HomeMy Public PortalAbout1983_12_14_R197The Town of Leesburg in Virginia
RESOLUTION NO. 83-197
A RESOLUTION: REGARDING C & P RATE NEGOTIATIONS
PRESENTED December 14~ 1983
ADOPTED December 14, 1983
WHEREAS, the rates charged to local governments by C&P Telephone Company of
Virginia are not subject to the jurisdiction of the State Corporation Commission;
and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Municipal League/Virginia Association of Counties Steering
Committee has been formed to negotiate fair and equitable telephone rates on behalf
of local governments; and
WHEREAS, there is pending before the State Corporation Commission a request by
C&P Telephone Company of Virginia to increase its Virginia jurisdictional rates
effective January 1, 1984%
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
SECTION I. The Council of the Town of Leesburg is opposed to any proposal for
the telephone companies and other public utilities to amend the Virginia Code pro-
visions which exempt local governments from the schedule of rates established by
the Virginia Corporation Commission for service rendered to persons, firms and
corporations, and it authorizes appropriate officials of the town to express this
opposition to members of the Virginia General Assembly.
SECTION II. The Council of the Town of Leesburg authorizes the Virginia
Municipal League/Virginia Association of Counties Steering Committee to negotiate
fair and equitable rates on behalf of the town.
SECTION III. In the event that a contract providing for fair and equitable
rates for telephone service rendered by Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
to the town has not been accepted and entered into prior to the imposition of an
C&P RATE NEGOTIATIONS RESOLUTION
increase in telephone service rates by the State Corporation Commission now being
considered thereby, the Finance Director is directed to continue payment of those
rates that are in effect on December 1, 1983 and escrow the balance until the
negotiations are resolved.
PASSED this 14th day of
December , 1983.
Ro~e:t E. Sevil/a~ay::
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of ~uncil