Title
Proposed Water Service Contract with City of Trenton
Body
Agenda of: February 13, 2019
Item No.: 2019-038
Amount: Revenue Contract
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: January 25, 2019
RE: Proposed Water Service Contract with City of Trenton
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Randal Brown, General Counsel, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute a 30-year water service contract with City of Trenton; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
On December 17, 2018, the Trenton (“Member Partner”) City Council approved the terms of a new Water Service Contract (“Contract”) with GLWA. The Member Partner has been receiving water services through a 35-year agreement with the City of Detroit dated June 19, 1985. This Contract is based upon the model water contract, as subsequently amended, developed in partnership with the Technical Advisory Committee. The Contract has a thirty-year term and provides for, in part, pressure commitments by GLWA; maximum day and peak hour commitments by the Member Partner; the establishment of the Technical Advisory Committee (now, the One Water Partnership) for a thirty-year period; notification and payment of charges; maintenance responsibilities of the Member Partner and GLWA; and water quality commitments by the Member Partner and GLWA.
Additionally, Exhibit A of the Contract establishes the Member Partner’s service area boundaries, meter locations, emergency connections, retail customers served by the Member Partner outside of Member Partner’s corporate limits, and each party’s respective ownership and maintenance responsibilities. Exhibit A is not attached for homeland security reasons.
JUSTIFICATION
Approval of this Contract provides a mutually beneficial, stable, long-term framework for interactions between GLWA and the Member Partner and incorporates annual system planning volumes, pressures, and maximum day and peak hour values that better reflect future Member Partner usage.
BUDGET IMPACT
The revenues expected to result from this Contract will be reflected in the FY 2019-2020 schedule of charges.
COMMITTEE REVIEW
This matter is being presented directly to the full Board of Directors for consideration and approval.
SHARED SERVICES IMPACT
This item does not impact the shared services agreement between GLWA and DWSD.