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It Councilman Farris stated that surplus is due to lack of implemantation, for one reason or another, of budgeted projects. He posed the question, how can you continue to finance, over a period of years, a trash collec- tion service without a tax increase? He went on to say that you cannot operate a service with recurring costs out of surplus savings and that some future Council is going to have to deal with a tax increase if revenues are cut off. He said that it is unorthodox for a City the size of Paris to provide trash collection service at no charge and challenged the ?Mayor, to prove otherwise. City Attorney Haynes reviewed for the Council, State laws and rules pert- inent to garbage and trash and the City's responsibility in that area. He stated from the law that the collection, handling and storage of solid waste shall be by practical and economically feasible methods. A rule states that municipal solid waste containing things that will decay shall be collected a minimum of once weekly to prevent propagation and attract- ion of vectors and the creation of public health nusiances. Collection shall be more frequent in circumstances where vector breeding and har- borage is significant. He went on to say that "vector's" in the rule pertains to rodent and-' other forms of animal life. With no further comments the question was called for on the motion made by Councilman Fisher, seconded by Councilman Williams to approve the 5 point recommendation of Mayor Malone as follows: 1. City continue twice- monthly trash collection. 2. $1.00 charge on the water bill be removed. 3. The charge at the landfill be removed for.residential garbage and trash from the City of Paris. 4. The City Staff should analyze the present landfill and collection operations to determine ways that efficiency can be increased and costs can be brought down. 5. The City should investigate the employment of any additional needed personnel through-the COMA and CETA Programs. The motion carried 4 ayes, 3 nays. Councilmen Farris, Philley and Nunsch voting nay. Councilman Wunsch asked that the record reflect that he was not opposed to the twice a month pickup part of the recommendation. Discussion was held on the effective date of-the policies in the Mayor's 40.