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ORDINANCE NO. 4813
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING SECTION 2.08.200 OF CHAPTER 2.08 OF
TITLE 2 OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE TO EFFECT
CHANGES TO THE DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES
AND CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF UTILITIES
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as
SECTION 1. Section 2.08.200 of Chapter 2.08 of Title 2 of
the Palo Alto Municipal Code is hereby amended, to read as follows:
2.08.200 Department of utilities.
\\ (a) The department of utilities shall be
organized and administered under the direction of
a director of utilities who shall be accountable
to the city manager. The duties of the director of
utilities shall be as follows:
(1) To plan, direct and coordinate the
operations of the city's utilities department;
(2) To coordinate the forecasting of the
city's long-range utility needs and develop
financial plans to ensure that the city's
utilities rate, reserve and revenue levels will be
able to meet customer service, operating and
financial requirements;
(3) To provide administrative support to the
utilities advisory commission on matters relating
to the department;
(4) To generate appropriate reports as may
be required by county, state and federal agencies
or by law;
(5) To operate a responsive customer service
center, to manage customer service utilities
billing, inquiries and complaints and to provide a
fast and courteous response to each customer's
request for utility service;
(6) To establish rates to offset operating
costs of all city utility operations designated as
utilities enterprise funds and to provide a fair
and reasonable rate of return on the city's
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capital improvement investment in those utilities
designated as utilities enterprise fundsi
(7) To maintain a profitable market share in
a competitive energy market environment by
retaining existing water, electric and gas
utilities customers and seeking new and efficient
uses for gas, water, electricity and dark fiber;
(8) To provide technical or other efficiency
services to enable residential, commercial and
industrial utilities customers to reduce their
operating costs, improve the quality of the
environment and maintain' a high level of customer
satisfactioni
(9) To
disposition
supplies to
requirements
manner:
forecast and plan the acquisition and
of sufficient least-cost resource
meet existing and future supply
in an environmentally acceptable
(10) To negotiate for the purchase and sale
of water, gas and electricity and contract with
water, gas and electric power producers, suppliers
and marketers for resource supply at the best
available price or cost;
(11) To recommend capital construction and
improvements of all utility systems, and to
administer such programs when approved;
(12) To inspect all construction work done by
or for the utilities and require compliance with
all contracts made in connection therewith;
(13) To prepare or cause to be prepared all
utility maps of the utilities, and to keep and to
maintain such records as are necessary for the
fulfillment of this function;
(14) To provide operations, maintenance, and
construction necessary to ensure the safe,
efficient and reliable delivery of electric,
water, gas and wastewater collection services to
all customers;
(15) To provide operations, maintenance, and
construction necessary to ensure the proper
operation of the city's traffic signal, street
lighting and communication systems;
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(16) To perform or cause to be performed all
duties required by this code or other law of the
director of utilities and the department of
utilities; and
(17) To perform such other duties as may be
required.
(b) For organizational purposes, the
department of utilities shall consist of the
following divisions: administration; customer
services; resource management; and engineering and
operations."
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby finds that this project
will have no significant adverse effect on the environment.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective upon the
commencement of the thirty-first day after the day of its adoption.
INTRODUCED: December 15, 2003
PASSED: January 5, 2004
AYES: BEECHAM, BURCH, CORDELL, FREEMAN, KISHIMOTO, KLEINBERG,
MORTON, MOSSAR, OJAKIAN
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Senior Asst. City Attorney
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