Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2829 ORDINANCE NO . �' ''i'` C•' �' ��r" AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE NORTHWEST ARKANSAS RESOURCE RECOVERY AUTHORITY ; APPROVING THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE AS AN INITIAL MEMBER OF SAID AUTHORITY ; SPECIFYING THE POWERS GRANTED TO SAID AUTHORITY ; SPECIFYING THE . NUMBER OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUTHORITY AND THE VOTING VI RIGHTS OF EACH DIRECTOR ; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES . WHEREAS , the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , and the City of West Fork , Arkansas , desire to create and become members of a sanitation authority pursuant to the provisions of Arkansas Acts 1979 , No . 699 . NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE , ARKANSAS : Section 1 . That the Board of Directors hereby determines that itis in the best interest of the City of Fayetteville in accomplishing the purposes of The Joint County and Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Act , Arkansas Acts 1979 , No . 699 , to create and become a member of a sanitation authority to be known as the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority . Section 2 . The names of the municipalities proposed to be initi�bers of said authority are the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , and the City of West Fork , Arkansas . Section 3 . That the powers of said authority shall be as fo owT ( a) To own , acquire , construct , reconstruct , extend , equip , improve , operate , maintain , sell , lease , contract , concerning or otherwise deal in or dispose of any real property , personal property , or mixed property of any and every kind that can be used or that will be useful in the controlling , collecting , storing , removing , handling , reducing , disposing of , treating , and otherwise dealing in the concerning solid wastes , including , without limitation , property that can be used or that will be useful in extracting , converting to steam ( including the acquisition , handling , storage , and utilization of coal , lignite , or other fuels of any kind or water that can be used or that will be useful in converting solid wastes to steam) and distributing such steam to users thereof , or otherwise separating and preparing solid wastes for reuse . (b ) To have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and to adopt bylaws for the regulation of the affairs and the conduct of its business , and to prescribe rules , regulations and policies in connection with the performance of its functions and duties . ( c ) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure . ( d) To maintain an office at such place or- places as it may determine . (e ) To sue and be sued in its own name , and to plead and be impleaded . ( f ) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions of the authority under Act 699 of 1979 , including contracts with persons , firms , corporations and others . .. aces 255 :. rt. - 2 - (g ) To apply to the appropriate agencies of the State , the United States or any state thereof , and to any other proper agency for such permits , licenses , certificates or approvals as may be necessary , and to contract , maintain and operate projects in accordance with , and to obtain , hold and use , such licenses , permits , certificates or approvals in the same manner as any other person or operating unit of any other person . (h) To employ engineers , architects , attorneys , real estate counselors , appraisers , financial advisors and such other consultants and employees as may be required in the judgment of the authority and to fix and pay their compensation from funds available to the authority therefor . ( i ) To purchase all kinds of insurance including , but not limited to , insurance against tort liability , business interruption , and/ or risks of damage to property . ( j ) To fix , charge and collect rents , fees and charges for the use of any project or portion thereof , or for steam produced therefrom . (k) To accomplish projects as authorized by Act 699 of 1979 and the ordinances creating the authority . ( 1) To distribute steam produced by a project to any person , municipality or county . (m) To buy , sell , exchange , own and generally deal in real property , improved and unimproved , and buildings of every class and description . (n) To pledge or hypothecate any and all property of the authority , both real , personal or mixed , owned or leased by the authority for cash , on credit and . time payment and to generally finance any property , both real , personal and mixed , owned or leased by the authority . ( o ) To issue tax- exempt bonds pursuant to the terms and provisions authorized in Act 699 of 1979 and amendments thereof . (p ) To do any and all other acts and things necessary , convenient and desirable to carry out the purposes and to exercise the powers granted to the authority herein . Section 4 . The number of directors of said authority shall e equivalent to the number of members in the authority . The governing body of each member municipality shall appoint one director to the Board of Directors . In voting to take any action or to pass any resolution , each director shall be entitled to cast that number of votes equal to the percentage , by weight of solid waste the director ' s municipality has pledged toward the pledge of solid waste by all authority members for operation of a resource recovery facility . Section 5 . That the application to be filed with the Secretary State attached hereto , marked Exhibit "A" , and made a part hereof is hereby approved and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute said application . w� 10fi8 %'S6 + - 3 - Section 6 . The Board of Directors hereby finds that adequate , reiable , and economical methods and facilities for the disposal , treatment , or other handling of solid waste are essential to the public health , safety , and welfare ; and that the immediate passage of this ordinance is necessary to provide such adequate , reliable , and econom- ical methods and facilities . Therefore an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance being necessary for the public health , safety , and welfare shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval . PASSED AND APPROVED this day of 1982 . f APPROVED : \pFAYr { _ A. tY rt1 {n ♦ awJ i • hh � ;; � MAYOR a ATTEST : �. , . CITY CLERIV 01068 %'�7 CERTIFICATE I . Sherry Rowe , City Clerk of the City of Fayetteville , Washington County , Arkansas , do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No . At? 0Z duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , on the kday of " A A4 1982 , and recorded in Ordinance Book No . at Page ti AYE ; Yr CITY CLERK tee.,.,,,,!h.� ',.•�. . CERTIFICATE OF RECORD State of Arkansas City of Fayetteville ( SS 10 Olivia Kelly, City Clerk and Ex-Offlcto re:or er for tho City oi' FayeteYii;e, Vo hore- by certify that the annexed or foregoing is of rcrcrcl in my office and the same op. Pears in Ordinance & t2esoiutian book X I / / at pagea , ,rr;tness my hand o, se- : this / 7I daY of 19 8,� Merl: ,.r,J cow kacordar t OEW ] fC;1TE OF RECORD STATE OF ARKAi!SAS f f SS. Washin`rton County \ I, Alma L. Kcll.n - Circuit Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder for Washington County, do hereby certify that the annexed or fore. going inst�lment was fiio�edw for�r/eycn'�rdin my oAffire on the�day of 4-2..a�t,e/�7clockA, antdd the same is duly recorde n� record�0 at page�o$✓ n Witness my hand and seal this .day of 1980? �i106g rIS a/ Circuit Clerk and Officio Recorded ey x- Deputy Clerk AMENDED APPLICATION TO SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE STATE OF S A /✓ - `f ARKANSAS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AS A SANITATION AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO ACT NO . 