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LANDFILL SERVICES AGREEMENT STATE OF TEXAS § § COUNTY OF LAMAR § This LANDFILL SERVICES AGREEMENT is entered into by and between the City of Paris, Texas, a home-rule municipal corporation ("City"), and Sanitation Solutions, Inc., at 1806 South Church Street, Paris, Texas 75460 ("Contractor"), with an effective date as provided below. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, on September 30, 2010, the City of Paris issued a Request for Proposals for a long term landfill services agreement. The City received several proposals in response to the landfill services RFP including a proposal dated October 27, 2010 from Sanitation Solutions for landfill services at their landfill near Blossom, Texas (hereinafter the "Landfill"); and, WHEREAS, on December 20, 2010, after reviewing the proposals submitted, the City Council determined that the City could experience immediate savings to the City by entering into a month-to-month landfill services agreement with Sanitation Solutions to be effective January 1, 2011; and, WHEREAS, February 14, 2011, following additional discussion on awarding a long term landfill services agreement, a majority of the City Council voted to award a 10-year landfill services agreement to Sanitation Solutions, the company that submitted the lowest landfill disposal fee rate in response to the City's RFP process. NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants stated herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged and confessed, the parties hereto agree to enter into this landfill services agreement as follows: 1. Definitions. (a) Acceptable Waste. Acceptable Waste means any and all solid waste, including municipal solid waste, except Unacceptable Waste. (b) Bulky Waste. Bulky Waste shall include items such as stoves, refrigerators or freezers (which have CFC's removed by a certified technician), water tanks, washing machines, other appliances, furniture, carpet, rugs, brush or tree trimmings, bundled or unbundled in excess of three (3) cubic feet in volume or fifty (50) pounds in weight, and other waste material. Bulky Waste does not include construction debris, bagged solid waste, hazardous waste, or other items which are unauthorized to be disposed of in a Type I landfill in Texas. The weight of any bulky item shall not exceed that which can easily be loaded by two (2) workers. Landfill Services Agreement - Page I of 14 - 73