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Mayor Send Letter to FPL - 11-21-1946 v '-' ~ u . . ~ ~. . ---------- RES 0 L UTI 0 N BE IT RESOLVED BY 'I'fii!; TOVvlJ COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF EDGEWATER FLORIDA: Section 1. That the I~ayor of the Town of Edgewater, Florida is hereby authorized and directed to send a letter to the Florida Power and Light Company, Daytona Beach, Florida, reading as follows: November 21, 1946 Florida Power & Light Company Daytona Beach, Florida Gentlemen: I have been directed by the To~~ Council of the Tovm of Edgewater, Florida, by resolution, to write you the following letter. The Town Council has received a nl~b8r of letters from Edgewater citizens revealing the existence of a critical condition in Edgewater as to electric light and power service. They reveal an unhealthful and unsanitary condition and one which affects the comfort and business interests of the citizens also. The people are dependent upon electric pumps for water and the inadequate and irregular electric ser- vice from New Smyrna Beach make the water supply irregular with a resulting unsanitary situation. The substance of the letters is that standard appliances such as light 'bulbs, water pumps, refrigerators, hot plates, heaters and fans do not operate on the current being furnished and the light fronl a 60 watt lmap is not bright enough to read a newspaper, and that in the evening the current is too weak to use a radio. They complain of burned out motors and other electrical appliances due to low voltage, the loss of food by spoilage due to insufficient current to operate refrigeration units. They complain of loss of business due to lack of electricity and inadequacy of electricity being furnished by New Smyrna Beach to them. They ask that you serve them ~~th electricity and they ask us to get you to. u ~ \.J u ,j . .... . .. It is not right that these Edgewater citizens should have to put up with this unsatisfactory electric service for the Florida Power and Light Company holds a franchise from the TO'\Am of Edgewater which has lliany years more to run and under which you are now operating an electric light and power business inside Edgewater and serving some of Edgewater citizens with adequate and dependable electric current at reasonable rates. . You have certain duties and responsibilities under your franchise which you are not fulfilling. The franchise requires you to construct, maintain and operate electric light and power lines throughout the municipality of Edgewater for the benefit and convenience of the inhabitants of Edgewater and to promptly extend your existing facilities as may be required by one or more custmners or prospective customers. It is your duty and responsibility to supply electricity not just to such of the citizens of Edgewater as you choose to serve, but to supply all of the citizens of Edgewater who request electric service from your company. It is this full and complete perfonnance of your duty under your fran- chise that we dffiilillld on behalf of the To\~ of Edgewater and its people who have requested electric service from you. On their behalf, we demand that you 2roceed imalediately to comply with your legal duty, obligation and responsibility under your fran- chise by extending your existing lines and facilities throughout Edgewater to the extent necessary to serve the people who wrote those letters and everyone within the Edgewater corporate limits who has applied or who does apply for your electric service. The letters I mentioned are on file with the Town Clerk and are available for your inspection. , Please let us have i~uediate action in this matter. Very truly yours, cJ:~ J. J. Baumgartn ,MayoT Town of Edgewater, Florlda Section 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately. The above resolution was read in full and passed by the unani- mous vote of the Tovm Council of the To~~ of Edgewater, Florida, at a special meeting on the 21st day of November, A.D. 1946. u '-' \""J / U J . . . '" . Upon Motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the requirement of reading said Resolution upon second reading was waived, and this Resolution was ordered put upon its final passage. Passed by the unanL~ous vote of the To~~ Council of the Town of Edgewater, Florida, at a special meeting of said Council held this 21st day of November, A. D. 1946, and approved as provided by law, the vote of said Council on roll call being as follows: ~Ik~~ ~~~ Councilman ~ r~ c/fi~nf{~ ~. , ATTiEST : cd7'~~~ Tov.rn ---.. Approved this 21st day of November, A. D. 1946 ::--.... ~-~1\ )