1488RESOLUTION NO. I~18A
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS CALLING FOR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE
AMONG THE PUBLIC POWER ENTITIES IN THE STATE OF
ARKANSAS
WHEREAS, the City of West Memphis, Arkansas (City) owns and
operates a municipal electric utility system; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to cooperate with other publicly
and cooperatively owned electric utility systems in the State of
Arkansas to secure certain benefits for the residents of the City
of West Memphis, Arkansas and its electric utility service
customers; and
WHEREAS, the facilities and equipment of publicly owned
utilities may be vulnerable to the destructive effects of adverse
weather, various natural disasters, accidents, and vandalism; and
WHEREAS, efficient and reliable operation of the City's
publicly owned electric utility system is absolutely essential
for the conduct of commerce, development or operation of industry
within the City of West Memphis, Arkansas and for the safety,
health, welfare and comfort of its customers; and
WHEREAS, the City may not have adequate material and
personnel resources to deal with certain extraordinary emergency
situations; and
WHEREAS, the City may in certain extraordinary emergency
situations need assistance on a temporary emergency basis to
maintain the most reliable electric utility service practicable
under the circumstances; and
WHEREAS, the authorities operating electric utility systems
serving the Cities of Benton, Bentonville, Clarksville, Conway,
Hope, Jonesboro, North Little Rock, Osceola, Paragould, Piggot,
Prescott, and West Memphis, Arkansas, and the Farmers Electric
Cooperative Corporation have determined it appropriate to
cooperate to provide emergency services to each other and are
executing substantially similar Resolutions for the purpose of
insuring that these parties have the ability to render mutual
assistance in times of need; and
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,
ARKANSAS RESOLVE THAT:
Section 1: The City will from time to time as requested
provide assistance to the above identified publicly owned
electric utility systems on a temporary emergency basis.
Section 2: The City will be entitled to request assistance
on a temporary emergency basis when deemed necessary from any or
all of the above identified public entities in order to allow the
City of maintain or restore needed electric utility service
promptly in time of emergency or disaster.
Section 3: The City will, within budgetary constraints
imposed by the laws of the State of Arkansas, compensate any of
the above identified entities which provide the emergency
assistance envisioned by this Resolution. Specifically, the City
will provide compensation for the following elements of expense:
(a) Labor reimbursement shall be based on the direct labor
rate incurred, labor hours shall include both travel
time and actual hours on duty.
(b) Overhead reimbursement shall be twenty-five percent
(25~) of direct costs or expenses.
(c) Materials, supplies, lodging, meals and reasonable
miscellaneous expenses shall be reimbursed at cost.
(d) Transportation - reimbursement will be as follows:
Pickups $ 3.00 per hour
Mid-site (1 ton) trucks $10.00 per hour
Large (greater than 1 ton) trucks $20.00 per hour
Actual cost for fuel and oil for the vehicles
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(e) Tools and Chain Saws - No charge will be made for the
use of tools and chain saws.
Section 4: The City will also accept compensation under
these terms for assistance provided to others.
Section 5: All requests for assistance contemplated by this
Resolution shall be made by or addressed to the following
responsible individuals:
Benton
Bentonville
Clarksville Water & Light Co.
Mayor of the City
City Hall
Benton, AR 72015
Mayor of the City
City Hall
Bentonville, AR 72712
General Manager
P.O. Box 99
Clarksville, AR 72830
Conway Corporation
General Manager
P.O. Box 99
Conway, AR 72032
Farmers Electric
i Cooperative Corporation General Manager
P.O. Box 400
Newport, AR 72112
Hope Water & Light
Commission
Jonesboro Water & Light
Consolidated Municipal
Improvement District
North Little Rock
Osceola
Paragould Light & Water
Commission
General Manager
P.O. Box 2020
Hope, AR 71801
Mayor of the City
City Hall
Jonesboro, AR
Mayor of the City
City Hall
P.O. Box 57578
N. Little Rock, AR 72119
Mayor of the City
City Hall
P.O. Box 443
Osceola, AR 72370
General Manager
303 West Court
Paragould, AR 72450
Piggot
Prescott
West Memphis
Mayor of the City
194 West Court
Piggot, AR 72454
Mayor of the City
P.O. Box 676
Prescott, AR 71857
Mayor of the City
P.O. Box 1868
West Memphis, AR 72303
Section 6: This Resolution is not intended to constitute an
Interlocal Agreement under the Interlocal Cooperation Act, but is
rather intended to be a state of the intention to cooperate with
other publicly and cooperatively owned electric utilities within
the state of Arkansas during extraordinary emergency situation
and any grant of compensation for services rendered is subject to
the final decision of the City's governing body.
PASSED:
APPROVED:
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Mayor
SPONSOR: ATTEST:
City Clerk
RECEIVED
CITY (ICLERK OFFICE
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