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HomeMy WebLinkAbout17828• • 474 ORDINANCE NO. 17,828 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK AND COLLEGE STATION SUBURBAN SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 243 FOR SANITARY SEWER SERVICE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COLLEGE STATION COMMUNITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas ( "Little Rock ") owns a sewage disposal works and operates said works through the Little Rock Sanitary Sewer Committee ( "the Sewer Committee ") and the Little Rock Wastewater Utility (the "Utility ") and the City of Little Rock is authorized to contract with another city or political subdivision to provide sewage treatment for that entity to the extent of the capacity of the sewage disposal works without impairing the usefulness of said works to the owners upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Sewer Committee and approved pursuant to law by the respecting contracting parties; and WHEREAS, the College Station Suburban Sewer Improvement District No. 243 ("SID 24311) proposes to construct a certain sewage collection system in Pulaski County, Arkansas outside the current city limits of Little Rock and within the boundary of SID 243 to be connected to the City of Little Rock sanitary sewer system since SID 243 does not have the capability of sewage treatment; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest, public health and welfare of both Little Rock and SID 243 for the extension of sewer service by Little Rock to SID 243, and the parties 475 mutually desire now to enter into a contract to enter into an agreement for the treatment of sewage upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Sewer Committee and approved by ordinance of Little Rock and resolution of SID 243; and WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock and SID 243 desire to enter into a certain contract pursuant to law for a period not to exceed 15 years and said contract is attached hereto; and WHEREAS, the treatment of sewage in accordance with said contract will not impair the usefulness of the sewage disposal works owned by the City of Little Rock, and the City of Little Rock, by its City Board of Directors, desires to enter into said contract and authorize the Mayor, City Clerk, Sewer Committee, and the Manager of the Utility to execute said contract; -and WHEREAS, the provisions of A.C.A. §14- 235 -212 require approval by an ordinance of Little Rock and the equivalent authority adopted by SID 243, and the Sewer Committee has recommended approval of the contract for treatment of the sewage in accordance with the provisions of said contract; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas: f:R[`TTON 1. That the contract between the City of Little Rock and SID 243 for sanitary sewer service by the City of Little Rock, for the treatment of sewage from the College Station unincorporated area of the College Station OR 0 0 476 community, subject to the charges, collections and all provisions contained in the applicable Little Rock sewer ordinances in effect, as well as the ordinance(s) of Pulaski County, Arkansas, and as amended or changed in the future during the term of this contract, or any extensions thereof, is hereby approved. A copy of the contract is on file with the Clerk of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas and available for inspection. The Mayor, the City Clerk, the Chairman of the Sewer Committee and the Manager of the Little Rock Wastewater Utility are authorized to execute the contract. 4R('TTON 2. That all Resolutions and Ordinances and parts thereof in conflict with any parts of this ordinance are hereby repealed. spcTTON 3. That since the contract approved by this Ordinance is of great importance to the health and welfare of the citizens of the City of Little Rock, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. PASSED: October 6 1998. KmN May V Jim Dailey ATTEST: City Clerk Robbie Hancock F1