1988-013-RES WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore in Resolution No. 87-108, authorize an
RESOLUTION NO. 88-013
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did
heretofore in Resolution No. 87-108, authorize an emergency
force account project for the rehabilitation of certain lift
stations, the number and scope of which it is found should
be increased and expanded and said resolution should be
amended as follows:
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris has
heretofore recognized the need for rehabilitation plus
modification of the following seven (7) lift stations:
Campbell's Lift Station, Northwest Loop (Battle's) Lift
Station, Old Bonham Road Lift Station, Woodard's Lift
Station, 7th Street S.W. Lift Station, Toco Lift Station and
Jefferson Heights Lift Station; and,
WHEREAS, all lift stations shall be modified with
fixtures that will accept a portable pump so that the lift
station can function when its own pumps or motors are
inoperative; and,
WHEREAS,
funded out of
Budget; and,
said rehabilitation was authorized to be
the fiscal year 1987-88 Water and Sewer Fund
WHEREAS, the protection of the environment and the
standards set by the State Department of Health, Texas Water
Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency, dictate
that an emergency be declared and that said rehabilitation
and modification be accomplished by force account; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, That the need for the rehabilitation of the seven (7)
lift stations and the modification of the all lift stations
with fixtures that will accept a portable pump so that the
lift station can function when its own pumps or motors are
inoperative, is found to be and does justify the declaration
of an emergency and the same is hereby declared.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the city staff is hereby
authorized to exercise the emergency powers as the same
relate to the budgeting, expenditures, procurement and bid
process with the only requirement being that the City
Council of the City of Paris be kept abreast of the progress
of the rehabilitation and modification project on a monthly
basis.
Passed and adopted this 8th day of February, 1988.
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B~ e Burnett, Mayor
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