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RESOLUTION NO. 6441
A RESOLUTION REQUIRING PEOPLES WATER AND GAS COMPANY
TO SlOW CAUSE AT THE TIME AND PLACE HEREIN SJ CIFIED
WHY RATES AND OTHER CHARGES NOW BEING CHARGED AND
COLLECTED BY SAID COMPANY FOR GAS SERVICE RENDERED
WITHIN TIlE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
SHOULD NOT BE REDUCED; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CITY CLERK TO SEND A DULY AUTHENTICATED COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION BY REGISTERED MAIL TO THE 1RESIDENT OF
PEOPLES WATER AND GAS COMPANY
WHEREAS Peoples Water and Gas Company (herein sometimes called
the "Company" ) is a public utility company and, as such, is rendering
gas service within the corporate limits of the City of i:'iiami Beach
under and subject to the provisions of Ordinance No. 260, passed
and adopted on November 7 , 1928, and ordinances and resolutions
-amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto , and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of Section XII of
said Ordinance No. 260, the Company and the City Council entered
into a written agreement on December 29, 1944, under the provisions
whereof specific rates to be charged by the Company for such gas
service for and during the five-year period beginning January 1 ,
1945 , and ending December 31, 1949 , were agreed to and accented by
the Company and became effective , and
WHEREAS, despite its covenant to charge and to be governed
during said five-year period by the rates set forth in said agree-
ment of December 29 , 1944, the Company placed in effect on December
1 , 1947, other and higher rates for gas service without prior notice
thereof to the City Council and without the sanction or approval of
the City Council, and
WHEREAS, at all times since December 1 , 1947, the Company has
been and at the present time is charging and collecting such other
and higher rates for gas service rendered within the corporate limits
of the City of Miami Beach, and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Charter of the City of
Miami Beach, the City Council is invested with full power and authority
to establish, impose and enforce rates and charges for gas and
other public utility services or conveniences operated, rendered
or furnished by any person, persons , firm or corporation, and
WHEREAS, in consequence of such provisions of the City Charter,
the rates and charges to be charged and collected by the Company
for gas service rendered within the corporate limits of the City
of Miami Beach are subject at all times to the regulatory authority
and control of the City Council, and
WHEREAS it is the belief of the members of the City Council
that the rates and charges which the Company has been charging
and collecting for such gas service since December 1, 1947, and
is charging and collecting at the present time . may be excessive
and therefore , in the interest of the public , should be reduced
by the City Council ;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TE[1..; CITY COUNCIL OF TEE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
THAT Peoples Water and Gas Company is hereby required to show
cause at a public hearing to be held at 9 : 30 o' clock ,L.M. on
February 9, 1948, at the regular meeting place of the City Council
in the City Hall, Miami Beach, Florida, why the rates and other
charges now being charged and collected by such Company for gas
service rendered within the corporate limits of the City of Miami
Beach should not be reduced upon the ground that such rates and
charges are excessive and contrary to the public interest;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to send a duly authenticated copy of this
resolution by registered mail to the President of Peoples 'eater and
Gas Company.
PASSED A.I\TD ADOPTED this 7th day of January, A. D.,, 1948.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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