SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 289,

CITY OF ELKO NEW MARKET

SCOTT COUNTY, MINNESOTA

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO DAKOTA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, A MINNESOTA CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN THE CITY OF ELKO NEW MARKET, MINNESOTA, AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION LINES, INCLUDING NECESSARY POLES, LINES, FIXTURES AND APPURTENANCES, FOR THE FURNISHING OF ELECTRIC ENERGY TO THE CITY, ITS INHABITANTS, AND OTHERS, AND TO USE THE PUBLIC GROUNDS AND PUBLIC WAYS OF THE CITY FOR SUCH PURPOSES.

   NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, on March 14, 2024, Ordinance No. 288 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Elko New Market, Minnesota.

   NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, because of the lengthy nature of Ordinance No. 288, the following summary of the ordinance has been prepared for publication.

   NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the ordinance grants Dakota Electric Association a franchise to construct and operate facilities and equipment for the transportation, distribution, and sale of electricity within the City and authorization to use public ways and public ground for such purpose. The term of each franchise is ten (10) years. The Ordinance provides for regulations regarding the location and relocation of electric facilities within public rights of way and on public grounds, and includes provisions regarding indemnification, tree trimming, vacation of public ways, imposition of a franchise fee, and other matters pertaining to the transmission and distribution of electricity to customers within the City.

   A printed copy of the whole ordinance is available for inspection by any person during the City’s regular office hours.

   APPROVED for publication by the City Council of the City of Elko New Market this 14th day of March 2024.

                  CITY OF ELKO NEW MARKET

                  By: ___________________________

                     Joe Julius, Mayor

ATTEST:

By: ___________________________

   Thomas Terry, City Administrator/Clerk