Authorizing the Water Commissioner, the Revenue Commissioner, and the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia ("City"), to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority ("Authority"), pursuant to which the City will assume certain obligations under a contract the Authority will enter into with Sensus USA Inc. ("Sensus") to provide, install, maintain and operate facilities and equipment for the automated collection and delivery of water usage data to the Revenue Department or other designated City department, all under certain terms and conditions.

WHEREAS, the Authority, by Bill No. 970352 (approved July 1, 1997), is authorized to acquire, maintain and operate facilities and equipment for the automated collection and delivery of water usage data from water and sewer customers to the Department of Revenue or other designated City department; and

WHEREAS, the Water, Revenue, and Procurement Departments have requested that the Authority undertake a project (the “Project”) to provide, maintain and operate facilities and equipment for the automated collection and delivery of water usage data to the Revenue Department or other designated City department (the “AMI System”), and

WHEREAS, Sensus has been selected through a competitive process to undertake the Project and to provide, maintain and operate the AMI System; and

WHEREAS, the Project will require the Authority to enter into a contract with Sensus for the purchase, installation, operation and maintenance of the AMI System, and will require the City and the Authority to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement pursuant to which the City will assume certain obligations under the Authority’s contract with Sensus; now, therefore

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. The Water Commissioner, the Revenue Commissioner, and the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City, are hereby authorized to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Authority, pursuant to which the City will assume certain of Authority’s obligations under a contract the Authority will enter into with Sensus to provide, install, maintain and operate facilities and equipment for the automated collection and delivery of water usage data to the Revenue Department or to other designated City department.

SECTION 2. The Intergovernmental Agreement authorized in Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit “A” attached hereto.

SECTION 3. The authorization in Section 1 of this Ordinance is conditioned on the contract between the Authority and Sensus being substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit “B” attached hereto.

SECTION 4. The Economic Opportunity Plan for the Project, which will be an exhibit to the contract between the Authority and Sensus, is attached hereto as Exhibit “C.”

SECTION 5. The Project Labor Agreement for the Project, which will be an exhibit to the contract between the Authority and Sensus, is attached hereto as Exhibit “D.”

SECTION 6. The City Solicitor is hereby authorized to review and approve the agreements necessary to effectuate this Ordinance, and to impose such terms and conditions on them as the City Solicitor may deem necessary and proper to protect the interests of the City and to carry out the purpose of this Ordinance.

SECTION 7. The Chief Clerk of City Council shall keep all Exhibits to this Ordinance on file and make them available to the public for inspection and copying during regular office hours.

SECTION 8. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.

[Note: Exhibits to this Bill are on file in the Office of the Chief Clerk.]

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