699 OF 1979 eAIGROtI►mrr2 The city 'of Fayetteville , Arkansas , and the City of West Fork Arkansas , hereby apply to the Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas pursuant to Act No . 699 of 1979 for a ' Certificate of Incorporation creating a sanitation authority as a public body and a body corporate and politic . Applicants state : ( 1 ) The names of all proposed member municipalities are the city of Fayetteville , Arkansas , and the City of West Fork , Arkansas . ( 2 ) Attached hereto marked Exhibits A and B and made a part hereof are certified copies of those ordinances adopted by the governing bodies of the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , and the city of West Fork Arkansas , determining that it is in the best interest of said municipalities in accomplishing the purposes of Act No . 699 of 1979 to create and become a member of a sanitation authority . ( 3 ) The powers granted to the authority are as follows : ( a ) To own , acquire , construct , reconstruct , extend , equip , improve , operate , maintain , sell , lease , contract , concerning or otherwise deal in or dispose of any real property , personal property , or mixed property of any and every kind that can be used or that will be useful in the controlling , collecting , storing , removing , handling , reducing , disposing of , treating , and otherwise dealing in the concerning solid wastes , including , without limitation , property that can be used or that will be useful in extracting , converting to steam ( including the acquisition , handling , storage , and utilization of coal , lignite , or other fuels of any kind or water that can be used or that will be useful in converting solid wastes to steam) and distributing such steam to usersthereof , or otherwise separating and preparing solid wastes for reuse . ( b ) To have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and to adopt bylaws for the regulations of the affairs and the con - duct of its business , and to prescribe rules , regulations and policies in connection with the performance of its functions and duties . ( c')' To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure . ( d ) To maintain an office at such place or places as it may determine . ( e ) To sue and be sued in its own name , and to plead and be im- pleaded . ( f ) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions of the authority under Act 699 of 1979 , including contracts with persons , firms , corporations and others . ( g ) To apply to the appropriate agencies of the state , the United States or any state thereof , and to any other proper agency for such permits , licenses , certificates or approvals as may be necessary , and to contract , maintain and operate project in accordance with , and to obtain , hold and use , such licenses , permits , certificates or approvals in the same manner as any other person or operating unit of any other person . ( h ) To employ engineers , architects , attorneys , real estate coun - selors , appraisers , financial advisors and such other consultants and employees as may be required � in the judgment of the authority and to fix and pay their compensation from funds available to the authority therefor . ( i ) To purchase all kinds of insurance including , but not limited to , insurance against tort liability , business interruption , and/or risks of damage to property . -2 ( j ) To fix , charge and collect rents , fees and charges for the use of any project or portion thereof , or for steam produced therefrom . ( k ) To accomplish projects as authorized by Act 699 of 1979 and the ordinances creating the authority . ( 1 ) To distribute steam produced by a project to any person , municipality or county . ( m) To buy , . sell , exchange , own and generally deal in real property , improved and unimproved , and buildings of every class and description . ( n ) To pledge or hypothecate any and all property of the authority , both real , personal or mixed , owned or leased by the authority for cash , on credit and time payment and to generally finance any property , both real , personal and mixed , sold or leased by this authority . ( o ) To issue tax-exempt bonds pursuant to the terms and provisions authorized in Act 699 of 1979 and amendments thereof . ( p ) To do any and all other acts and things necessary , convenient and desirable to carry out the purposed , and to exercise the powers granted to the authority herein . ( 4 ) The number of directors of said authority shall be equivalent to to number of members in the authority . The governing body of each member municipality shall appoint one director to the Board of Directors . In voting to take any action or to pass any resolution , each director shall be entitled to cast that number of votes equal to the percentage by weight , of solid waste the direcotr ' s municipality has pledged toward the pledge of solid waste by all authority members for operation of a resource recovery facility . ( 5 ) The city of Fayetteville , Arkansas , and the City of West Fork , Arkansas , desire that a sanitation authority be created -,,as a public body and body corporate and politic under act 699 of 1979 . ( 6 ) The name which is proposed for the sanitation authority is The Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority . M . ( 7 ) Attached hereto and marked Exhibits 1 through 2 are true , correct and certified copies of ordinances approving unanimously, amendments to the original Articles of Association permitting the entry and new membership of Washington County , Arkansas , said ordinances passed by the original members of the association , Attached hereto and marked Exibit 3 is a true , correct and certified copy of an ordinance of Washington County , Arkansas passed in accordnace with Act 699 of 1979 requesting that it be added as members of , the association . ( 8 ) The address of the initial registered office of the Northwest Arkansas Solid Waste Authority is : 406 North Shiloh , Springdale , Arkansas 72764 . ( 9 ) The names of the initial members and the signatures of the governing officer of these members and the attestation of the respective clerks of each member are set forth herein below along with the name of the new member Washington County , Arkansas and the signature of the governing officer of Washington County , Arkansas and the attestation of the clerk of that member : oil 5 CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE , ARKANSAS By MAYOR ATTEST : CITY CL Ry� Subscribed and sworn to before me , notary public , on this__ nay of ,, 1981, A&At�f . e::z I Notary Pgblic My commission expires : CITY OF W FORK , ARKANSAS By 1467eZ � �fGxr ATTEST : CITY CLERK Subscribed and sworn to before me , notary public , on this day of� ( a� A" , Notary Public My commission expires : lU - 1 - 84 WASHINGTON COUNTY , ARKANSAS 8y ATTEST : CO "Y R Subscribed