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City Council Meeting April 9, 2001 Page 9 Finance to review and approve any and all necessary documents incident to the receipt of said funding, was presented. After discussion, a motion was made by Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Bell for approval of the resol ution. The motion carried 7 ayes, 0 nays. City Manager Malone reported that, to date, the contractors for the Storm Debris Removal Program have picked up 177,741.15 cubic yards of brush and storm debris at a cost of $616,761.79. He said that a total of 872 various siz e stumps have been hauled and ground up at a cost of $179,050.00. A total of $408,601.11 has been expended for tub grinding of the debris that has been hauled in, which includes approximately 54,000 cubic yards that was hauled to the staging site by the public, for a total expenditure of $1,204,412.90. The City Manager discussed a recent meeting held with FEMA and a representative from the State Coordinating Board concerning reimbursement for stump removal. City Manager Malone reported that a representative from Stat e Representative Mark Homer’s office and a representative from C ongressman Sandlin’s office participated in the meeting and the questioned costs are under review by FEMA. He said there is a question of whether or not they will go along with the totals the city has presented for the yards of brush that was picked up and the way it was measured, but the city still expects to get what the government told us they would do, which amounts to $1,204,412.90 to date. He reminded the City Council that the contract has been extended to the end of April for making the final pass. City Manager Malone reported th a t the Neathery Street Drainage Project has been completed, and there will be a change order presented at a future city council meeting when it is prepared. The Cit y Manager reported that the utilities for the Long Avenue Improvement Project were in place and the project is proceeding. He said the next stage of the project is the paving and Stephens and Sons is the contractor which will be doing the paving. The City Manager stated that the contractor for the MLK Improvement Project is also Stephens and Sons and they have not yet started on this project. They are going to finish the Long Avenue Improvement Project first.