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COUNCIL ACTION MEMO
TO Steve Fitzgibbons, City Manager
FROM John A. Comeaux, P.E., Director of Public Works
SUBJECT P.R. #13559 -TCEQ Quarterly Fees
DATE May 10, 2006
RECOMMENDATION
I recommend that the City Council approve Proposed Resolution No. 13559, authorizing
the Director of Public Works to make quarterly waste disposal fee payments to the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in the annual amount of $120,000.
BACKGROUND
The TCEQ in accordance with 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Section 330.602,
requires all Type I Municipal Landfills to pay quarterly fees, based on the amount of cubic
yards of waste received at the landfill per quarter.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL EFFECT
Funding is available in Account No. 403-1274-533.59-01.
STAFFING/EMPLOYEE EFFECT
None.
SUMMARY
I recommend that the City Council approve Proposed Resolution No. 13559, authorizing
the Director of Public Works to make quarterly waste disposal fee payments to the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in the annual amount of $120,000.
omeaux, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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P.R. No. 13559
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTTON AUTHOR/ZING FUNDS IN THE ESTIMATED &MII~I&L
AMOUNT OF $120,000 FOR THE TEXAS COMMISSION ~
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY QUARTERLY FEES, PAID FOR THE
WASTE DISPOSED OF AT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR LANDI~LL
FACILITY, PERMIT NO 1815~ AND AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF
PUBLIC WORKS TO MAKE SAID QUARTERLY PAYMENTS TO THE
TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ACCOUNT NO.
403-1274-533.59-01.
WHEREAS, The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in
accordance with 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Section 330.602, requires all Type 1[
Municipal Landfills to pay quarterly fees, based on the amount of cubic yards of waste
received at the landfill per quarter, and, now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR:
THAT the City Council of the City of Port Arthur hereby authorizes payment of
funds in the estimated amount of One Hundred, twenty thousand and no/100 Dollars
($120,000) payable to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), payable
quarterly in the amounts billed by TCEQ, and that the Director of Public Works is hereby
authorized to make said quarterly payments as they are billed; and,
THAT a copy of the caption of this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the
City Council.
READ, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED this day of
A.D., 2006 at a Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port
Arthur, Texas, by the following vote: AYES: MAYOR:
Councilmembers
P.R. No. :[3S~g
NOES:,
Mayor
Attest:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION: APPROVED AS TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS:
Steve Fitzgibbons. Rebecca Underhill
City Manager Finance Director
Director of Public Works