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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1714 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 1714 A RESOLUTION approving the contract for Water- Meter Reading Services between the City of Pasco and Western Meter Reading Custom Service Corporation. WHEREAS, the high cost of maintaining in-house personnel to perform the task of water- meter reading and water-meter turn-ons and turn-offs prompted City Management to begin to examine the feasibility and cost of contracting with an independent contractor for the provision of such services; and WHEREAS, the state of the art and the cost of repairs v. replacement of water-meters has eliminated the need to employ a water- meter repairman; and WHEREAS, by investigation and research City Management discovered that Western Meter Reading Custom Service Corporation has been providing contract meter reading to electrical and natural gas utilities for approximately ten years with satisfactory service and maintains a good reputation and relationship with the utilities that it serves; and WHEREAS, the City was unable to locate any other similar independent contractor in the Northwest and; WHEREAS, it is absolutely essential that if the City is to contract out for water-meter reading services that it do so with a contractor with a proven record of service and performance, who is established in the business and who has a solid financial basis and; WHEREAS, Western Meter Reading Custom Services Corporation has those qualities deemed essential by the City Council and further has negotiated with City staff a proposed contract for water-meter reading services that will save the City and Pasco citizens thousands of dollars annually and yet maintain quality and efficient meter reading and other customer services for customers of the City's water utility; and WHEREAS, the proposed contract is deemed to be in the best interest of the City and public service; and WHEREAS, utilizing a public bid procedure would be a useless act, in that the services to be contracted are unique and the essential specifications required of a bidder for bidding could not be met by any other known contractors, now, therefore, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON DO -1- RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: 1. That certain contract for Water-Meter Reading Services attached hereto as an Exhibit and incorporated by this reference herein as if fully set forth, is hereby approved by the City Council. 2. The Mayor is hereby authorized to sign the proposed contract with Western Meter Reading Services Corporation. PASSED and APPROVED this 18th day of February, 1986 Ja son, Mayor APPRO D AS TO FORM: 1 Greg A. lir II stello, City Attorney