(A) Immediately following the filing of the proposed new rate schedule or service regulation, or proposed change of any existing rate schedule service regulation, or proposed withdrawal of any rate schedule by the public utility, the City Secretary shall cause notice of the fact of the filing to be published in a newspaper, of general circulation, located nearest to the city.
(B) At the next regular meeting of the City Council following the filing of the proposed new rate schedule or service regulations, proposed change of any existing rate schedule or service regulation or proposed withdrawal of any rate schedule by the public utility, the City Secretary shall bring to the attention of the City Council the fact of the filing; and the City Council shall forthwith set a date for a hearing, either public or non-public, on the proposal. The City Council may, at its discretion or at its option, thereupon set a date for public hearing; provided, however, upon the written petition of ten customers of the public utility, located within the corporate limits of the city, it shall be mandatory for the City Council to set a date for public hearing. At any hearing, whether public or otherwise, the public utility shall be required to present evidence to show cause why the new rate schedule or new septic regulation, should be put into effect, or to show cause why any rate schedule should be withdrawn; and at any hearing, the legal counsel representing the city may appear and present evidence to show cause why the new rate schedule or new service regulation, or change in any existing rate schedule or service regulation, should or should not be put into effect; or to show cause why any rate schedule should or should not be withdrawn.
(C) At any public hearing, any interested citizen or citizens of the city may appear, either in person or by attorney, and present evidence to show cause why the new rate schedule or new service regulation, or change in any existing rate schedule or service regulation, should or should not be put into effect; or to show cause why any rate schedule should or should not be withdrawn.
(D) Any hearing, whether public or otherwise, shall be set not less than 30 days, nor more than 40 days, from the date of the regular meeting of the City Council. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the public utility by the City Secretary, who shall send, by United States mail, a registered letter, containing the notice of hearing, to the manager of the local office of public utility or, if the public utility has no local office, to the general offices or headquarters of the public utility. The City Secretary shall cause to be published notice of any public hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation, located nearest to the city, at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing.
(Ord. 56-11, passed 2-22-1956)