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City Council Meeting - oil 28, 2003 Page 3 <br />FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br />Motion was made by Councilmember Beasley to approve Resolution 2003-11 as presented <br />by Ms. Goodwin. Second by Councilmember Engelken. The motion carried. <br />Ayes: Mosteit, Engelken, Meismer, Warren, Young, Beasley and Malone <br />Nays: None <br />Abstain: None <br />10. Council to consider approval or other action instructing the Director of Finance Cynthia <br />Alexander to amend (increase) the 2002-03 Adopted Budget for the Community Investment <br />Fund (036) by $170,000 from $400,000 to $570,000. <br />Director of Finance Cynthia Alexander presented summary and recommendation and <br />answered Council's questions. <br />Motion was made by Councilmember Young to approve amendment (increase) of the 2002- <br />03 Budget from $400,000 to $570,000 as presented by Ms. Alexander. Second by <br />Councilmember Beasley. The motion carried. <br />Ayes: Mosteit, Engelken, Meismer, Warren, Young, Beasley and Malone <br />Nays: None <br />Abstain: None <br />11. Council to consider approval or other action of authorizing an emergency, and subsequent <br />purchase of new 130-ton air-conditioning chiller unit for the La Porte Recreation and Fitness <br />Center. <br />Director of Parks and Recreations Stephen Barr presented summary and recommendation <br />and answered Council's questions. <br />Motion was made by Councilmember Warren to approve justification for Emergency <br />Purchase as presented by Mr. Barr. Second by Councilmember Engelken. The motion <br />carried. <br />Ayes: Mosteit, Engelken, Meismer, Warren, Young, Beasley and Malone <br />Nays: None <br />Abstain: None <br />12. Council considered a consent agenda as follows: <br />a. Consider consent to partial assignment of collection and disposal of solid waste contract <br />with BFI — Steve Gillett. <br />Councilmember Barry Beasley asked for clarification on the description of this project. <br />Mr. Gillett explained that the City has a contract with BFI to collect commercial solid <br />waste; this contract has been in effect since 1990, with renewal in 2000. In 2000, the <br />contract was revised where BFI would process all the billing, instead of the City. There <br />.were two things accomplished with this: 1) they had to send the bills out, also being <br />responsible for any bad debt that occurs and 2) 4% rebate on their gross billings in turn <br />for their usage of our City streets. With the parent company of BFI, Allied, who would <br />