and sworn to before me , notary public , on this ( 4j day o 01984 My commission ends : Notary u 1 r APPLICATION OF THE NORTHWEST ARKANSAS RESOURCE RECOVERY AUTHORITY FOR STATUS AS A PUBLIC BODY AND BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC PURSUANT TO ACT 699 OF 1979 The undersigned , natural persons of the age of twenty -one years or more , acting as representatives of their respective counties , municipalities and towns , hereby apply to the Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas for designation of the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority as a public body and body corporate and politic pursuant to Act 699 of 1979 , and for approval of the Articles of Association of the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority , and for these purposes adopt the following Articles of Association for such authority : First , the name of the authority shall be : Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority . Second , the period of duration of the authority shall be perpetual . Third , this association is organized for the following specific purposes which are in addition to the general purposes hereinafter set forth : ( a ) To own , acquire , construct , reconstruct , extend , equip , improve , operate , maintain , sell , lease , contract , concerning or otherwise deal in or dispose of any real property , personal property , or mixed property of any and every kind that can be used or that will be useful in the controlling , collecting , storing , removing , handling , reducing , disposing of , treating , and otherwise dealing in and concerning solid wastes , including , without limitation , property that can be used or that will be useful in extracting , converting to steam ( including the acquisition , handling , storage , and utilization of coal , lignite or other fuels of any kind or water that can be used or that will be useful in converting solid wastes to steam ) and dis- tributing such ' steam to users thereof , or otherwise separat - ing and preparing solid wastes for reuse . Fourth , in addition to the foregoing specific purposes of the authority , the authority is organized for the following additional purposes : ( a ) To have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and to adopt bylaws for the regulation of the affairs and the conduct of its business , and to prescribe rules , regulations and policies in coniiection with the performance of its functions and duties ; ( b ) To adopt sa official seal and alter the same at pleasure ; , ( c ) To maintain an office at such place or places as it may determine ; ( d ) To sue and be sued in its own name , and to plead and be impleaded ; ( e ) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions of the authority under this Act 699 of 19791 including contracts with persons , firms , corporations and others ; ( f ) To apply to the appropriate agencies of the state , the United States or any state thereof , and to any other proper agency for . such permits , licenses , certificates or approvals as may be necessary , and to construct , maintain and operate projects in accordance with , and to obtain , hold and use , such licenses , permits , certificates or approvals in the same manner as any other person or operating unit of any other person ; ( g ) To employ engineers , architects , attorneys , real estate counselors , appraisers , financial advisors and such other consultants and employees as may be required in the ,judgment of the authority and to fix and pay their compensat - ion from funds available to the authority therefor ; ( h ) To purchase all kiilds of insurance including , but not limited to , insurance against tort liability , business interruption , and/ or risks of damage to property ; ( i ) To fix , charge and collect rents , .fees and charges - 2 . x for the use of any project or portion thereof , or for steam produced therefrom ; ( j ) To accomplish projects as authorized by Act 699 of 1979 and tile ordinance creating the authority ; ( k ) To distribute steam produced by a project to any person , municipality or county ; ( 1 ) To buy , sell , exchange , own and generally deal in real property , improved and unimproved , and buildings of every class and description ; ( m ) To pledge or hypothecate any and all property of the authority , both real. , personal and mixed , owned or ioased by the authority :for cash , on credit and time payment and to generally finance any property , both real , personal and mixed , sold 'or leased by this authority ; ( n ) To issue tax- exempt bonds pursuant to the terms and provisions authorized in Act 699 or 1. 979 and amendments thereto ; and ( o ) To do any and all other, acts and things necessary , convenient or desirable to carry out the purposes , and to exercise the powers granted to the authority herein . Fifth , the names of all proposed member municipalities and counties in the authority are as follows : Fayetteville and West Fork . Sixth , that attached hereto and marked Exhibits 1 through 2 are true and correct certified copies of ordinances of the respective municipality , county and town members of the associat - ion authorizing their membership in this authority . Seventh , the address of the initial registered office of the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority is : 406 North Shiloh , Springdale , Arkansas , 72764 . Eighth , the number of directors constituting the board of directors of the authority shall be the same as the number of members of the authority , with each member entitled to place one director on the board of directors of the authority . Each such director shall be entitled a number of votes equal to the percentage of the total weight of solid waste each member has pledged to the resource recovery facility . - 3- Ninth , the names of the initial members and the signature of the governing officer of these members and the attestation of the respective clerks of each member are set forth hereinbelow : FAYE7'TEVILLE ATTEST : WEST FORK ^ , ` � �nn ( A'CTI: ST : lz4 `�1'1u,u.�1. t%� �-P�w.• l�Q-P�e.wv -G�ry _ n - ORDINANCE NO . 5 2_ _ AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE ANL' AUTHORIZE MEMBEiRSHIP BY THE CITY OF NEST FORK IN THE NORTHWEST ARKANSAS RESOURCE RECOVERY AUTHORITY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES WHEREAS , the governments within Washington County , Arkansas , including the governments of the cities of Fayetteville and West Fork agree to cooperate in the organization and operation of a Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority ; and , WHEREAS , it is felt to be in the best interest of the city of West Fork that such authority be created ; and , WHEREAS , it is felt to be in the best interests of the city of West Fork that the city of West Fork become a member of such authority . NOW , THEREFORE , be it ordained by the city council of the city of West Fork , Arkansas : 1 . That the city of West Fork , Arkansas shall join in the creation of a Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority , along with the city of Fayetteville . 2 . That the city of West Fork , Arkansas , is hereby authorized to become an initial member of the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority . 