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Bring Power Home – Call to Action
January 25, 2020
Call to Action: City Council Meetings
Greetings!
It is very
important that you attend these three (3) very important City Council
Events happening on Monday, January 27th at 1 City Hall Place.
Let Pueblo Vote rally outside City Hall at
5:00 PM.City Council Work Session in City Council
Chambers at 5:30 PM.City Council Regular Session in City
Council Chambers at 7:00 PM.More information in the articles below.
Pre-City Council Meeting Rally
January 27, 2020, 5:00 PM
In front of City Council Building
1 City Hall Place
Bring Power Home
will sponsor a Rally to show City Council and the media that we want to
breakaway from Black Hills Energy’s control and unfair practices. City
Council needs to see a great showing of 100 people or more in a sea of
green shirts.
Please show your support and wear your
green shirts or pick one up at the rally.
City Council Work Session
January 27, 2020, 5:30 PM
City Council Chambers, Fourth Floor
1 City Hall Place
A presentation to
City Council regarding a public water and power utility will be shown at
the City Council work session. There will be two presenter at the work
session:
Mr. Seth Clayton,
Executive Director – Pueblo Board of Water Works
Mr. Reg Rudolph,
CEO – San Isabel Electric Association
City Council Meeting
January 27, 2020, 7:00 PM
City Council Chambers, Fourth Floor
1 City Hall Place
Please wear your green shirts or pick one
up at the door.
On the agenda will
be Black Hills’ second reading and vote on an ordinance approving an agreement between the City of
Pueblo, and Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC, prohibiting
municipalization of electric utility service until 2030 in return for a bunch of (mostly empty)
promises. This agreement would only go into effect only if the voters vote
against public power, but the giveaways will look like another alternative
to public power. Don’t be fooled! They are nothing compared to the millions
we will save year after year by turning to a public power utility.
Also on the agenda
is the first reading of the Mayor’s Plan for Public Power. The plan is a
proposal to let the citizens decide on public power in a vote on May 5th.
The campaign supports this plan! It sets up the Pueblo Water Board as a
Water and Electric Board, with elected board members not under the control
of City Council or the mayor. It authorizes the Water and Electric Board to
buy Black Hills’ poles and lines (and more!) It allows them to contract
with another entity to manage and operate the utility if they so choose. It
allows them to borrow money to buy the Black Hills system at low interest
rates and pay it back over time with our electric bill money. It’s a good
plan.
The Council will
vote on this plan and the proposal to let the citizens vote on it on
Monday, February 10th at 7:00 PM. Mark your calendar! But also, the city
council could discuss this plan and try to amend it at next Mondays’
council meeting. We’ll be there to let them know how we feel about those
changes!
If you would like
the mayor’s ordinance to be placed on the ballot to let Pueblo vote and If
you dislike the ordinance Black Hills Energy is proposing please show the
Council how you feel.
They only see around
20-25 people supporting Public Power. Black Hills Energy has been filling
the chambers at every City Council meeting concerning this issue. Lets get
100 or more, in a sea of green shirts, showing the council our feelings
about Black Hills Energy’s ordinance.
Please wear your green shirts or pick one
up at the door.
