The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-01-16

Authorizing anu u1recJluS Ine S11y maj
ager to enter into a contract with The
Hamilton Service Company for the
purchase and supply OF electrical en-
ergy TO the City of Hamilton, Ohio.
WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton owns
and operates an electrical generating ana
distribution system and because of the
demands of it's customers, many OF Whom
are engaged in the production OF supplies
for national defense it becomes neces-
sary to purchase additional electrical en-
ergy and
WHEREAS, The Hamilton Service
Company is engaged in the business OF
supplying electrical energy to public and
private customers in and about Ham1l-
ton Ohio, and is willing to enter into a
contract with the City of Hamilton TO
supply said city with electrical energy
upon the terms and conditions herein
after set forth; and
WHEREAS the subject matter con-
tanned herein constitutes an emergency
in that it provides for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, prop
erty, health and safety of the citizens of
Hamilton; the reason for said emergency
being the necessity to Immediately OBJ
tain additional electrical current IN order
to meet the demands Of it's customers,
many of whom are engaged IN the pro
duction of supplies for national defense.
NOW THEREFORE,, BE 1T OR
DAINED by the Council of the City OF
Hamilton, State of Ohio
SECTION I: That the City Manager,
for and on behalf of the City OF Ham
ilton be and he is hereby authorized and
directed forthwith to enter into written
contract with The Hamilton Service
Company for the purchase and supply OF
electrical energy to the City OF Hamll-
ton. Ohio, upon the following terms and
conditions:
(a) The contract between the City of
Hamilton Ohio, and The Hamilton Serv-
ice Company for the purchase and supply
of electrical energy, pursuant TO the
terms and conditions of this ordinance,
shall be for a period or one ID year
from and after January 4, 1912
(b) The City of Hamilton hereby
agrees to purchase and take from The
Hamilton Service Company, and The
Hamilton Service Company hereby
agrees to sell and deliver to the City of
Hamilton from and after January 4,
1912, electrical energy during the full
term of the agreement, and pay Tor Sald
electrical energy so supplied In accord
ance with the terms and conditions mere
matter set forth.
(c) Said electrical energy shall be in
the form of three phase alternating cur
rent at approximately 13,200 volts, hav-
ing a frequency of so cycles per second,
and shall be delivered by The Hamilton
Service Company and received by the
City of Hamilton at a point on the sub
station premises of the City of Hamilton,
located on North Third Street opposite
the generating plant of the City of Ham
ilton, hereinafter referred to as the
point of delivery
(d) All electrical energy supplied
hereunder shall be measured at the point
| of delivery both as to maximum demand
and kilowatt hours by suitable meters to
be furnished, installed and maintained
by and at the expense of The Hamilton
! Service Company on the primary or high
voltage side Of the transformers owned
| by the City of Hamilton.
(e) All meters so furnished and in
| stalled shall be of standard type and
manufacture
(f) In the event either The Hamilton
Service Company or the City Of Hamilton
| shall at any time believe that any meter
registers incorrectly, the party holding
such belief shall have the right to re-
quest that test be made of such meter
| The party desiring such test shall make
| request therefor In writing upon the
other party, and thereupon such meter
shall be tested and calibrated, and If II
is found inaccurate it shall be restored
to an accurate condition, or new meter
/ shall be substituted. Any meter testec
and found to be not more than two pei
cent (2%) above or below normal Shai
be considered to be correct and accurate
| If as a result of any test any meter Is
| found to register In excess of two pei
cent (2Go) either above or below normal
| then the readings of such meter preVl-
| ously taken shall be corrected according
! to the percentage of inaccuracy so tound
| but no such correction shall extend back
beyond thirty days previous to the day
| on which such inaccuracy is dlScovefeo
| by such test; and in case during Suct
previous thirty days a prior test of sucf
/ meter shall have been made and found
to be correct or to be registering withir
| two per cent (2Go) of normal or in CASE
after such prior test such meter shall
have been made to register correctly
then the correction of the readings o.
such meter shall not extend back beyonC
the date of such prior test.
If a test of any meter shall be made
at the request of the City of Hamilton
with the result that such meter shall b.
found to register correctly or within tW'
per cent (2%) of normal, the City o
| Hamilton shall bear the expense of sucl
test The expense of all other tests shal
be borne by The Hamilton Service Com
pany.
(g) For each month during the tern
of the contract The Hamilton Servlc
Company agrees it shall stand ready t
SECTION II:
(a) The City of Hamilton agrees t
and shall pay The Hamilton Servic
Company monthly for all electrical en-
ergy supplied under the contract at Tn
rates and charges, and upon the term
and conditions contained in the followin,
schedule:
Demand Charge
S1T0 per kilovolt ampere per montl
for first 500 kilovolt amperes o
maximum demand,
100 per kilovolt ampere per montl
for next 500 kilovolt amperes o
maximum demand,
I.10 per kiloyolt ampere per mont
for all over 500 kilovolt ampere
of maximum demand.
Energy Charge
soc per kilowatt hour for electrical
energy used in the month equiv
alent to or less than 120 kilo