3 . That the powers of such authority shall be as follows : ( a ) To own , acquire , construct , reconstruct , extend , equip , improve , operate , maintain , sell , lease , contract , concerning or otherwise deal in or dispose of any real property , personal property , or mixed property of any and every kind that can be used or that will be useful in the controlling , collecting , storing , removing , handling , reducing , disposing of , treating , and otherwise dealing in the concerning solid wastes , including , without limitation , property that can be used or that will be useful in extracting , converting to steam ( including the acqusition , handling , storage , and utilization of coal , lignite or other fuels of any kind or water that can he used or that will be useful in converting solid wastes to steam ) and distributing such steam to users thereof , or otherwise separating and preparing solid wastes for reuse . ( b ) To have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and to adopt bylaws for the regulation of the affairs and the conduct of its business , and to prescribe rules , regulations and policies in connection with the performance of its functions and duties . (c) To adopt: an official seal and alter the same at pleasure. ((1) To maintain an office at :tech place or places as it may determine. (e) to sue ind be sued in its own name, and to plead and be impleaded. (f) To make and execute con tracLs and uther instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and iunctiOtis of the authority under Act 699 of 1979, including contract:; with persons, firms, corporations and others. (g) To apply to the appropriate agencies of the state, the United States or any state thereof, and to any other proper agency for such permits, licenses, certificates or approvals as may he necessary, and to construct, maintain and operate projects in accordance with, and to obtain, hold and use, such licenses, permits, certificates or approvals in the same manner as any other person or operating unit of any other person. (h) To employ engineers, architects, attorneys, real estate counselors, appraisers, financial advisors and such other consultants and employees as may be required in the judgement of the authority and to fix and pay their compensation from funds available to the authority therefor. (i) To purchase all kinds of insurance including, but not limited to, insurance against tort liability, business interruption, and/or risks of damage of property. (j) To fix, charge and collect rents, fees and charges for the use of any project or portion thereof, or for steam produced therefrom. (k) To accomplish projects as authorized by Act 699 of 1979 and the ordinances creating the authority. (1) To distribute steam produced by a project to any person, municipality or county. (mu) To buy, sell, exchange, own and generally deal in real property, improved and unimproved, and buildings of every class and description. (n) To pledge or hypothecate any and all property of the authority, both real, personal or mi.,ed, owned or leased by the authority for cash, on credit and time payment and to generally finance any property, both real, personal and mixed, cold or leased by this authority. (o) To issue tax-exempt bonds pursuant to the terms and provisions authorized in Act 699 of 1979 and amendments thereto. (p) To do any and all other acts and things necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out the purposed, and to exercise the powers granted to the authority herein. 4 4. That the number of directors of such authority and the voting rights of each director shill he as follows: The number of directors constituting the board of directors of the authority shall be the same as the number of members of the authority, with each member entitled to place one director on the board of directors of the authority. Each such director shall be entitled to a number of votes equal to the percentage of the total weight of sloid waste each member has pledged to the resource recovery facility. 5. That the application of the initial members of the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority in attached hereto and made part hereof, and said application is approved in all things. 6. That it is determined by the city council of the city of West Fork, Arkansas, that an emergency is hereby declared to exist and that this ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace and safety, shall be in effect immediately from the date of passage and approval. 7. That this ordinance shall be in effect from and after its approval, passage and publi��clIat``ion, and a recording of a certified copy thereof with the recorder of aS W!IIN I V County, Arkansas. d — -- PASSED AND APPROVED this____day of 1982. Mayor P.3 Teni >/ CERTIFICATE 1 // �_ � � p £iEy CYer_k, City of tDesT hoLC• ---iii«< —rh��n1 td 9� ; ,w / 0 ,J County, Arkansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinance numbered 5, z __ duly passed and approved by the city council and mayor of the city of .L_)Es..r Arkansas, on the _f.*4 day of �1J�c�z 1982, the same being recorded in book number at page —_ r., fry Gl f7/cJ��l7// APPLICATION To SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TILE STATE OF ARKANSAS FOR A CERTi ICATE OF INCORPORATION AS A SANITATION AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO ACT NO. 699 OF 1979 The City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas, hereby apply to the Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas pursuant to Act No. 699 of 1979 for a Certificate of Incorporation creating a sanitation authority as a public body and a body corporate and politic. Applicants state: (1) The names of all proposed member municipalities are the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas. (2) Attached hereto marked Exhibits A and B and made a part hereof are certified copies of those ordinances adopted by the governing bodies of the City of Fayetteville. Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas, determining that it is in the best interest of said municipalities in accomplishing the purposes of Act No. 699 of 1979 to create and become a member of a sanitation authority. (3) The powers granted to the authority are as follows: (a) To own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, operate, maintain, sell, lease, contract, concerning or otherwise deal in or dispose, of any real property, personal property, or mixed property of any and every kind that can be used or that will be useful in the controlling, collecting, storing, removing, handling, reducing, disposing of, treating, and otherwise dealing in the concerning solid wastes, including, without limitation, property that can be used or that will be useful in extracting, converting to steam (including the acquisition, handling, storage, and utilization of coal, lignite, or other fuels of any kind or water that can be used or that will be useful in converting solid wastes to steam) and distributing such steam to users thereof, or otherwise separating and preparing solid wastes for reuse. (h) To have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and to adopt bylaws for the regulation of the affairs and the conduct of its business, and to prescribe rules,. regulations and policies in connection with the performance of its functions and duties. (c) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure. (d) To maintain an office at such place or places as it may determine. (e) To sue and be sued