained competitive electric and water rates to the Consumers; and
WHEREAS, the City of Azusa Light & Water Department electric and water rates
in fact have been at a lower rate than most of the private water and power companies in
the State of California; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 318, as written, proposes to prevent the City from
transferring funds from its municipal water and power utility to the City's Municipal General
Fund; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 318 would devastate the City of Azusa's Municipal
General Fund by reducing it by $3.5 million, significantly impacting public safety and other
government services; and
WHEREAS, besides the devastating fiscal impact on cities, Assembly Bill 318
represents a serious and inappropriate intrusion into local rate setting authority; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Azusa strongly supports and
endorses the power of local rate setting in determining how much and where its operating
revenue should be distributed; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 318 would erode the right to make this choice for the
cities in the State of California which have public utilities;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Azusa
opposes Assembly Bill 318 and urges all members of the California Legislature to oppose
same.
Adopted this 19th day of June 1995
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )SS.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I, Adolph Solis, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City
Council of the City of Azusa, California at a regular meeting held on the 19th day of June, 1995, by the
following vote:
Ayes: HARDISON,MADRID,,NARANJO,BEEBE,ALEXANDER
Noes: NONE
Absent: NONE
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