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52 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL <br />LEAGUE/VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES VIRGINIA POWER <br />STEERING COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE FOR AN OPTION IN THE MUNICIPAL <br />POWER SERVICES CONTRACT PERMITTING LOCALITIES TO DESIGN AND <br />BID UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL RELOCATION PROJECTS. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the cities and counties of the Commonwealth of <br />Virginia are provided electrical power and related customer <br />services through a Municipal Power Services Contract; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Virginia Municipal League/Virginia ~ <br />Association of Counties Virginia Power Steering Committee is <br />currently negotiating terms and conditions for renewal of the <br />Municipal Power Services Contract; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, local governments have experienced extensive <br />cost overruns associated with Virginia Power Company <br />administered contracts for installation of underground <br />facilities; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, these increases in cost have often been <br />substantially more than 'the original Virginia Power Company <br />estimates, thereby reducing local control over expenditures <br />and creating financial difficulty for localities. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City <br />of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Virginia Municipal <br />League/Virginia Association of Counties Virginia ~5~ er <br />Steering Committee be hereby requested to provide for an ~ <br />option in the Municipal Power Services Contract permitting <br />localities to design and bid underground electrical relocation <br />pro3ecns and to administer the construction of such projects. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and she <br />hereby is, directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to <br />the Executive Director of the Virginia Municipal League and <br />the Virginia Association of Counties. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, at a meeting held August 9, 1988. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />