SUNCOAST LINEN NATURAL GAS AGREEMENTS
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SERVICE AGREEMENT
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COMMERCIAL INTERRUPTIBIE GAS SERVICE
THIS AGREEMENT entered into this /~; of ~ ~A....A>{.
by and between the CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, a DIWlicipal corporation,
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1971,
herein called the "Seller" and SUNCOAST LINEN SERVICE, INC., 1127 Seminole Street,
Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, hereinafter called the "Buyer".
WIT N E SSE T H :
WHEREAS, the Buyer wishes to obtain the special gas rate provided
herein for interruptible gas service and the Seller is willing to sell and
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deliver Natural Gas, when aVailable, to the Buyer:
NOW THEREFORE, Seller and Buyer agree as follows:
1. The Buyer hereby agrees to install and maintain stand_by oil
burning apparatus, in good working order, for all equipment and appliances
to be served with interruptible Natural Gas under this Agreement, during the
life of this Agreement. Equipment without such stand_by apparatus shall not
be served with gas under the terms of this Agreement.
2. The Seller agrees to furnish an adequate supp1;y of Natural Gas
to aforesaid equipment and appliances except when necessary to interrupt said
supp1;y as provided herein.
3. Whenever a curtailment of gas delivered hereunder is required,
the Seller, through the Superintendent of Gas Distribution, shall issue a
curtailment order to the Buyer, through the Superintendent of Building Main-
tenance, speCifying the quanti~ of gas to be curtailed and the time at which
such curtailment shall take effect. When restoration of service is permissible,
Seller shall similar1;y issue a restoration order.
A curtailment order may be issued either by verbal or written notice
at least two hours in advance of its effective time, except that if curtailment
or interruption is occasioned by an event of "force majeure" affecting the
Seller's system, Seller shall be obligated to give on1;y such notice as is
practicable in. the circumstances.
4. Gas taken by the Buyer under this Agreement by reason of Buyer's
failure to comp1;y with curtailment order shall be considered as OVer-run gas
and Buyer shall pay for such oVer-run gas at the rate of $1.50 per Therm.
The Seller shall have a meter reading taken at the effective time of a curtail-
ment order and any gas recorded on meter after said time and before restoration
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of service shall be considered as over-run gas.
5. All gas furnished by the Seller under the terms of this Agreement
shall be separately metered by metering equipment furnished by the Seller.
6. The rate for gas furnished under the terms of this Agreement
shall be billed monthly as follows:
.07.~ per Therm
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Minimum 75 Therms per day.
Said rate shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance
with aQy changes in the base rate for interruptible gas furnished to the Seller
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by the Florida Gas Transmission CompaQy.
7. Gas Service under this Rate Schedule shall be for a minimum period
of five years, and shall continue from year to year after the expiration of the
term stated in the Service Agreement, unless either party shall, at least ninety
(90) days prior to the end of any yearly period, give the other party notice of
its intention to terminate the Service Agreement.
8. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
by their duly authorized officials on the date set forth above.
FLORIDA
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Approved as to form
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Wi. tnes s es as to Buyer:
SUNCOAST LINEN SERVICE, INC.
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