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31 Chairman Cecil said he felt it was appropriate for this board to take some action, but the question was how much action to take. City Manager Malone advised the normal duties and the administrative order makes it important that we utilize every means possible to keep the rate structure lower, and the fact that the City has subsidized Kimberly Clark over $200,000.00 during the last three year period. He said that was money proposed in the rate structure where a rate not recommended by the consultant was adopted and has caused a problem. He said he felt that was the sort of thing which needs to be addressed with the economic development sales tax. He said the City would not submit an invoice to the Corporation that is not of a conservative nature. Mr. Malone clarified the fact that the City subsidized the rate structure for Kimberly Clark and they did so to the detriment of providing service for the system. He said that money was not recovered through other rates, and it will now be passed on to the residential rate payers and other commercial customers in this rate study. Mr. Malone stated we are in a serious situation with both our Water and Wastewater System because we failed to recover adequate revenues to fund the repairs and regulatory requirements that have been placed on the City. He said if he had not felt that the City would recover these funds and for the planned course of work, then he would have done it under an emergency basis by hiring outside contractors entirely. Board member Amis made a motion, seconded by Board member Fendley, to reimburse the City of Paris the cost of this project which includes the $99,264.78 actual cost of the vendors and private contractors accrued up to this point, plus the $36,375.75 for the Public Works invoices for a total of $135,640.53, which carried unanimously. City Manager Malone asked if the Board was going to have the regular meeting next month as well and Chairman Cecil said yes, that the only agenda item for the May 12, 1994, agenda was the receipt of the report from the Pace Group. Board member Fendley questioned if the bids were in on the Campbell Soup Road Project. City Manager Malone asked City Engineer Smith to give them some background on the Campbell Soup Road Project. Mr. Smith said they have called the project Soup Street Paving Project, and the bids are to be opened on May 3, 1994. He said Hilliard & Sons, Jerry Bob Stephens and Drake Construction have picked up plans. Mr. Smith said they the expected this project to run around $135,000.00 to $155,000.00 with a 12" reinforced concrete pavement thirty-nine feet wide. He said the projectstarts at the edge of the pavement on Hwy 271 and proceeds to the back of Campbell Soup Plant and stops at the east right-of-way line of the railroad tracks. He said there will be a temporary routing accomplished at the north property line of the J10 property. He said they are going to put in a temporary culvert and a driveway using three inch flexible base so the truck traffic can be maintained to Campbell Soup.