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Mayor Graham announced the next item was a discussion of pipe materials to be used in the I & I Project. City Manager Greene advised the Council that John Buss, Project Manager, needed some direction on this matter to properly write specifications for bids. John Buss presented cost information on clay tile and plastic pipe and discussed the good and bad points of each. After discussion, Council decided to allow alternate bids on both clay and solid wall PVC pipe for sizes up to 27" and specify clay.tile for the 36" size. Mayor Graham next opened the workshop on the proposed Sewer Use Ordinance. Bill King and other staff members reviewed the comments submitted by various industries and how the comments had been addressed. Mr. King said that based on industry comments, there had been some changes made to the proposed Ordinance, but the City's interest had not been compromised by the changes. Each disputed point was discussed in detail with the proposed 450/1 BOD limit receiving the primary attention. Following a lengthy discussion about the 450 limit and other methods -- to control the strength of sewer contributed by users, Mayor Graham called for a motion, and Councilman Francis made a motion to leave. the 450 limit as stated in the Ordinance. Councilman Williams seconded the motion which failed 2 ayes, 5 nays. Councilman McGee made a motion to have City staff submit to the Council for consideration a step user charge schedule based on a actual cost figures relative to strength of sewer contribution and its effect upon the expected life of the Waste Water Treatment Plant. Councilman McWaters seconded the motion which carried 6 ayes, 0 nays, one abstain. Councilman Francis abstained. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. JOE GRAHAM, MAYOR, CITY OF PARIS ATTEST: JOE N. MCCOLLUM, ACTING CITY CLERK