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Regular City Council Meetrng August 9, 2004 Page 8 Councilman Wilson asked if they were aware that only one company was going to bid. City Engineer Napier indicated about one dozen people picked up plans. Councilwoman asked if any representative of the City had voiced their concerns to the Architect. Police Chief Louis said the Council chose the Architect and the representatives were shown the basic designs, but were not included in the specifications of the exact materials. Mayor Fendley felt the City Council and City reps needed to have a long discussion with the Architect about the specifications. Councilman Guest was concerned that this process has already taken two years and there still hadn't been much done and the City is paying on the bonds issued for this already. City Attorney Schenk said the amount paid to the Architects is dependent on what stage they are in. Councilman Bell made a motion to approve this resolution except for the readvertisement of bids and requested that the Architect come before the Council for discussion of this proj ect before it was rebid. Councilwoman Wilkerson seconded the motion and it carried 7 ayes, 0 nays. Mayor Fendley called for discussion and possible direction to the City Staff regarding the brush pickup ordinance. He called the Council's attention to the current brush pickup policy in the agenda packet. Councilman Wilson passed out pictures of a large accumulation of trash in front of a residence. He said this was at one of the entry ways into the City across from the jail. He said that he had called a couple of times, trying to get it removed. The owner of the property had cleaned out the house after the tenants moved and it stayed there for over a month. He indicated that he had talked to Mr. Townsend and it was taken care of. Code Enforcement Officer Millie McDonald had informed him there was a rule that, if there wasn't an active water at the location, then the City would not pick it up. City Attorney Schenk said this should be the bulk pickup ordinance, not brush pickup, and it is tied to the fact of them having an active water account. Interim City Manager Townsend said there were several factors, if it has or has not been called in, if it has been there several days, and if there is an active water account, that effects the pick up.