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7. B. Regular City Council Meeting June 13,2005 Page 5 again. The commissioners said it was too high. Kent asked for direction from the Council. Mayor Fendley said at some point they need to get to a 50/50 resolution with the county because 100% of these calls were in the county. Mayor Fendley said it was at 60/40. He said they may want to back off of that number a little and come down to 56/44 and work toward 50/50 on a three year basis. Mayor Fendley said that 45% is about $333,000.00 and that is $40,000.00 off of the 50% issue. Councilman Wilson wanted to know what about 43% this year and Mayor Fendley said it would drop it down to approximately $318,000.00. Mayor Fendley is not in favor ofputting a settle-up number in it. Councilman Wilson said the citizens of Paris are paying 85% of the total ambulance bill as it stands today, because they pay city and county taxes. Councilman Wilson said the county should pay the entire amount so that it would equally spread over all the citizens. Tony Williams asked the Council if they would consider a three year arrangement based on the formula of the county paying 43% of the current year, next year paying 47% and the third year paying 50% of that formula. Council Manning thought this was fair. Tony said the agreement will need to contain wording to cover federal contract changes such as medicare and other programs that make reimbursements. Mayor Fendley asked Tony to proceed with the negotiations. Consideration and action on the following ordinances: A. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE, IN SUCH FORM AS SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELA TED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ARTICLE II TO CHAPTER 16, SECTION 16-21 (b) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS REGARDING THE DESIGNATION OF THE CITY AS THE EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER OF RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE COLLECTION SERVICE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Tony Williams told Council they had two ordinances that related to the contract with Waste Management for collection and disposal of residential solid waste. At the last meeting, Tony informed Council he would present a proposed contract tonight. He told Council \ve had received an initiative petition and was withdrawing from the I