HomeMy WebLinkAbout0552 An Ordinanc,~ to pro'fide fo-.~ tha executi)n .of a contract be tween ,[the City of BremJ'
srton ~iud North ihicific Public ~ervice ~]ompany f.~r electric current with which to eps
ate the Bre,.~srton '/stet .'forks p~'~pin~ systevl.
The .~ity :~omlcil of ~}le qity of Bremerton ftc ordain as fo!lows(f'
Sec. 1. .d~a~ the _'~.~vor.. be au~horized to enter in~o execute and deliver that
certain oon~r~(~t between ~he city of '~emsrton a~d North PaCific ?ublic Service Comps
for a su'jply o~ eleotrio ,~u.~'rsn~ with which to ogerate 2he Bremerton Uater Works
Pmmping ~ystem, which is in ',~:e fol!..)~ving w~rks and figures, to-wit:
(Copy of Agreenent9
"This ~reemen~ nade and entered[ into, th~s 4th day of J~me, 1917, by and between
the City .off Bre~aer~on, a m~mteil)al cor,por~tion of the ~hird class, located in Ki~sap
~,., and Horth
County, Washington, hereinafter mentioned as the "C' ,'" o...,- · Public
Service oompany, a corpoz'ation 3r6anized and existing under the laws of the State
of'L[assa chuset~s, bu~ doing business in the Stat,~ of ,,a.~hin~ton, a.n~ hereinafter
msntions~ as tim "{]orapany".
?~I~NESS, ~haS:
Whereas the Ci~y owns sad operates ~ certain water system for sul)plyin~ i~self,
its inhabitants and neighborin~ ~rri~ory wi~h water fro~,~ (mention [;he s.ourcam),and
%;hereas, in order to keep 2heSsupply of water in the pipes an5 reservoirs, of
said system up to a sufficient standard, it is necessary' that a p~nnp of a?,out two
hundre~ horse cower, be operated ~t (identify ~he place) whence a pipe line ex,ends
to a reservoir ~t (identif/ the plaice); ~d
~Vhereaa it is, by said qi,. t.v, dee.~ed advis~O,le to ~,~erate. ., ~:,aid .mu~. by.. electricity;
an~
~.~hezeas the (~.ompany, in consideratio,~ of the ,~re:ulses an~] of the covenants and
agreements hereinafter made by ,the city, is willing to ~onstruet an electric line
fron~ its pl~nt in the City of ~remerton to the location of said pvm~p above mentioned,
a distance of about seven .-~iles amt to 'f~rai~;h ele :trio ~urrent to said City for the
operatioa o? ~]~i,1 p~z~p, f~r thq period '~f fi,~e years, at the rates and up.on the terms
hereiaafter mentioned.
NO.'i '"'"" "~'~'~ ,ore
'.tr~-,,:~,~,.~_~,, This ',, e~.~en~ further Uitnesses:
1, ~hat the. 3ompany s ~r ~s that it will, as soon after tho executi.~n and delivery
of th ~:; agree~:~ent as ,uty ;:e possible under the present condition of the market for
eleot_'i~:al supplies, cohort,mt and h~'..~e in operati~n an electric line fro:~ its pi_ant
in the ~[ty ~f B"e~erton to th,~ pmuptng station of, the Bremerton Water Works, at
(location~ sufficient and re~dy to -operate a two hundred horse power water pump, to
its full ,:apacity.
2. T~at for the period of fi~e years fr~ and after the completion o-f said e].eo-
tric line, the ~m,p-u~y will furnish and deliver to the City at said pumping station,
sufficient e!,~,:tric :.~rrent to operate said lu~P continuousl~.
3, That said ele~..,~ric lin~ will be a 8,600 vol2 three-phase line sufficient to
furnish a 440 volt current.
4. Th~ the current to be furnished under this agreer~mnt shall usua].ly he taken
~ o .... [" . ~r at the rates set f}rth in the schedule
at "ofz-.~a: hours, and shall b~paid ~
of rates he~:'eto ~m~exed, and .,]~.t,ie a part hereof without discount, w~t], minimum
charge of J,)20'].O0 per month.
zend~re~,, ia to be an ".off-peak" service and t~a ~ity
5. That ~he service ti be .......
will adjust its ti.~es of pumpin~ so as to keep off t~ e Company's peak, said peak to
be designate4 by ~or~pany.
6. That should the J[ty, at ~.ny t'i:~e desire to take,~c~ent on the O~mpany's
peak, in such ra~tn:.ler or such Guantity az to ne~,es'~it~-~te t]~,~ ~o~p~,.ny to pay peak
r~tes to the ~ly~pi~ 2~"~e? ~]~'.~pa~y, th~ City shall pay to the O?mpany
current five ,lolla~ra~, qer ~.._.lowatt per
7. Should the ~!~ny ,~t any ti ~e fail tm~porarily to 4-~li~er the electric
curz'ent provL~ed f~'r hez'ein ~n .~tccount ~f the Act of God, or the public enemy, or
from any other meuse beyond its ~ontcol, no day,age shall be clai~ad hy the C~ty for
,suc~, f~ilure.
8, That the City will take and use said electric current durin7 t~,~ period of
five years, %'3 ~a nfl a'f ...... t}~e ~
,~,~ oo:~p!e~ion If said electria line to ~aid ,~r. mn~ng
s~ati3:~, and '"ill within fifteen days after the first day 3f eaoi~ montl~ all?w an5
pay to tn~ ~.3m,p~u~y tho s3st sf tl~e current used durtn~ the 9resedlnl mont}
waz'rant on its water fluid 3r si!oh other solvent f~d which i~ ~ay have ay~il~ble
Passed June 4th 1917.
. ~A~est: .
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'Published J~me 8. 19!g.