Title
Authorize Agricultural Commissioner to execute the Master Services and Subscription Agreement with Chargepoint/CPI concerning an electrical vehicle charging station at the Agricultural Commissioner’s Salinas Office which includes non-standard Insurance, Indemnification, and Limitation of Liability provisions.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize Agricultural Commissioner to execute the Master Services and Subscription Agreement (MSSA) with Chargepoint/CPI concerning an electrical vehicle charging station at the Agricultural Commissioner’s Salinas Office which includes non-standard Insurance, Indemnification, and Limitation of Liability provisions
SUMMARY:
The Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office (MCAC) previously executed an Agreement for the installation of an electrical vehicle charging station. The charging station was funded through grant funding by the California Department of Energy. Grant funding was contingent upon the installation of the charging station by March 1, 2013. The charging station was installed in February 2013 to meet the March 1, 2013 installation deadline. An installation agreement was entered into between the County and Ecology Action, California Clean Fuel Connection Inc. (CFCI) and the MCAC.
The installation agreement for the charging station was executed by the MCAC and approved by the Office of the County Counsel, and County Risk Management Division. The installation agreement included the County’s standard insurance and indemnification provisions. The subject MSSA inadvertently did not accompany the installation agreement.
DISCUSSION:
The proposed MSSA concerns the management of data on the use of the station through the use of Chargepoint/CPI’s website. According to Chargepoint/CPI, the MSSA is a boilerplate, utilized nation-wide, which includes a section on Limitation of Liability and an Indemnification provision in favor of Chargepoint/CPI which did n...
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