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the City and the Authority. The undersigned asked the City Clerk to conduct a search for such agreement; no such agreement could be located within the City’s record. The Authority has been providing services to the City since approximately 1953. Given that no agreement between the parties can be located, both the Authority and the Administration believe it is in the best interest of the parties to memorialize the relationship in writing. The attached Direct Service Agreement contains the Authority’s standard terms of service, and includes added information at Paragraph 8 regarding the City’s collection of delinquent accounts. Please note that the delinquent accounts will be included on the City’s tax bills. The City is not a guarantor of any amounts due and owing to the Authority. The City Water System has been owned, operated, and maintained by the Authority since the 1950s. The Resolution’s transfer of the systems to the Authority is a formality to ensure that ownership and maintenance of the System is accurately recorded for purposes of the Agreement between the parties. Thank you for your consideration of this request. Sincerely, ARIANNA KWIATKOWSKI, CITY ATTORNEY A copy of this agreement can be obtained in the Clerk’s office. Moved by Marrano second by Anderson to receive and file, act on resolution. Yeas: Muflahi, Anderson, Surdyke, Marrano Abstain: Meegan Carried 4-0 RESOLUTION NO. 10, 2026 WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Authorities Law § 1054 and other applicable law, the Erie County Water Authority (the “Authority”) is authorized to acquire the property and facilities of the water supply and distribution systems of the City of Lackawanna (the “City”); and WHEREAS, pursuant to General City Law § 20 (7-a), the City has the authority to sell and convey all or a part of its water supply and distribution systems (the “City Water System”) to the Authority; and WHEREAS, prior to the establishment of the Authority, the City of Lackawanna conveyed the City Water System to the Western New York Water Company; and WHEREAS, the Authority became the successor in interest to the Western New York Water Company; WHEREAS, since 1953, the Authority has operated and maintained the City Water System; WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into a Direct Service Agreement setting forth the obligations of the City and the Authority regarding the Authority’s continued operation and maintenance of the City Water System; and WHEREAS, the Direct Service Agreement requires that the City officially transfer the city Water System to the Authority as successor in interest to Western New York Water Company. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT