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ORDINANCE NO. 4624
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 RELATING
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF UTILITIES AND THE DUTIES OF
THE DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES
The Council of the City of Palo Al to does ORDAIN as
SECTION 1. Section 2.08.200 of the Palo Alto Municipal
Code is hereby modified 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 utili who shall be accountable
to the city manager. The duties of the director
of utilities shall as follows:
(1) To plan,
operations of the
direct and coordinate the
ty's utilities department;
(2) To coordinate the forecasting of the
city's long-range utility needs and develop plans
to ensure that the ty's utilities rate and
revenue levels will be able to meet customer
service, operating and financial requirements;
(3) To provide administrative support for
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
billlng, inquiries and complaints and to provide a
fast and courteous r.esponse to each customer's
request for utility service;
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(6) To establish rates to offset operating
costs of all city ut ity operations designated as
utilities enterprise funds and to provide a fair
and reasonable rate return on the city's
capital improvement stment in those utilities
designated as uti I s enterprise funds;
(7) To maintain a profitable market share in
the existing competitive energy marketing
environment by existing electric and gas
utili ties customers and seeking new, efficient
uses for gas, water and city;
(8) To provide technical or other
efficiency se to enable residential,
commercial and industrial utilities customers to
reduce the ing costs, improve the quality
of the environment and maintain a high level of
customer sat oni
(9) To
disposi on
supplies to
requirements
manner;
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;
) To inspect all construction work done by
or 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
main such records as are necessary for the
ful llment of this function;
(14) To provide operations, maintenance, and
construction necessary to ensure the sa ,
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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;
(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 or functions: administration;
administrative services; resource management;
engineering and operations;· telecommunications;
and public relations."
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby finds that this
ordinance is exempt from the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15061 (b) (3) of the
California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, because it can be
seen with certainty that there is no possibility of significant
environmental effects occurring as a result of the adoption of this
ordinance.
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This ordinance shall become e upon the
date of its commencement
adoption.
of the thirty-first day after the
INTRODUCED: March 20, 2000
PASSED: April 3, 2000
AYES: BEECHAM, BURCH, EAKINS, KLEINBERG, KNISS, LYTLE, MOSSAR, OJAKIAN
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT: FAZZINO
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS .TO FORM:
Senior Asst. L-"' Atforney
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Mayor
THIS DOCUMENT IS CERTIFIED TO BE AN
ORDINAMCE DULY PASSED BYTHE COUNCIL
OF THf CITY OF PALO ALTO AND
THEn!:!~';'(ER POST!f IN THE COUNCIL CHAP""'pc ON ()6 00 DAYS'~;c :1:~ PASSAG;, .-(WITHIN Hi
"/ certify (or declare) under penalty
of perjury that the foregoing is true
and correct."
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