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Gahanna adopts resolution opposing AT&T tariff that would shift utility relocation costs to municipalities
Summary
Gahanna City Council on Jan. 13, 2025, adopted Resolution 004-2025 to join objections to an AT&T tariff filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that would require municipalities to pay utility relocation costs; council members and city staff said the change could make local infrastructure projects substantially more expensive.
Gahanna City Council voted to adopt Resolution 004-2025 on Jan. 13, 2025, joining an Ohio Municipal League–led objection to an AT&T tariff proposal before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that would require municipalities to absorb utility relocation costs.
City leaders said the tariff, filed Dec. 18 at PUCO, arrived suddenly and could add significant expense and delay to planned city infrastructure work. “This proposed tariff really kinda came out of the blue for us,” Mayor Chadwin said at the special meeting. “I do believe they would be cost prohibitive for us, for almost every infrastructure project that we…
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