2024-011 - Repealing Article 12.04 Solid Waste of Chpater 12 Utilities and replacing same with a New Article 12.04 Solid Waste

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ORDINANCE NO. 2024-011 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, REPEALING ARTICLE 12.04, "SOLID WASTE," OF CHAPTER 12, "UTILITIES," OF THE CITY OF PARIS CODE OF ORDINANCES AND REPLACING SAME WITH A NEW ARTICLE 12.04, "SOLID WASTE;" MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on August 23, 2023, after conducting a request for proposals process compliant with state law, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas awarded a contract for solid waste collection, including residential solid waste collection, to CARDS Dallas, LLC (the "Contractor'); and WHEREAS, the Contractor assumed city-wide residential solid waste collection on February 5, 2024 and will assume city-wide commercial and industrial waste collection on September 1, 2024; and WHEREAS, many of the provisions in existing Chapter 12, "Utilities," Article 12:04, "Solid Waste," of the City of Paris Code of Ordinances have been rendered moot by the contractual arrangement between the city and the Contractor and require revision; and WHEREAS, the City Council has found that the regulations set forth in this ordinance are in the best interest of the citizens of the city; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved and are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. Section 2. That Article 12.04, "Solid Waste," of Chapter 12, "Utilities," of the City of Paris Code of Ordinances shall be and is hereby repealed and shall be and is hereby replaced with a new Article 12.04, "Solid Waste," as set forth in Exhibit A hereto, which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein. Section 3. That all provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, including but not limited to Ordinance No. 2011-012, are hereby repealed, and all other provisions of the ordinances of the City of Paris not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. Section 4. That the repeal of any ordinance or part of ordinances affected by the enactment of this ordinance shall not be construed as abandoning any action now pending 1