in its own name, and to plead and be impleaded. (f) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions of the authority under Act 699 of 1979, including contracts with persons, firms, corporations and others. S. (g) To apply to the appropriate agencies of the state, the United States or any state thereof, and to any other proper agency for such permits, licenses, certificates or approvals as may be necessary, and to contract, maintain and operate projects in accordance with, and to obtain, hold and use, such licenses, permits, certificates or approvals in the same manner as any other person or operating unit of any other person. (h) To employ engineers, architects, attorneys, real estate counselors, appraisers, financial advisors and such other consultants and employees as may, be required in the judgment of the authority and to fix and pay their compensation from funds available to the authority therefor. (i) To purchase all kins of insurance including, but not limited to, insuranca against tort liability, business interruption, and/or risks of damage to property. (j) To fix, charge and collect rents, fees and charges for the use of any project or portion thereof, or for steam produced therefrom. (k) To accomplish projects as authorized by Act 699 of 1979 and the ordinances creating the authority. (1) To distribute steam produced by a project to any person, municipality or county. (m) To buy, sell, exchange, own and generally deal in real property, improved and unimproved, and buildings of every class and description. (n) To pledge or hypothecate any and all property of the authority, both real, personal or mixed, owned or leased by the authority for cash, on credit and time payment and to generally finance any property, both real, personal and mixed, cold or leased by this authority. (o) To issue tax-exempt bonds pursuant to the terms and provisions authorized in Act 699 of 1979 and amendments thereof. (p) To do any and all other acts and things necessary, convenient and. desirable to carry out the purposed, and to exercise the powers granted to the authority herein. (4) The number of directors of said authority shall be equivalent to the number of members in the authority. The governing body of each member municipality shall appoint one director to the Board of Directors. In voting to take any action or to pass any resolution, each director shall be entitled to cast that number of votes equal. to the percentage by weight, of solid waste the director's municipality has pledged toward the pledge of solid waste by all authority members for operation of a resource recovery facility. -3- (5) The City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas, desire that a sanitation authority be created as a public body and body corporate and politic under Act 699 of 1979. (6) The name which is proposed for the sanitation authority is The Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority. CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE$ ARKANSAS By (/) (? MAYOR ATTEST: TY CLER1, Subscribed and swopn o before me, notary public, on this _____ day of �•_ 1982. Notary Public mm My coission expires: CITY OF WEST FORK, ARKANSAS By ATTEST: Subscribed and rn to before me, notary public, on this o26 6kday of _ 1982. Notary ublic My commission expires: -2- (g) To apply to the appropriate agencies of the state, the United States or any state thereof, and to any other proper agency for such permits, licenses, certificates or approvals as may be necessary, and to contract, maintain and operate projects in accordance with, and to obtain, hold and use, such licenses, permits, certificates or approvals in the same manner as any other person or operating unit of any other person. (h) To employ engineers, architects, attorneys, real estate counselors, appraisers, financial advisors and such other consultants and employees as may be required in the judgment of the authority and to fix and pay their compensation from funds available to the authority therefor. (i) To purchase all kins of insurance including, but not limited to, insurance against tort liability, business interruption, and/or risks of damage to property. (j) To fix, charge and collect rents, fees and charges for the use of any project or portion thereof, or for steam produced therefrom. (k) To accomplish projects as authorized by Act 699 of 1979 and the ordinances creating the authority. (1) To distribute steam produced by a project to any person, municipality or county. (m) To buy, sell, exchange, own and generally deal in real property, improved and unimproved, and buildings of every class and description. (n) To pledge or hypothecate any and all property of the authority,both real, personal or mixed, owned or leased by the authority for cash, on credit and time payment and to generally finance any property, both real, personal and mixed, cold or leased by this authority. (o) To issue tax-exempt bonds pursuant to the terms and provisions authorized in Act 699 of 1979 and amendments thereof. (p) To do any and all other acts and things necessary, convenient and desirable to carry out the purposed, and to exercise the powers granted to the authority herein. (4) The number of directors of said authority shall be equivalent to the number of members in the authority. The governing body of each member municipality shall appoint one director to the Board of Directors. In voting to take any action or to pass any resolution, each director shall be entitled to cast that number of votes equal to the percentage by weight, of solid waste the director's municipality has pledged toward the pledge of solid waste by all authority members for operation of a resource recovery facility. -3- (5) The City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas, desire that a sanitation authority be created as a public body and body corporate and politic under Act 699 of 1979. (6) The name which is proposed for the sanitation authority is The Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority. CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS MAYOR ATTEST: 4CITYC Subscribed and swo to before me, notary public, on this day of , 1982. 4h✓ otary Publ" My commission expires CITY OF WEST FORK, ARKANSAS By ATTEST: CITY CLERK Subscribed and sworn to before me, notary public, on this day of , 1982. Notary Public My commission expires: APPLICATION TO SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE STATE OF ARKANSAS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AS A SANITATION AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO ACT NO. 699 OF 1979 The City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas, hereby apply to the Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas pursuant to Act No. 699 of 1979 for a Certificate of Incorporation creating a sanitation authority as a public body and a body corporate and politic. Applicants state: (1) The names of all proposed member municipalities are the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas. (2) Attached hereto marked Exhibits A and B and made a part hereof are certified copies of those ordinances adopted by the governing bodies of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas, determining that it is in the best interest of said municipalities in accomplishing the purposes of Act No. 699 of 1979 to create and become a member of a sanitation authority. (3) The