[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Harrisburg
by Ord. No. 40-1983. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Director of the Department of Incineration and Steam Generation
shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Harrisburg
steam generation facility. The Director shall be an individual who
has experience in the operation, maintenance and management of a steam
generation plant.
A.
The City shall employ a consulting engineer. It shall be the duty
of the consulting engineer to prepare and file with the Mayor and
City Council, on or before December 1, 1983, and before November 15
of each year thereafter, a report setting forth the following:
(1)
The engineer's advice and recommendations as to the proper
maintenance, repair and operation of the steam generation facility
during the next fiscal year, the estimate for said fiscal year of
the amount of money that should be expended for current expenses and
the estimate of the gross steam revenues for said fiscal year.
(2)
A form of budget, prepared on a quarterly basis, for the next fiscal year which shall reflect the recommendations made pursuant to Subsection A(1) above.
(3)
The engineer's advice and recommendations as to the capital
additions that should be made during the next fiscal year and the
estimate of the amount of money necessary for such purposes.
(4)
The engineer's recommendations as to any necessary or advisable
revision of rates and charges.
(5)
The engineer's findings on whether or not the properties
of the steam generation facility have been maintained in good repair,
working order and sound operating condition and the estimate of the
amount, if any, required to place such properties in such condition
and the details of such expenditures and the approximate time required
therefor.
B.
During the construction of the capital improvements or capital additions
as authorized by the 1983 steam revenue bond, the consulting engineer
shall provide, on a quarterly basis, a report to the Mayor and City
Council as to the progress of the improvements and additions.
A.
All operating and nonoperating revenues of the Department of Incineration
and Steam Generation shall be deposited in a restricted receipt revenue
fund in accordance with the requirements of the steam revenue bond
of 1983.
B.
After the steam revenue bond of 1983 has been paid off, the restricted
receipt fund shall continue.
C.
No funds may be transferred from this account without specific appropriation
by City Council.
Personnel not performing services for the steam generation facility
shall not be paid from the steam generation facility's restricted
receipt revenue fund. Furthermore, the restricted receipt revenue
account shall not be charged for expenses unrelated to the operation
and maintenance of the steam generation facility. The Controller shall
be responsible for the enforcement of this section.
A replacement reserve fund shall be established as a part of
the operating budget. Five percent of all operating and nonoperating
revenue shall be placed in the fund for the purpose of funding necessary
maintenance activities as appropriated in the annual budget of the
steam generation facility.
An extraordinary maintenance reserve account shall be established
in the amount of $750 in order to provide funds for extraordinary
expenditures at the steam generation facility.
