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346 A motion was made by Councilman Sterling and seconded by Councilman Whitaker for the adoption of the resolution. The motion carried: 7 ayes, 0 nays. Mr. Leonard Redman appeared before the Council, having requested to do so to present information concerning sanitary landfills. Mr. Redman showed pictures of a Phoenix, Arizona landfill completed by him 15 years ago and gave background of his "garbage" experience. Mr. Redman stated that he was convinced that Sanitex Company was not a reliable company for Paris; that $400,000.00 was the minimum cost to cover the City's present landfill properly. Mr. Redman presented the following petition: "We, the undersigned, constituting residents of the City of Paris or people with businesses within the City of Paris that are interested in and will be affected by any solid waste plan put in force by the City of Paris, do hereby petition the City Council of the City of Paris to submit any plan for solid waste disposal in the city to the public for competitive bidding and particularly petition said City Council not to contract with Sanitech, a division of Lone Star Gas Company, or with any other utility company presently having a franchise within the City of Paris to handle said solid waste or still further in the alternative to submit the question to a vote of the people by means of the re- ferendum provisions of the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Paris." Mr. Redman stated that the petition contained 2,174 signatures and requested that it become a valid petition if the contract for sanitary service is presented and that a referendum be called on said contract. City Attorney Haynes advised that the petition was not valid for future acts of the Council. Mr. Redman suggested that the Council "back up and take professional advice "; re- quest that bids be reopened; and stated that contracts could be secured in 90 days and the landfill be in operation. Resolution No. 1686, authorizing T. T. Maness, Jr. to transfer to Robert A. Lough- miller space No. 8, Block B, Cox Field, for the duration of the lease owned pre- sently by Mr. Maness, was presented. A motion was made by Councilman t4hitaker and seconded by Councilman Moore for the adoption of the resolution. The motion car- ried: 7 ayes, 0 nays.