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PLEASE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 38-93 PLACED ON FIRST READING & REFERRED TO THE CMTE OF THE WHOLE on 7/6/93; SECOND READING 7/19/93. ORDINANCE NO. 38-93 AMENDED BY: Boscia, Gallagher, George, Gibbons, Roth, Seelie, Smith AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing and directing the Director of Public Works to enter into an agreement with the City of Cleveland for the disposal of refuse at the Ridge Avenue Transfer Station which is owned and operated by the City of Cleveland. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 735.053 of the Ohio Revised Code and Section 111.04(a)(8) of Lakewood's Codified Ordinances, the City is authorized to enter into an agreement with the City of Cleveland without competitive bidding. WHEREAS, 'the City has already appropriated sufficient funds to meet the maximum amount that may be paid to the Ridge Avenue Transfer Station for 1993 and subject to City Council's approval, the City. has appropriated sufficient funds to meet the maximum amount that may be paid to the Ridge Avenue Transfer Station of 1994 and 1995. WHEREAS, recent amendments to the Ohio Revised Code have reduced the maximum load-weight of vehicles using improved public highways, streets, bridges, and culverts, and WHEREAS, due to said weight restrictions the City will be required to reduce the load-weight of its refuse vehicles travelling to and from the present landfill site resulting in an increase in frequency of deliveries to dispose of the same volume of refuse, and WHEREAS, the present landfill sight is approximately fifty-one miles from the City and the proposed Ridge Avenue Waste Transfer Station is nine miles from the City, and WHEREAS, continued use of the present landfill site will increase operational costs by adding mileage and maintenance expense for the City's aging fleet of refuse vehicles as necessitating the hiring of three additional drivers, and WHEREAS, the charge to the City for use of the Ridge Avenue Waste Transfer Station will be $21.70 per ton of refuse and the charge to the City for use of the previous landfill sight was $27.88 per ton of refuse, and WHEREAS, the increased per-ton charge to the City will be off-set by the reduction in mileage, maintenance, and personnel costs resulting in a savings to the City of approximately $340,000, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department for the reason that delivery of refuse to the City of Cleveland's Ridge Avenue Waste Transfer Station will reduce landfill, maintenance, mileage, and personnel costs to the City and reduce wear and tear on the City's aging fleet of refuse vehicles; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Director of Public Works on behalf of the City of Lakewood is hereby authorized and directed to enter into an agreement with the City of Cleveland for the disposal of refuse as hereby described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein, said Agreement to be substantially in the form 'of Exhibit "A" with such additional provisions as are acceptable to the