20-22 - UPDATE ON OLD POLICE STATION, BATHROOMS AT FAIRGROUNDS, AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTItem Nos. 20 -22
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Council member making request:
❑ Aaron Jenkins ❑ Matt Frierson
❑ Sue Lancaster ❑ Edwin Pickle
❑ Benny Plata ® A.J. Hashmi
❑ Steve Clifford
Description of Item:- (20) Receive update on sell of the old police station (811 Bonham Street)
and the other city properties; (21) Receive update on construction of the bathrooms at the
fairgrounds; and (22) Discuss a new wastewater treatment plant and provide direction to staff
Are additional sheets or supporting materials attached? ® Yes ❑ No
I request that this item be placed on the agenda for the:
® City Council meeting on this date: August 10, 2015
❑ Sometime in the next 2 meetings
❑ No specific time in mind — just keep it on a list of pending issues
Signature: s /A.J. Hashmi Date: 8 -5 -2015
City of Paris Revised 05/12/2015
Wastewater Treatment Plant
The issue of building a new waste water treatment plant
has been brought up a number of times and there are
diverse opinions, with some people feeling that there is a
need for it and others feeling that there isn't a need for
it.
For the city of Paris, it is means undertaking a huge
expense and taxes may actually need to be raised to
afford to build this plant.
One wants to be 100 % sure that there is a need for a
new sewer treatment plant, where it needs to be placed,
and what specs would be needed.
None of us on the council are experts in this area. We
certainly do rely on the city employees who have done a
great job at maintaining this plant for a long period of
time, but at this time I would propose that we get an
independent opinion to come forward and judge the
status of our plant and its requirements. This opinion
should not come from the people who are in the
business of replacement and development of new plants
since that opinion will be biased, but should come from
an independent engineering source where they are not a
party to having or not having a new plant. I would make a
motion to proceed with hiring an engineering firm to do
this.