Ordinances-1985-135

MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE City COUNCIL OF THE City OF Tiffin IOWA, HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ON THE 11th DAY OF September, 1985, AT 7:00 O'CLOCK P.M. A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tiffin ____________, Iowa was held in the Council Chamber at 7 o'clock P.M., on the 11th day of September, 1985. Mayor Potter was present and presided at the meeting. The following Councilmen were present: Morgan, Cox, Spivey, Stevens, Runge Councilman Spivey offered Ordinance No. 1985-135, of which the following is a copy. ORDINANCE NO. 1985-135 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING UNTO IOWA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, AN IOWA CORPORATION; ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE AND RIGHT FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS TO ERECT, CONSTRUCT, RECONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A POWER PLANT OR PLANTS FOR THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY, AND/OR SYSTEMS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY IN THE City OF Tiffin ____________, IOWA, AND TO ENTER UPON AND TO USE AND OCCUPY THE STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS, BRIDGES AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES OF SAID City FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING THEREON, THEREIN, THEREUNDER AND THEREOVER SAID SYSTEMS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY, CONSISTING OF POLES, POSTS, WIRES, CABLES, CONDUITS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, APPURTENANCES AND CONSTRUCTION NECESSARY OR INCIDENT TO SAID SYSTEMS AND INCLUDING HIGH POTENTIAL ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES, AND TO SELL, DISTRIBUTE AND SUPPLY ELECTRIC ENERGY TO SAID City AND THE INHABITANTS THEREOF AND OTHERS WITHIN AND WITHOUT SAID City FOR ALL PURPOSES, AND PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE GRANT AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE City COUNCIL OF THE City OF Tiffin ____________, IOWA: Section 1. The City of Tiffin ____________, Iowa, hereby grants unto Iowa Electric Light and Power Company, an Iowa corporation, its successors and assigns, hereinafter called the Grantee, a non-exclusive franchise and right, for a period of twenty-five years from and after the date this Ordinance becomes effective, to erect, construct, reconstruct, maintain and operate within the corporate limits of said City of Tiffin ____________, Iowa, as the same now are or hereafter may be located or extended, a power plant or plants for the generation of electricity, and/or a system or systems for the transmission and distribution of electricity, whether said power plant or plants and transmission and distribution systems have been heretofore or hereafter may be constructed, together with the franchise and right to enter upon and to use and occupy the streets, avenues, alleys, bridges and other public places of said City as the same now are or hereafter may be