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RESOLUTION
No. 74 - 110
WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater, Florida, and Pinellas County,
Florida, entered into an agreement on the 29th day of March, 1954, concerning
the sale .of potable water to the City of Clearwater for a'period of thirty (30)
years; and
WHEREAS, the agreement provided that the City pay tar four million
gallons of water per day whether the City used it or not; and
WHEREAS, the said contract provides that in considering any rate
or rate adjustments some of the factors to be considered will be those matters
directly relating to supplying water to the City of Clearwater and on the basic
premises that the County water system shall be operated in the future, as
it is presently, at cost; and
WHEREAS, the County has raised the rates to the City from time to,
time in accordance with their requirements for operating the system at
cost; and
WHEREAS, on June 1, 1974, the rate was increased to 0.452 per
thousand gallons which represents an increase in excess of 20076 while charging
its retail customers at a rate of 0. 35? per thousand gallons;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
IN SESSION DULY AND REGULARLY ASSEMBLED, AS
FOLLOWS:
1, That the City of Clearwater has been informed by its consultants
that the aforesaid rate, to wit. 0.452¢ per thousand gallons, is excessive
and unfair.
2. That the City Manager and his staff be directed to confer with
Pinellas County and/or its duly authorized representatives to seek a lower
and equitable rate.
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3. That if the City Manager and the City Attorney agree that the
negotiations are leading nowhere and it appears to be an exercise in futility,'
that the Legal Department is hereby directed to file appropriate legal
proceedings to have the, matter contested and decided by a court of comtpotent
jurisdiction.
4. That certified copies of this Resolution be forwarded forthwith to
the Chairman and each member of the Board of County Commissioners of..
Pinellas County, Florida. and to the County Administrator, Merrett R.
Stierhelm.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day,/of.,Qctober, A. D. 1874.
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