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City Council Water & Sewer Subcommittee <br />March 25, 2003 <br />Page 6 <br />gallons versus Paris at $1.10 per 1,000 gallons on treating wastewater. He <br />also explains all the differences in his memo. There was also a cost <br />comparing San Marcos which was $1.09 per 1,OOOgallons versus Paris at <br />$1.10 per 1,000 gallons. Mr. Campbell explained that what the City of Paris <br />is doing is called beneficial use and that is a big catch word with the EPA. <br />Mr. Campbell gave the committee a Scope of Services and Responsibilities <br />of City of Paris for the conducting of a Water Treatment Plant Evaluation & <br />Production Study for the City of Paris. Mr. Campbell said it tells all of the <br />things that the city's plant will be evaluated on by Freese and Nichols, a <br />major engineering firm in the United States. Mr. Campbell pointed out Item <br />No. 9, "Based on review of the existing plant operation, input from the plant <br />staff and other factors, estimate the staffing requirements for the current and <br />future capacities (if different) ". Mr. Campbell said that basically they are <br />going to tell us what they think should be a good staffing level and <br />consequently his feeling is, if Freese and Nichols tells the city the people <br />they need, then he felt the city should go toward that goal. <br />Mr. Campbell said this plant was designed in 1991. Construction started in <br />1994 and it was built to meet certain rules and regulations. The rules and <br />regulations have changed dramatically since that time. Freese and Nichols <br />will tell the city what the actual capacity of the plant is today based on the <br />current rules and regulations of the TCEQ. <br />Mr. Campbell gave the committee a handout of a summary of Administrative <br />Orders /Mandates for the Wastewater Treatment Plant since April, 1984, to <br />the present. The first one is the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism <br />Preparedness Act of 2002, which has to be completed by June, 2004. He said <br />this also includes the Safe Drinking Water Act. Mr. Campbell said that Jack <br />Stowe mentioned this in his presentation last week. He pointed out that <br />these were all unfunded mandates by the state and federal government. <br />City Attorney Schenk advised that all of these mandates, with the exception <br />of the Bioterrorism Preparedness Act, are in place. The new study will talk <br />