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DRAFT S:\ORDWORK\CURRENT\Prohibiting Privatization of Residential Solid Waste Disposal [fm Initiative Petition] ORD 2011.docx ORDINANCE N0. AN ORDINANCE BY AND FOR THIS CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY TEXAS, PROHIBITING PRIVATIZATION OF THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSITION OF RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE, TRASH, AND RUBBISH AND PROVIDING FOR THE METHOD OF FIXING CHARGES FOR SUCH SERVICE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT OF RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE, TRASH, AND RUBBISH COLLECTION; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the welfare, health, comfort and convenience of the citizens of Paris, Texas are directly impacted by residential trash pickup and disposal; and WHEREAS, those needs are currently being served by the City of Paris through the Public Works Department; and WHEREAS, in 2005 the privatization of residential garbage collection and disposal became a debated issue in the City of Paris and before the City Council of the City of Paris; and WHEREAS, on the 19th day of September 2005 the City Council for the City of Paris adopted Ordinance 2005-050 which prohibited the privatization of the collection of residential garbage; and WHEREAS, the basis for Ordinance 2005-050, as set out in the preamble of said Ordinance, involved • spirited debate at Council sessions with media coverage, • a contested City Council election with privatization as an issue, • an Initiative Petition supporting the adoption of 2005-050 containing 1,066 citizen signatures, WHEREAS, again the issue of privatization of residential garbage collection and disposal has become an issue for the City of Paris and the Paris City Council; and WHEREAS, the City of Paris provides not only garbage, trash, and rubbish collection but also provides access to the City owned compost side and brush disposal; and WHEREAS, the Public Works Department of the city is also utilized for sweeping of streets, storm clearance, annual or planned cleanup events; and WHEREAS, the City of Paris currently owns and maintains the equipment necessary to collect and dispose of residential garbage, trash, and rubbish; and EXHIBITb.. 10) OD)