powers granted to the authority are as follows: (a) To own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, operate, maintain, sell, lease, contract, concerning or otherwise deal in or dispose of any real property, personal property or mixed property of any and every kind that can be used or that will be useful in the controlling, collecting, storing, removing, handling, reducing, disposing of, treating, and otherwise dealing in the concerning solid wastes, including, without limitation, property that can be used or that will be useful in extracting, converting to steam (including the acquisition, handling, storage, and utilization of coal, lignite, or other fuels of any kind or water that can be used or that will be useful in converting solid wastes to steam) and distributing such steam to users thereof, or otherwise separating and preparing solid wastes for reuse. (b) To have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and to adopt bylaws for the regulation of the affairs and the conduct of its business, and to prescribe rules, regulations and policies in connection with the performance of its functions and duties. (c) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure. (d) To maintain an office at such place or places as it may determine. (e) To sue and be sued in its own name, and to plead and be impleaded. (f) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions of the authority under Act 699 of 1979, including contracts with persons, firms, corporations and others. (g) To apply to the appropriate agencies of the state, the United States or any state thereof, and to any other proper agency for such permits, licenses, certificates or approvals as may be necessary, and to contract, maintain and operate projects in accordance with, and to obtain, hold and use, such licenses, permits, certificates or approvals in the same manner as any other person or operating unit of any other person. (h) To employ engineers, architects, attorneys, real estate counselors, appraisers, financial advisors and such other consultants and employees as may be required in the judgment of the authority and to fix and pay their compensation from funds available to the authority therefor. (i) To purchase all kins of insurance including, but not limited to, insurance against tort liability, business interruption, and/or risks of damage to property. (j) To fix, charge and collect rents, fees and charges for the use of any project or portion thereof, or for steam produced therefrom. (k) To accomplish projects as authorized by Act 699 of 1979 and the ordinances creating the authority (1) To distribute steam produced by a project to any person, municipality or county. (m) To buy, sell, exchange, own and generally deal in real property, improved and unimproved, and buildings of every class and description. (n) To pledge or hypothecate any and all property of the authority,, both real, personal or mixed, owned or leased by the authority for cash, on credit and time payment and to generally finance any property, both real, personal and mixed, cold or leased by this authority. (o) To issue tax-exempt bonds pursuant to the terms and provisions authorized in Act 699 of 1979 and amendments thereof. (p) To do any and all other acts and things necessary, convenient and desirable to carry out the purposed, and to exercise the powers granted to the authority herein. (4) The number of directors of said authority shall be equivalent to the number of members in the authority. The governing body of each member municipality shall appoint one director to the Board of Directors. In voting to take any action or to pass any resolution, each director shall be entitled to cast that number of votes equal to the percentage by weight, of solid waste the director's municipality has pledged toward the pledge of solid waste by all authority members for operation of a resource recovery facility. -3- (5) The City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas, desire that a sanitation authority be created as a public body and body corporate and politic under Act 699 of 1979. (6) The name which is proposed for the sanitation authority is The Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority. CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS ByJJ MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK Subscribed and swo n o before me, notary public, on this _1_ day of , 1982. My commission expires: r " i ATTEST: CITY CLERK otary Pub i CITY OF WEST FORK, ARKANSAS M Subscribed and sworn to before me, notary public, on this day of , 1982. My commission expires: Notary Public N'eeb, S�� APPLICATION TO SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE STATE OF ARKANSAS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AS A SANITATION AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO ACT NO. 699 OF 1979 The City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas, hereby apply to the Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas pursuant to Act No. 699 of 1979 for a Certificate of Incorporation creating a sanitation authority as a public body and a body corporate and politic. Applicants state: (1) The names of all proposed member municipalities are the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas. (2) Attached hereto marked Exhibits A and B and made a part hereof are certified copies of those ordinances adopted by the governing bodies of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas, determining that it is in the best interest of said municipalities in accomplishing the purposes of Act No. 699 of 1979 to create and become a member of a sanitation authority. (3) The powers granted to the authority are as follows: (a) To own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, operate, maintain, sell, lease, contract, concerning or otherwise deal in or dispose of any real property, personal property or mixed property of any and every kind that can be used or that will be useful in the controlling, collecting, storing, removing, handling, reducing, disposing of, treating, and otherwise dealing in the concerning solid wastes, including, without limitation, property that can be used or that will be useful in extracting, converting to steam (including the acquisition, handling, storage, and utilization of coal, lignite, or other fuels of any kind or water that can be used or that will be useful in converting solid wastes to steam) and distributing such steam to users thereof, or otherwise separating and preparing solid wastes for reuse. (b) To have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and to adopt bylaws for the regulation of the affairs and the conduct of its business, and to prescribe rules, regulations and policies in connection with the performance of its functions and duties. (c) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure. (d) To maintain an office at such place or places as it may determine. (e) To sue and be sued in its own name, and to plead and be impleaded. (f) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions of the authority under Act 699 of 1979, including contracts with persons, firms, corporations and others. J -2- (g) To apply to the appropriate agencies of the state, the United States or any state thereof, and to any other proper agency for such permits, licenses, certificates or approvals as may be necessary, and