[Ord. No. 514 §§1 — 3, 3-24-1987; Ord. No. 684, 12-14-2004]
A.
The Empire District Electric Company, hereinafter called the company, its successors and assigns are hereby authorized and empowered to use the streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, and other public grounds and ways in the City of Granby, Missouri, as its limits now exist or may be altered, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining an electric distribution system with the poles, wires (above ground or thereunder) and other apparatus, equipment and appliances necessary therefor, subject to reasonable supervision of the Board of Aldermen as to the place and manner of erecting the poles for said purposes; and for the purpose of conducting, supplying, distributing and selling electric energy to the City and/or the inhabitants hereof for light, power, heat, and other purposes; and for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a plant or plants in said City for the generating of electric energy with the right in said company also to generate or procure said electric energy, or any part thereof, at other points and to carry same into said City and there make distribution and sale thereof, and the further right in said company to transmit any of said electric energy from or through said City for sale outside the limits thereof.
B.
Said company shall use every reasonable precaution to avoid damage or injury to person or property and agrees to indemnify and save harmless the said City from damage, injury, suits, actions, loss or expense arising from any negligent construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance or operation of its said electrical system.
C.
The company agrees that it will furnish continuous and uninterrupted electric service from the beginning of such service to the end of the franchise period, except for interruptions caused by strikes, riots, governmental interference or regulation, acts of Providence, accidents beyond the control of the company, or necessary maintenance or replacements.