At Tuesday night's City Commission meeting, it was brought to the attention of the commissioners by an "uninformed and under-informed participant", that ECP is in violation of state code.
According to Ordinance 2925, Title 5, Section 5.20.080 - Rules of Operation:
According to Ordinance 2925, Title 5, Section 5.20.080 - Rules of Operation:
The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall from time to time consider and recommend rules for operation of the municipal electric utility which shall contain, at a minimum, those requirements of good practice which can be normally expected for the operation of an electrical utility as required by Title 69, Chapter 7, Part 2, Montana Code Annotated, as amended. All rules of operation recommended by the Board of Directors shall be subject to approval by resolution of the City Commission. (Ord. 2925, 2005; Ord. 2861, 2003)
(emphasis added)
As of Tuesday, these Rules Of Operation were not on file.
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And, they've been "not on file" for a long, long time:
http://ecityblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/electric-city-power.html
ECP and the 'Old Guard' of the city commission remind me of the
outlaws in 'Treasure of Sierra Madre' where the chief 'bandito' says to Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) 'Badges? We don't need no 'stinkin' badges....'....
And so it goes...negligence and arrogance, what a wonderful combination, huh?
Why does this come as no surprise?
It's east to rubber stamp everything if you don't read deep into the details. We have uninformed and under informed leadership making decisions that incur long range liabilities on the city.
When John said "Empty-Headed" he was removed. Well, the truth hurts and he was dead on target.
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