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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-03-29 MinutesMINUTES OF A SPF€IAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS March 29, 1979 The Fayetteville Board of Directors met in special session on March 29, 1979, at 4:00 P.M.,in the Directors Room, City Administration Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas. 21 PRESENT: Mayor David Malone, Directors Phil Colwell, Ann Henry, Ernest Lancaster, John Todd (arrived 4:05 P.M.), Paul Noland, and Richard Osborne (arrived 4:05 P.M.), and City Manager Don Grimes, City Attorney Jim McCord, Administrative Assistant David McWethy, and City Clerk Angie Medlock. ABSENT: None. 0) 0 OTHERS PRESENT: Members of the audience and representatives of the news media. CO Q CALL TO ORDER The mayor called the meeting to order. 1 PUBLIC FACILITIES BOARD The City Manager said the public facilities board had requested their 21.1 report be tabled until the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors. Director Colwell, seconded by Director Noland, moved that the report 21.2 and recommendation from the Public Facilities Board be tabled as requested. The recorded vote was: Ayes: Malone, Colwell, Henry, Lancaster, Todd, Noland, Osborne. Nays: None. Absent: None. The mayor declared the motion passed. RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT City Manager Grimes introduced Mr. Carl Yates and Mr. Terry Williams, 21.3 McGoodwin, Williams, and Yates Consulting Engineers, who were present with recommendations regarding interim measures to be taken at the Pollution Control Plant in an attempt to avoid future fish kills on the White River. Mr. Grimes said they had taken measures to try to correct problems at 21.4 the pollution control plant but in September and November of last year, they had fish kills on the river. He said as a result of these, he asked McGoodwin, Williams and Yates Consulting Engineers who had originally designed the plant, to suggest measures which could be taken to avoid future problems. Carl Yates stated that they are trying to find ways to minimize the problems 21.5 at the Pollution Control plant. He said they are using a three -pronged approach as follows: 1) a review of the operational procedures which might allow the operators to do a better job within the plant itself; 2) an industrial waste survey to make a determination as to what toxics coming from the industries cause problems in the treatment plant or the river,.(he said they are about 2/3 completed with this survey and will be working on-site with the industries in the area concerning preliminary treatment)and 3) the possible addition of supplemental oxygen. Mr. Yates said they would also be reviewing the sewer use ordinance to incorporate protective measures needed. He said they had developed a model of the stream flow and it appears that at times the river has very little oxygen in it, so the addition of dissolved oxygen would help. 3/29/79 22 22.1 Mr. Yates stated further that if they are going to make the necessary modifications by the end of the summer, they need to begin working on them, and recommended the Board authorize the addition of liquid oxygen. He suggested they buy the liquid oxygen from the Linde Division of Union Carbide because they also have expertise in that particular field. 22.2 Mr. Yates explained briefly that there are two other methods which could be utilized to correct the problem: 1) compressed air --the problem with this is when you add air you are limited to the amount of oxygen you can add; 2) the addition of hydrogen peroxide. He said the addition of hydrogen peroxide would cost several times more than the cost of either of the other methods. 22.3 Director Noland said it is the water/sewer committee's recommendation that the Board proceed with the liquid oxygen from Union Carbide in order to also obtain their expertise in this field. Director Noland noted that another advantage of this proposed system is that it can be intermittent. Carl Yates said they feel they would need to operate the system approximately four months out of the year. 22.4 The City Attorney read for the first time an ordinance waiving competitive bidding requirements for the leasing of liquid oxygen injection equipment and purchasing of liquid oxygen from the Linde Division of Union Carbide for use at the Pollution Control Plant. 22.5 Director Noland, seconded by Director Henry, moved the rules be suspended and the ordinance placed an second reading. The recorded vote was: Ayes: Malone, Colwell, Henry, Lancaster, Todd, Noland, Osborne, Nays: None. Absent: None. The mayor declared the motion passed and the city attorney read the ordinance for the second time. 22.6 Director Henry, seconded by Director Colwell, moved the rules be further suspended and the ordinance placed on third and final reading. The recorded vote was: Ayes: Malone,Colwell, Henry, Lancaster, Todd, Noland, Osborne. Nays: None. Absent: None. The mayor declared the motion passed and the city attorney read the ordinance for the third and final time. 22.7 Director Todd asked the terms of the lease and Mr. Yates said the lease is for a three-year period. Director Todd said the company does retain the right to increase prices and Mr. Yates pointed out that the City can also check with other companies for competitive prices. Mr. Yates said also that the contract will continue in effect on an annual basis after the initial three-year period. Director Todd pointed out that there is a twelve- month notification required for cancellation. 22.8 City Manager Grimes noted that the primary reason for the agreement with Union Carbide is the City feels Union Carbide has the expertise and experience which is not available from other sources. 22.9 The mayor asked if the ordinance should pass. The recorded vote was: Ayes: Malone,Colwell, Henry, Lancaster, Todd, Noland, Osborne. Nays: None. Absent: None. The mayor declared the ordinance passed. ORDINANCE NO. 2513 APPEARS ON PAGE 45 OF ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION BOOK VII. 1 1 1 1 3/29/79 Director Henry, seconded by Director Osborne, moved that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute an agreement for leasing of liquid oxygen aoaec.tion equipment and purchasing of liquid oxygen from the Linde Division of Union Carbide. The recorded vote was: Ayes: Malone, Colwell, Henry, Lancaster, Todd, Noland, Osborne, Nays: None. Absent: None. The mayor declared the resolution passed. RESOLUTION N0. 23-79 APPEARS ON PAGE 75 OF ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION BOOK VII. Carl Yates noted also that the City will need to buy a pump to go with the equipment, which they will need to get on order as soon as possible, as it will take approximately twelve weeks to get it. The Board agreed to consider 0 this at the next board meeting. CO 0 RESTOCKING OF THE WHITE RIVER City Manager Don Grimes presented a recommendation from the City staff Q on restocking of the White River, following the fish kills there in the fall of 1978. Mr. Grimes said in a letter to Mr. Jarrell Southall of the Depart- ment of Pollution Control and Ecology, he had stated that the City would assist in restocking of that section of the White River where the killings occurred. Grimes said he had received a letter from Mr. Southall and met with three members of the Pollution Control and Ecology Committee, and as a result of that meeting is requesting authorization to expend up to $8,000 for the restocking. He said they feel most of the fish would restock naturally with the exception of the channel catfish which would need to be completely restocked. Mr. Grimes explained briefly some of the problems which may have caused the previous two fish kills, and said he felt there would have been a fish kill the second time, regardless of what they had done. Mr. Grimes said he feels the fair thing for the City to do is to try to 23.4 restock that portion of the White River and recommended the Board authorize the City to pay up to $8,000 to the Fish and Game Commission for the restock- ing. Director Todd, seconded by Director Henry, moved the authorization be 23.4 granted. The recorded vote was: Ayes: Malone, Colwell, Henry, Lancaster, Todd, Noland, Osborne. Nays: None. The motion was declared passed. OTHER BUSINESS 1. City Manager Grimes said the Highway Department had taken bids for the 23.5 grading throughout the bypass and received a bid of $1,970,000, which was lower than the estimate of $2,200,000. 2. City Manager Grimes said the Highway Department had also accepted a bid 23.6 of $29,469 for the Stearns Road signal and noted that they had estimated $27,500. 3. Mr. Grimes stated that the Arkansas Municipal League meeting will be 23.7 June 20-21, 1979. 23 23.1 23.2 23.3 There being no further business for the Board's consideration, the meeting adjourned at 4:40 P.M.