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NORTH CAROLINA <br /> <br />CABARRUS COUNTY <br /> <br />CONTRACT <br /> <br />Cabarrus County, a body politic organized and existing under the laws of the State of North <br />Carolina, hereinafter referred to as 'County'; and UTILITY REDUCTION SPECIALISTS, <br />a partnership organized and doing business under the laws of the State of North Carolina, <br />hereinafter referred to as "Specialists', do hereby agree and covenant as follows: <br /> <br />WITNESSETH:. <br /> <br />1. Specialists agree that it will: <br /> <br />Conduct a utility audit by analyzing: telephone billings and records; electric <br />billings and records; gas billings and records as directed by county at specified <br />sites. <br /> <br />B. Seek refunds and credits for billing errors; <br /> <br />C. Create a cost savings plan which will identify and implement actions and <br /> modifications which are guaranteed to be full and completely transparent to <br /> the county's business operations and imperceptible in any fashion except in <br /> the form of reduced billing. <br /> <br />The County agrees as follows: <br /> <br />A. <br /> <br />B~ <br /> <br />It will retain Specialists as its exclusive utility consultants; <br /> <br />It will' Provide Specialists with the last twelve (12) months of its telephone <br />bills and energy bills. ' <br /> <br />Co <br /> <br />It will compensate Specialists as follows: For refunds or credits from any <br />utility company the fee will be fifty percent (50%) of the refunds and/or <br />credits that result from 'the Specialists' audit. This fee will be payable upon <br />· receipt of the refund or credit. The fee for the cost savings plan, as described <br />above, will be fifty percent (50%) of the savings demonstrated over a twenty- <br />four (24) month period following the implementation of the audit. <br /> <br />3. The parties agree that the term of this contract is twenty-four (24) months. <br /> <br />The parties agree that in the event the County is required to make any expenditures <br />whatsoever to obtaqn equipment/services to implement the cost savings, the county's <br />approval will be obtained in advance by Specialists and the amount will be fully <br />deducted from the savings sum and cbmmission calculated on the balance. <br /> <br />The parties further agree that the following actions will be excluded as a fee item <br />under the cost savings plan~ <br /> <br />Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br /> <br />