The City shall have and may exercise any and all legal powers and duties necessary to implement Section 931.01 of this chapter, to provide reliable electric service to the City, businesses and inhabitants of Chardon, and may exercise all of the powers granted to municipal electric utility systems by the Constitution and laws of Ohio and the Charter of the City of Chardon. The Director of Public Service is authorized and directed to oversee the implementation of such powers and duties to the extent allowed by law, and to perform the activities necessary to do so, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Develop plans for, and enter into negotiations with third parties in connection with all aspects of the establishment of the Chardon municipal electric utility system and its program for the purchase, production, transmission, distribution and sale of electric power and energy (its "power program").
(b) Supervise the work of all consultants engaged by the Chardon City Council in connection with the establishment of the Chardon municipal electric utility system and its power program.
(c) Review all proposed contracts or other engagements relating to the establishment and operation of the Chardon municipal electric system and its power program and make recommendations to the City Council concerning such proposed contracts or engagements.
(d) Have responsibility for the development of plans and procedures for the operation and maintenance of the Chardon municipal electric utility system and its power program and supervise the implementation thereof.
(e) Have the responsibility to recommend to the City Council rates for the use of electric service provided by the Chardon municipal electric utility system.
(Ord. 1428. Passed 1-14-93.)