to contract, maintain and operate projects in accordance with, and to obtain, hold and use, such licenses, permits, certificates or approvals in the same manner as any other person or operating unit of any other person. (h) To employ engineers, architects, attorneys, real estate counselors, appraisers, financial advisors and such other consultants and employees as may be required in the judgment of the authority and to fix and pay their compensation from funds available to the authority therefor. (i) To purchase all kins of insurance including, but not limited to, insurance against tort liability, business interruption, and/or risks of damage to property. (j) To fix, charge and collect rents, fees and charges for the use of any project or portion thereof, or for steam produced therefrom. (k) To accomplish projects as authorized by Act 699 of 1979 and the ordinances creating the authority. (1) To distribute steam produced by a project to any person, municipality or county. (m) To buy, sell, exchange, own and generally deal in real property, improved and unimproved, and buildings of every class and description. (n) To pledge or hypothecate any and all property of the authority, both real, personal or mixed, owned or leased by the authority for cash, on credit and time payment and to generally finance any property, both real, personal and mixed, cold or leased by this authority. (o) To issue tax-exempt bonds pursuant to the terms and provisions authorized in Act 699 of 1979 and amendments thereof. (p) To do any and all other acts and things necessary, convenient and desirable to carry out the purposed, and to exercise the powers granted to the authority herein. (4) The number of directors of said authority shall be equivalent to the number of members in the authority. The governing body of each member municipality shall appoint one director to the Board of Directors. In voting to take any action or to pass any resolution, each director shall be entitled to cast that number of votes equal to the percentage by weight, of solid waste the director's municipality has pledged toward the pledge of solid waste by all authority members for operation of a resource recovery facility. -3- (5) The City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas, desire that a sanitation authority be created as a public body and body corporate and politic under Act 699 of 1979. (6) The name which is proposed for the sanitation authority is The Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority. CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS By MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK Subscribed and sworn to before me, notary public, on this — day of , 1982. Notary Pu My commission expires: CITY OF WEST FORK, ARKANSAS By ATTEST: CITY CLERK Subscribed and sworn to before me, notary public, on this day of , 1982. My commission expires: 94 Notary Public CERTIPICA--E Or- RECORD'' State of Ark:.' i City of Faye ( SS' I,, Susanne cc City CIarT Ex-Officiorcc ti : theCityofF' r do'Nreb`cur ,,t`Me anne l going is of rc i 'ni2offjce an(tr;o pears hi Or'. . & Resolutio-i•'- 3G, }land and - —_ —=-- City Clerk a Clerk INITIATIVE ORDINANCE cILED,. MY OFFICE THI TO: Suzanne McWethy, City Clerk of theArkansas -- TO: Marilyn Johnson, Mayor of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas We the undersigned, legal voters of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, respectfully propose the following ordinance, to wit: An ordinance to repeal an ordinance of the Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Ordinance No. 2829, creating the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority, approving the City of Fayetteville as a member of said Authority, specifying the powers granted to said authority, specifying the number of Directors of the Authority and the voting rights of each Director, and for other purposes, adopted by the Board of Directors of Fayetteville, Arkansas on July 6, 1982; and to repeal a resolution of the Board of Directors of Fayetteville, Arkansas approving the issuance of solid waste revenue bonds by the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority adopted by the Board of Directors of Fayetteville, Arkansas on October 31, 1985; repealing all resolutions and ordinances in conflict herewith and for other purposes. BE IT ORDAINED (enacted) by the People of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. SECTION 1: That the ordinance of the Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Ordinance No. 2829, creating the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority, approving the City of Fayetteville as a member of said Authority, and for other purposes, passed and approved July 6, 1982, is hereby repealed. SECTION 2: That the resolution of the Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, approving the issuance of solid waste revenue bonds by the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority adopted October 31, 1985, is hereby repealed. SECTION 3: That all resolutions and ordinances of the Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. And this, our petition, order that the same be submitted to the people of said municipality, to the end that the same may be adopted, enacted, or rejected, by the voters of the said municipality at the earliest of the following elections on which it can legally be submitted: (1) the primary election, known as "Super Tuesday", to be held on March 8, 1988, (2) the school election to be held September 20, 1988, or (3) the general election to be held on November 1, 1988, or if there be any authority thereon, at a Special Election to be called by the Mayor and Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas. The question to appear on the ballot for said election to be as follows: FOR THE INITIATIVE ORDINANCE to repeal Ordinance No. 2829, adopted by the Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, July 6, 1982, creating the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority, approving the City of Fayetteville as a member of said Authority, specifying the powers granted to said Authority, specifying the number of Directors of the Authority and the voting rights of each Director, and for other purposes; and to repeal a resolution of the Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas adopted October 31, 1985, approving the issuance of solid waste revenue bonds by the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority';,, and for the repeal of all resolutions or ordinances of the'City�of Fayetteville, Arkansas in conflict herewith. AGAINST THE INITIATIVE ORDINANCE to repeal Ordinance No. 2829 ,'.adopted by the Board of Directors of the City of Fayetteville, '.Arkansas, July `6, 1982 creating the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery.Authority, approving the City of Fayetteville as a member of said Authority, specifying the number -of Directors of the Authority-Iand'the voting rights of each Director, and for other purposes;and to repeal a resolution of the Board of Directors of the city of Fayetteville, Arkansas, adopted October 31, 1985, approving the issuance of solid waste revenue bonds by the Northwest Arkansas Resource Recovery Authority; and against the repeal of all resolutions or ordinances of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, in conflict herewith. And each of us for himself or herself says, "I have personally signed this petition; I am a legal voter of the State of Arkansas, County of Washington and City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and my residence, Post Office, and voting precinct are correctly written after my name." NAME RESIDENCE POST OFFICE VOTING PRECINCT WARD 117 F nC Mu s TI? r�• (NvreN i-AIFr(FJtw: R-0.