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• • Minutes Regular Meeting La Porte City Council June 27, 1994, Paqe 2 City Manager Robert T. Herrera stated, "We have two industrial district contracts that have been fully executed and meet all City of La Porte requirements. We recommend entering into a contract obligation with Nippon Pigment which is Ordinance 93- IDA-27, and Rohm and Haas which is Ordinance 93-IDA-38." Assistant City Attorney read: ORDINANCE 93-IDA-27 - AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION BY THE CITY OF LA PORTE OF AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT WITH NIPPON PIGMENT (USA), INC., FOR THE TERM COI~IENCING JANUARY 1, 1994, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2000; MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. Assistant City Attorney read: ORDINANCE 93-IDA-38 - AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION BY THE CITY OF LA FORTE OF AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRACT AGREEMENT WITH ROHM AND HAAS BAYPORT, INC., FOR THE TERM'COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 1994, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2000; MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. ora~nance 93-1DA-"l-i. ana ~ralnance ys-1LA-sts as recta AY Gnu 8ssistant City Atto;ney. Second by Councilperson Gay. The motion carried, 8 ayies and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Cooper, Thrower, McLaughlin, Porter, Gay, Maxwell, Clarke and Mayor Malone Nays: None 6. Council considered approving the rate increase requested by Browning-Ferric Industries (BFI) Waste Systems for Roll-Off Service. Director of Public Works Steve Gillett led discussion with Council. He reportod one of the services provided by BFI is roll-off containers which are uncompacted. He stated, "With the dramatic increases in landfill costs, this has created a somewhat inequitable situation. BFI has no problem absorbing landfill increases in its front-load container service because trash is compacted at a seven to one ratio. However, roll-off service is non compacted trash and landfill fees constitute approximately 30$ of the total cost. Due to the language of their contract, BFI is unable to increase its cost more than 4~, so any increase in landfill costs above the normal C.P.I can not be passed on to the City. In fact, BFI is losing money on this service and have requested an increase only on roll-off sarvioo. This will adjust the fees to actual cost."