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Special City Council meeting <br />August 28, 2001 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />cleaning lots instead of using the bid process. Mr. Haynes said that does <br />not include the help of prisoners, but there is also the cost of disposal of the <br />refuse, which comes out of the demolition figure in the budget. He told the <br />City Council that the average cost to demolish a house is approximately <br />$3,000.00. <br /> <br />After further discussion, the City Council was in agreement to include <br />$5,000.00 for the Keep Paris Beautiful Organization in the budget. <br /> <br />Mayor Pfiester announced that the City Council had been discussing the <br />brush pick up at a previous meeting and they would continue with the <br />Sanitation Division. Mayor Pfiester asked what impact the brush pick up <br />has had on the city. <br /> <br />Terry Townsend, Director of Public Works, came forward telling the City <br />Council that the trash pick up, street sweepers, brush service, and bulk <br />pick up are included in the Sanitation Division. Mr. Townsend said that <br />when those pieces of equipment go down, repairs for all come from the <br />Machinery, Tools and Equipment line item, so it is hard to break out the <br />cost of the brush pick up. Mr. Townsend continued to discuss the brush <br />pickup with the City Council. <br /> <br />Mayor Pfiester said he felt very strongly about starting to implement a <br />user fee for brush pick up. The City Council discussed the possibility of <br />establishing a user fee for brush pick up, and the City Council was in favor <br />of recouping the cost of brush pick up, which does not include any <br />deviation from the original city policy regarding the two bundles that are <br />allowed in the current policy. It was the consensus of the City Council to <br />recoup the cost of brush pickup by establishing a user fee of $10.00 for <br />requested brush pick up, other than the normal two bundles, to be placed <br />on the water bills when the service is used, and directed the City Attorney, <br />City Manager, and the Director of Public Works to get together and come <br />up with an ordinance establishing this fee along with a fee for tree <br /> <br /> <br />