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Regular City Council Meeting <br />August 11,2003 <br />Page 17 <br /> <br />to satisfy the EPA and made Council aware of the methodology used, <br />although, the Council did not formalize that process by a resolution. <br /> <br />Councilwoman Neeley asked if Councilman Bell or Councilman Guest has <br />been in touch with other cities or checked something that goes on in other <br />cities. She wanted to know how common work-by-the-day is in other places. <br />Councilman Bell said it was very common, but what is not present here is they <br />are still getting an estimate and placing caps on it not to exceed a certain <br />amount. <br /> <br />Councilman Guest asked Chip Jenkins how long he had been doing this type <br />work for the city. Mr. Jenkins said he has done this type work for the City of <br />Paris for about 16 years. Councilman Guest asked how have they always <br />done it and it seems to work in the past, what are we doing differently now <br />that they were not doing then. Mr. Jenkins said not a lot, pretty much the <br />same thing. Councilman Guest asked if the city had called him to get <br />estimates on a job or equipment cost and operator cost? Mr. Jenkins said <br />when he started working for a city he was handed a sheet of with the name on <br />top and they used their rates, which was only one of the contractors being <br />done. He said he knew that sounded bad, but it was not this city. <br /> <br />Mr. Jenkins said when he came to work for this city he used those same rates <br />because he does other work for other cities such as Greenville. He said he sees <br />where Councilman Bell is going with the pipe price. He does not have <br />anything to do with that. He said he just does what they ask him to do. Mr. <br />Jenkins said there is a way to do this day work, and regardless whether he did <br />it any more for the City of Paris, day work can be good for the city. Mr. <br />Jenkins addressed the issue of the $65.00 and $85.00 an hour excavator. He <br />thought that all contractors should have to have everything worded the same, <br />for instance all of his equipment is with an operator and some of the others are <br />not. It was his feeling that the city should have a sheet and have everything <br />worded the same and let the contractors fill in the prices. Mr. Jenkins said that <br />if someone charges $115.00 per hour for a track hoe and someone said they <br /> <br /> <br />