HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2004-08RESOLUTION NO. 2004-08
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC BENEFITS
PROGRAM GRANT TO SCHAEFER SYSTEMS
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
WHEREAS, the state has mandated that beginning January 1, 1998, the City of
Lodi is obligated to fund various programs through a Public Benefits Charge (PBC)
based on a historical electric revenue requirement; and
WHEREAS, the requirement amounts to approximately $1 million per year that
must be dedicated to qualifying programs such as energy efficiency. A further
stipulation is that these efforts must be done on the customer's side of the meter in
order to qualify; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi's Public Benefits Program is comprised of four
segments or customer groups: commercial/industrial, residential, community/non-profit,
and municipal; and
WHEREAS, Schaefer Systems International, Inc., located at 1250 E. Thurman
Street, is a manufacturer of heavy plastic refuse containers, used for recycling, yard
waste, and garbage and purchased by municipalities throughout the western United
States; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to reduce energy consumption, Schaefer Systems
personnel elected to replace an aging process chiller and related equipmen, with a new,
highly -efficient Thermal Care process cooling system. The equipment (MOdel TXW240
Water Cooled Central Chiller) is designed to provide some 250 torts of cooling
capability, with water temperature at a consistent 50 degrees, at apprOximately 605
gallons per minute. The process chiller is critical equipment for a plastics injection
molding facility, as the chilled water is utilized to immediately cool the finished product
(in this manufacturing case, the finished product is refuse containers). Once the chilled
water has completed its task, it is pumped back to a cooling tower, brought back down
to 50 degrees, and reused; and
WHEREAS, the previous chiller system was a manually -operated process, with
less chilled water capacity and longer warm water exchange or cool down time. Energy
efficiencies are gained in the new process equipment because of the following:
computer -controlled interface technology (with manual override capabilities), built-in
variable frequency drives for the systems pumps and motors, along with a fan -cooled
tower supply pump, allowing for a more rapid water cool down cycle; and
WHEREAS, with the new process cooling system, Schaefer Systems
International will reduce energy consumption (depending upon monthly hours of
operation) from a minimum of 10 percent, to as high as 20 percent.
WHERES, the Electric Utility Department respectfully recommends approval of
this Public Benefits grant as a qualifying component of the City of Lodi's Public Benefits
Program, under the category of demand-side management or energy conservation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council hereby
authorizes the City Manager to provide a Public Benefits Program Grant in the amount
of $25,000.00 to Schaefer Systems International, Inc., for a process cooling equipment
demand-side management project.
Dated: January 7, 2004
1 hereby certify that Resolution No. 2004-08 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held January 7, 2004, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Beckman, Hitchcock, Howard, Land, and
Mayor Hansen
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
SUSAN J. BLACKSTON
City Clerk
2004-08