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City moves to formalize sewer-credit agreement with Northside Hospital Cherokee; meters and monthly credits required
Summary
Council reviewed a draft agreement to formalize a previously approved one-time sewer credit for Northside Hospital Cherokee tied to cooling-tower evaporation; staff said the agreement will require meters and AMI-readable data for monthly credits and will be brought back as a resolution.
Staff presented a draft agreement to codify a previously approved one-time sewer credit for Northside Hospital Cherokee based on estimated evaporative losses from the hospital's cooling tower.
Mister Ingram said the city and hospital previously agreed to a one-time credit and that the new written agreement will require the hospital to install meters on the evaporative cooling tower and on the blowdown line so staff can calculate the difference and determine the volume actually evaporated. Readings will be taken via the city's AMI (automatic meter reading) system and applied as a monthly credit to the hospital's utility account. "Northside Hospital Cherokee will maintain those meters...we are going to require them to install meters that we can read via our AMI," Ingram said.
The draft requires notice and a cure period: if readings are missing or meters fail, the city will notify the hospital and provide 60 days to comply; failing that, the hospital could be charged for full consumption and be ineligible for back credits. Staff said it would prepare a resolution for council consideration at the next meeting that translates the draft agreement into final contract language.
Next steps: Staff will finalize the written agreement and return it as a resolution for council action.
