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169 <br /> <br />170 <br /> <br />171 <br /> <br />172 <br /> <br />173 <br /> <br />174 <br /> <br />175 <br /> <br />176 <br /> <br />177 <br /> <br />178 <br /> <br />179 <br /> <br />180 <br /> <br />181 <br /> <br />183 <br /> <br />184 <br /> <br />185 <br /> <br />186 <br /> <br />187 <br /> <br />188 <br /> <br />189 <br /> <br />190 <br /> <br />191 <br /> <br />192 <br /> <br />193 <br /> <br />194 <br /> <br />195 <br /> <br />CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION <br />Verbatim Transcript from July 14, 2003 - Regular Meeting <br />Regular Agenda 2 - First Reading of Ordinance 03-1090 - Referendum Election & Ballot Language Concerning Electric Franchise Issue <br />Page S of 49 <br /> <br />past as a waste of time as the citizens won't vote if they know their opinion does not count and <br />therefore its self-defeating. A non-binding referendum would most likely accomplish what <br />special interest groups want and would not encourage the people to vote. I believe we should <br />have a binding referendum to advise the people. This referendum should be published in the <br />local papers, TV and on the intemet and wherever. As to the time, a number of times to advise <br />the citizens that this is a real issue we have here in Casselberry and it needs to be addressed. The <br />referendum should be in a format for everyone to follow and presented as such by the vendors <br />interested in doing business with Casselberry such as Florida Power, Progress Energy, Orlando <br />Utilities and anybody else who wants to do business with the City of Casselberry. The Council <br />should also put their agenda forward in comparison. Like a; the comparison should be what the <br />services are, timeliness is a consideration, stranded costs, preparedness for an emergency, <br />whether weather or manmade, such as somebody running into a power pole and knocking out <br />half the, the power in a given area, and also the final costs as if who wants to buy the power <br />company and what's that going to cost the citizens of Casselberry to buy that power company. <br />You know, in, in talking with many of my friends and neighbors, I found out there are many who <br />really don't know what's really going on here, including myself till I started attending a number <br />of meetings and asking a lot of questions. Some of you will remember my emails. <br /> <br />AUDIENCE: ...(LAUGHTER) .... <br /> <br />ROBERT FRITZ: I'm sure you didn't like them maybe, but that's beside the point. I think this <br />is where the Council has been a little remiss in not telling everybody in Casselberry what's going <br />on. And I understand that it costs money to make publications but this issue is so great that I <br /> <br />think that more time should be in educating the public as to what's going on from all aspects then <br />it has been in the past. Without the educational process, we're not really accomplishing anything <br />because only those in the know will be able to make some kind of an informed opinion. There's, <br />and as I indicated the cost of ownership; somebody's got to pay for it. If the City of Casselberry <br />decides to buy it for this twenty-two million dollar plus figure, somebody's gonna pay for that, <br /> <br /> <br />