RES 2000-23 INTENT NOT TO PROVIDE COBI SUPPORT FOR SMALL DRINKING WATER SYSTEMSCITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
RESOLUTION NO. 2000-23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON
RELATING TO SMALL PUBLIC OR PRIVATELY -OWNED AND OPERATED
DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS AND DECLARING THE CITY'S INTENT
NOT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SUCH SYSTEMS AFTER
EXPIRATION OF EXISTING CONTRACTS.
WHEREAS, the Council authorized City assistance to small water system
purveyors outside the historic Winslow through passage of Resolution 93-03; and
WHEREAS, this allowed the City, under the program heading entitled satellite
system management, to provide several assistance options pertaining to small public or
privately owned water systems on the island; and
WHEREAS, the three service options allowed under Resolution 93-03 include:
1. Direct Ownership. Ownership and operation by the City
2. Contract Services. Routine operations and maintenance, water
quality monitoring, utility billing and other periodic tasks for the
system not owned by the City
3. Support Assistance. Support services provided for under contract
requiring technical, professional or special assistance on a more
limited scale; and
WHEREAS, the support services contracts are narrowly defined in scope and
require City personnel to collect water sampling in accordance with Department of Health
(DOH) regulations and record annual static water level readings for small public or
privately owned water systems under contract; and
WHEREAS, the current fee structure and staffing level is such that the nineteen
(19) small water systems (as listed on enclose 1) receiving City assistance under the aegis
of a support service contract is inadequately funded and staffed; and
WHEREAS, the fee for the satellite management support service contract is fifty
(S50) dollars annually and over three and one-half times lower than what the Public
Utility District #1 (PUD #1) charges for similar services; and
TRN/City Resolutions/2000/2000-23 Discontinuation of Satellite Systems Mgmt. Program
WHEREAS, the PUD #1 no longer offers this service because of poor economies
of scale; and
WHEREAS, similar economies of scale confront the City in relation to its
nineteen (19) small water systems support services contracts,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The nineteen (19) small water systems contracts for support services shall be
allowed to expire and shall not be renewed.
Section 2. At least 120 days before the expiration of a contract, the Public Works
Departmen"hall notify the system owners or operators that the contract will expire and
that the services will be discontinued upon contract expiration.
Section 3. The Public Works Department shall provide the system owners or operators
with a list of private sector firms certified by the State Department of Health.
PASSED by the City Council this 28`" day of June 2000.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 15' day of August 2000.
D fight Sutton, Mayor
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
Susan P. Kasper, City Clerk
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: June 21, 2000
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: June 28, 2000
RESOLUTION NO.: 2000-23
TRN/City Resolutions/2000/2000-23 Discontinuation of Satellite Systems Mgmt. Program