2011-012 ORD PROHIBITING PRIVATIZATION OF THE TRASH COLLECTION

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ORDINANCE NO. 2011-012 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, PROHIBITING PRIVATIZATION OF THE COLLECTION, HANDLING, 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; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on or about September 28, 2010, the Ciry of Paris issued a request for proposals for landfill and private residential solid waste collection services for the City; and, WHEREAS, the city received several proposals from private companies interested in providing landfill and residential solid waste collection services for the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, an initiative petition to prohibit the privatization of residential solid waste collection was filed with the City Clerk on January 5, 2011. The petition was returned as insufficient, because it did not contain the requisite number of signatures of qualified voters of the City of Paris; and, WHEREAS, on January 28, 2011, petitioners filed a supplemental petition containing an additional 111 signatures, bringing the total number of qualified signatures on the initiative petition to 431 signatures, said petition was found to be sufficient and was forwarded to the City Council for further action; and, WHEREAS, the initiative petition did not receive support from the majority of the City Council, therefore the City Council called a special election for May 14, 2011 to allow the voters to decide the matter; and, WHEREAS, on May 14, 2011 the voters of the City of Paris voted in favor of keeping residential solid waste collection with the City's Public Works Department by a total vote of 704 to 541. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAIIVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are found to be true and correct and are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That residential solid waste collection services for the Ciry of Paris shall be handled by City employees and with City equipment in accordance with this