- W w, • iiy c . 1-d So l rw�ou d L94610 CI 2 — STATE OF ARKANSAS SS COUNTY OF WASHINGTON I,t tti a {Tse(w , being first duly sworn, state that the above and foregoing named persons signed this sheet of the foregoing initiative petition, and each of them signed his or her name thereunto in my presence. I believe that each has stated his or her name, residence, post office address and voting precinct correctly, and that each signer is a legal voter of the State of Arkansas, Washington County, City of Fayetteville. &da v Signature Post O ce Subscribed and sworn to before me this i2 day of cN , 19 F! _ . ``��'P 1 •. BRG /tJ. y g O?ARV Clerk, Notary, Jtdge, J.P./Post:=Offic' PUBL%' My Commission Expires: �T i ae 48 —Legal Notices GIWINAJCE NO.ffi. ORDINANCE CREATING THE N RTHWtST' AR&'INSAS RE- SOURCE RECOVERY AUTHORITY; APPROVING THE CITY OF FAYET- TEVILLE AS AN INITIAL MEMBER OF SAID AUTROHrrY; SPECIFY-i Inc THE POWERS GRANTED TO SAID AUTHORITY; SPECIFYING :m NUMBER OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUTHORITY AND 1E • VOTING RIGHTS OF EACH .DIR- . Ste; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSEL A re uses: derma es meake am become ;smbc.aasaakdhoaam 1ty Pm` `Am b tb.. dNOW, ThfltLVORE. BE iT Aafmaaa IDAINEDE B BOARD OFDIREC• TOES OF THE CITY OF FAYET- TEVI.LE.ARKANSAS: Sectim 1. That IS Board at Direr was hereby determines that III. N the bat Interest at the City at Fayetteville In accompliWng the parws•s at the ''Joint. County and Municipal Solid waste Disposal Act, Arkansas Acts IFNN, Na. m. to create and become a membe ol a sanitation authority to be known as the Northwest Arhansaa 1 O,Tat(tnRecOcaY Aomoriry. of IM no48non17 - be Initial Ne taIE) re the City I i do uEa%a r H,acuy •BAtJapun, a aullaSotis fir sat aTlBl �..:�:<., improve. f nJayrA u8!ed ,. ' a. ap!ma7e7sV. .i:.:: deal in u"y 6epJ teS," .xo)lo) a97 - !g<:..band!-' ) %fl laseafi I�'. a SU •q4I O neyl a10W aq - :<a.�'.�ti�'._ M a�edt I Sia7eun7lol s` •'. Con/, N ,ABC lotge'l 17eUdolddy -t . .q, u Y y. Otter .". '; me be ) and 3 . ... •'7^ sad w• e a .a aJ.Y to , • ra tithe . �' •..N lr v y'�k'•'.i and aq7 pun gist u! apeaap 7sel stn . , :e) mo 10 Stool Is $Jnsdn 5114.1.:.., qOr •..61we aft h uamsue'Rla>f!i tit )lard Sao µo) a $u!pu!) -'a,JawU1OD I 7,N put aJagM . 10 aau!wwo lj u! ahnaa1ap ay7 7e aaeds re tuviSlww! 10 - gtnnnea) Sw. )Jawy Wow r Mau e'Jeeze ohs '."".'..•,.. . petrels 'sa!tle, A! pia') at7, pwr sts!7le OOZ 'H '...,•`•.'hue ae 8uu! art j4. "n� ..stlit/ stn a _;7T3 -I- ,.r"• 3 _5 rr' ap!AOJd ❑!N, IJagaeay-ivaJ e .:4100435 ,,. .. '^ . u,M1a a +,ttl44'r � trxrtklo) ,14 NN.irA �1 r-y� Ali t .STATE of ARKANSAS ee. County( off W ash in g t on J H. lbe. .1 A] S1 idany having a second class mailingprivilege, and beingn0t lessthan four.pagesof .five columns each, published at a fixed place of business and at a fixed (daily) Intervals continuously In the City of Fayetteville, County of Washington, Arkansas for more than a period. of twelve months, circulated and distributed from an established place of business to subscribers and readers generally of all classes in the City and County for a definite price for each copy, or a fixed price per annum, which price was fixed at what is considered the value of the publication, based upon the news value and service value it contains, that at least fifty percent of the subscribers thereto have paid cash for their subscriptions to the newspaper or its agents or through recognized news dealers over a period of at least six months; and that the said newspaper publishes an average of more than forty percent news matter. I further certify that the legal notice hereto attached in the matter of was published in the regular daily issue of said newspaper for consecutive insertions as follows: The first insertion on the day of 19 the second insertion on the day of 19 the third insertion on the day of 19 and the fourth insertion on t day of 19 orn to and subscribed before me on this /atk day of Notary ublic My Commission Expires: �� I ,,,,,, I" \ J .I Fees for Printing — $ Cost of Proof _ $ Total $ , I;CEIVED SEP 17 1932 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE _M- --+.,R.aA..-- ._ A u,- :K,. '�.. ...34-,.J.1C.1+�'Y'Y+rf5YA1i.., lwtee' Mazr oNd /713/ STATEMENT FOR ADVERTISING r y nr# airs# Arkansas 07tut o £gL ., ys =At=tdir;reosfs DRAWER D FAY ETTEVILLE. ARKANSAS tubers It Pays 72701 a'. .��/J / <.:: Adv«r��wALL L/j L II,. i /i:, Pz n. s 7 APPLICATION TO SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE STATE OF ARKANSAS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AS A SANITATION AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO ACT NO. 699 OF 1979 The City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas, hereby apply to the Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas pursuant to Act No. 699 of 1979 for a Certificate of Incorporation creating a sanitation authority as a public body and a body corporate and politic. Applicants state: (1) The names of all proposed member municipalities are the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas. (2) Attached hereto marked Exhibits A and B and made a part hereof are certified copies of those ordinances adopted by the governing bodies of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the City of West Fork, Arkansas, determining that it is in the best interest of said municipalities in accomplishing the purposes of Act No. 699 of 1979 to create and become a member of a sanitation authority. >• (3) The powers granted to the authority are as follows: (a) To own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip,. improve, operate, maintain, sell, lease, contract, concerning or otherwise deal in or dispose of any real property, personal property, or mixed property of any and every kind that can be used or that will be useful in the controlling, collecting, storing, removing, handling, reducing, disposing of, treating, and otherwise dealing in the concerning solid wastes, including, without limitation, property that can be used or that will be useful in extracting, converting to steam (including the acquisition, handling, storage,_ and utilization of coal, lignite, or other fuels of any kind or water that can be used or that will be useful in converting solid wastes to steam) and distributing such steam to users thereof, or otherwise separating and preparing solid wastes for reuse. (b) To have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate and to adopt bylaws for the regulation of the affairs and the conduct of its business, and to prescribe rules, regulations and policies in connection with the performance of its functions and duties. (c) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure. (d) To maintain an office at such place or places as it may determine. (e) To sue and be sued in its own name, and to plead and be impleaded. (f) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions of the authority under Act 699 of 1979, including contracts with persons, firms, corporations and others.