CC RESOLUTION 4112RESOLUTION NO. 4112
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO OPPOSING PACIFIC
BELL'S 411 RATE INCREASE
WHEREAS, SBC /Pac Bell has applied to the California Public Utilities
Commission for permission to increase the charge of a local directory assistance
call from $0.25 up to a $1.10. This is a 340% increase. In addition SBC /Pac Bell is
asking to raise the rate of an emergency break through call from $1.00 to $5.00,
and
WHEREAS, Public safety agencies such as police, fire and paramedic
services frequently use local directory assistance and emergency interrupt
services this would create a tremendous financial burden for these government
agencies, and
WHEREAS, the affect of these increases would dramatically impact the
elderly, those with physical disabilities and low income households and only
those with physical disabilities that file an exemption with SBC /Pac Bell would
be exempted, and
WHEREAS, SBC /Pac Bell controls over 97% of the local service markets it
serves, and
WHEREAS, unlike long distance information services, by virtue of
SBC /Pac Bell's monopoly there is no competitor that has as accurate and up -to-
date information as SBC /Pac Bell, and
WHEREAS, most consumers associate local directory assistance with the
numbers 411 not any other dial around number, and
THEREFORE be it resolved that the City of El Segundo strongly opposes
SBC /Pac Bell's application for these excessive rate increases. We furthermore
encourage SBC /Pac Bell to withdraw its application until a time when
consumers have a competitive choice for their local services.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 6th day of April 1999.
Mike Gordon, Mayor
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ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five;
that the foregoing Resolution No. 41 1 was duly passed and adopted by said
City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City
Clerk, all at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 611, day of April 1999,
and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Gordon, Jacobs, McDowell, Gaines,.Wernick
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Cindy IVVortesen, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
4Mar. Hensley, City ttorney
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