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Home My WebLink About669 Resolution No. 669 " RESOLUTION authorizing the execution and celivery of a contract with'Puget Sound P6wer and Light Company for furnishing Municipal Pumping Service. WHEREAS, Puget soUnd Power and Light Company h~s offere~ to furnish for a period of five years upon the terms set forth in the ~following proposed form of contract, to-wit: MUNICIPAL WATER PUMPING POWER CONTRACT Puget SoUnd Ppwer and Light Company, herein called "Company% smd the C~y of Brem- erton, a municipal corporation of the State of Washington herein called "City", agree as follows: FIRST: This contract only covers power used in connection with the operation of water distribution systems. SECOND: D~LiVERY -- In consideration o£ the payments, and submect to the limitations, herein stipulated, the Company agrees i'or a period of five consecutive years, 0eginning Nov. l, 1948 to reserve for and furnish to the City, and City agrees during~said period to buy exclusively from the ComPany, at the rates herein fixed, all electric power required to op- erate the Cityts water pumping plant or plants located and described as follows: Sheridan Road - Sheridan Park. Losses added on account of secondary metering 131 KWH 1.8 KW. Said Electric power shall be three-phase, sixty cycle, alternating current at approxi- mately 12,500 volts. Company agrees to furnish not exceeding l0 horsepower but will furnish any additional amount required by the City if it has the power available. The point of del- Ivery shall be THIRD: RATES -- The City agrees to pay the following rates, s lume being Schedule No. 40 -of the Company's Electric Tariff No. l, filed with the Department of Public Service of the State of Washington:' Demand Charge --~ $1.50 per month per kilowatt, or major portion thereof, of maximum demand. Energy Charge -- $9.O06 per kilowatt hour for the first 25,000 kilowatt hours used per month. $0.005 per kilowatt hour for the next 25,~000 kilowatt hours used:per month. $0.004 per kilowatt hour for the next 50,000 kilowatt hours used per month. $0.0035 per kilowatt hour for the next lO0,O00 kilowatt hours used per month. Said rates are subject to change in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington and whenever a new schedule of rates for '~he same service is made effective the C~y shall thereafter pay the new rates; provided, if the new rates are higher than those herein fixed, the City shall be entitled to cancel this contract. All bills shall be payable within ten days from their date. FOURTH: ~EASUREMENT -- Maximum demand, consumption and power factor shall be measured by co~nercially accurate maximum demand, watt hour and power factor meters furnished and in- stalled by Company, suitable space for which sb~ll be furnished by the City, provided, maxi- mum demand andpower factor may at CompanyWs option be determined either by meters or by check of service. The maximum demand for any month is understood to be the average kilowatt demand, or average rate of use measured in kilowatts, during the fifteen minute interval in which the consumption of electric energy is greater titan during any oBher fifteen minute interval in the month. FIFTH: USE OF EQUIPMENT -- The City agrees to install and maintain in good condition p~ per equipment for the use of such power end to save the Company harm~less from all lia- bility for any loss or damage caused by such equipment to either party hereto or to any per- son whomsoever; not to sell to other any electric power furnished hereunder, nor use or per- mit others to use any of such power in any other place or for any other purpose than to op- erate said plant. City agrees to notify the Company before making any increase in the connected load and to operate its electric equipment so as not to impair the general service rendered by Com- pany to its other customers. If the City's use shall impair such servim to other customers the City will, upon demand, install the proper apparatus to prevent City's power factor from falling below 85 per cent, and Company shall have the right to discontinue service to the City until such apparatus is installed. The City agrees to use reasonable diligence to protect the Companyts property from in- jury and Company shall have free access to all parts of the premises where its electricity is used, to inspect, repair, remove and replace its property. SIXTH: SERVICE INTERUPTIONS -- Company shall use reaaonable diligence to furnish unin- terrupted service but shall not be liable for any interruptions caused by strikes and/or other labor disputes, accidents or acts of God, or by any cause beyond the control of the Resolution 669 (Con't) Company, or by the necessity for making repairs or changes in the Companyfs equipment s~d facilities, an~ the City waives and shall not assert any claims against the Company for damages to the City caused by any suspension, interuption, failure or curtailment of service by the Comapny under this agreement attributable in any manner to nation war emergency, including vol- untary cooperation by the Company in any method of operation or in any program recommended or requested by civil or militau authorities. No temporary internu~tion shall cancel this con- tract. SEVenTH: The Company shall have the right to cancel this contract if any part of the Company's property used for the rendition of this service is taken by eminent domain, or if such service can no longer be rendered by reason of franchise expiration and the inability of the Company to secure a renewal thereof. Dated this 27th day of October, 1948. Attest:~ /s/ Fred C. Wyckoff /s/ L. "Hum" Kean City clerk Mayor Witness: PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT COMPANY THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH: That Puget Sound Power and Light Companh, as Lessor, has rented to the City of Bremerton as Lessee, upon the terms hereinafter stated, the following electrical equipment, to-wit: 3 - 3 KVA V200 V Transformers and cut-outs 1. Said equipment shall be installed by the Lessor upon the said premises of the Lessee described in that certain ~unicipal P~uping Power Contract between the parties hereto effective Nov. l, 1948 and shall at all times be and remain the property of the Lessor and shall not ~ removed from said premises without the Lessor~s written consent and the Lessee agrees ~o use reasonable care to protest said equipment from injury while in its possession. 2. The Lessee agrees to pay to Lessor upon demand the sum of $ - to cover costs Of in- stallation and further agrees to pay to the Lessor as consideration for the use of said eq- uipment the sum of $3.46 per month on the Billing day of each month. 3. This rental contract shall run for~the same time as, and terminate with, the power contract above mentioned; provided a breach by the Lessee of any of the terms hereof will en- title the Lessor to terminate this rental contract upon five (5) days~ written notice to the Lessee. At the expiration or termination hereof Lessor may remove its equipment from the premises. Dated this 27th day of October, 1948. .................................... . ..... , Lessee Puget Sound power, and Light Company, Lessor ..... .. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton that a con- tract be entered into with Puget Sound Power and Light Company for the furnishing of ~unicipal Pumping service at Uhe City pumping plant, Sheridan Road, Sheridan Park upon the terms above proposed, an~ that the ~ayor be an~ he hereby is authorized and directed ~ execute and deliver such contract on behalf and in the name of the City, and the Clerk be and he hereby is author- ized and directed to attest such contract and to affix thereto the seal of the City of Bremer- ton. Duly adopted this 2Vth day of October, 1948. ATTEST: Mayor -- ~