HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 1490In the City Council,
City of Lodi,
Lodi, California
RESOLUTION NO. 1422
APPROVING POWER PURCHASE CONTRACT
WITH PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
FOR THE PERIOD ENDING AUGUST 27, 1955,
AND DIRECTING EXECUTION THEREOF.
witeatzAS, This City Council hereby finds and determines
that it is to the beat interests of the City of Lodi that said
City enter into a contract with Pacific Gas and Electric Company
for the purchase by said City of its requirements of electrical
energy, for use and resale, for the period ending August 27, 1955,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Mayor of this City be, and he
is hereby authorized and directed, to execute said contract for
and on behalf of the City of Lodi. A copy of said contract is
annexed hereto and made part of this resolution as if get forth
in full herein.
BE IT FURZftuH RESOLVED, And hereby ordered, that the City
Manager of this City, by letter, advise the Public Utility Com-
mission of the State of California, the Bureau of Reclamation of
the United States, the United States Senators representing the
State of California, the Representative in Congress for the Third
Congressional District and the City Councils of the Cities of
Alameda, Biggs, Palo Alto, Gridley, Healdsburg and Ukiah, of the
reasons impelling this City Council to enter into said contract:
(i) That delivery of firm power to the City of Lodi from
the Central Valley Project of the United States government, on
the basis of the best information available to this City, cannot
be made during the term of this contract;
(2) That the savings in cost of power purchased by the
City of Lodi over the six-year period of this contract will
amount to approximately $28,000.00;
(3) That the City Council of the City of Lodi does not
believe that any further concessions as to power purchase rates
can be obtained from Pacific Gas and Electric Company by this
City at this time;
(4) That at least four communities operating power dis-
tributing facilities have signed similar contracts, according to
the advice of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which information
is confirmed by the California Municipal Utilities Association;
(5) That the signing of this contract is in no way to be
construed as committing the City of Lodi in any controversy between
privately or publicly owned electric distributing or generating
systems. This question is not raised in the present instance.
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CERTIFIED to be a full, true and correct copy of,
Resolution No. 1490 of the City of Lodi adopted,
in regular meeting on September 21, 191+9 by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Lytle, Bull, Haskell, Tolli
and Rinn
NOES: Councilmen, None
ABSENT: Councilmen, None
September 21, 1949
Attest:
j City Clerk