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Council Minutes of 1/20/2004 facility. The term of this agreement will end December 31, 2004. The cost is $26.15 per wet ton, which is the same as last year. The committee recommended approval. • Ordinance 2003-182, an ordinance authorizing the Mayor upon the review and approval of the Board of Control to enter into asole-source and direct purchase agreement with Harrington Electric Company for the acquisition of a 750 KVA mineral filled transformer for the Wastewater Treatment Plant without public bidding and declaring an emergency. The city has entered into negotiations with Harrington Electric for the transformer. Hamngton is the sole supplier of this particular transformer as well as the products to install. The present transformer is leaking PCB's and that makes it necessary for replacement to avoid problems with the EPA. Suggestions were made to contact CEI to see if they would pay for the replacement and have an electrical engineer review the plant to explore the possibility of updates. The suggestions were forwarded to the Service Director, and that piece of legislation has been removed from the agenda this evening. Councilman Miller commented that he did not believe the unit was leaking PCB's. It could be internal lubricating fluids, but there was no determination. Mr. McKay answered that he spoke with the plant superintendent after the committee meeting, and he mentioned PCB's. Councilman Nashar, Council's representative to the Landmarks Commission: 1) He attended the Landmarks Commission meeting on January 12. • One item discussed that evening was the cost to relocate the former Rebecca's building. For the transportation costs alone two figures were quoted, a low f gore of $55,821 and a high figure of $64,328, Some committee members felt the cost could possibly go as high as $80,000. Also, the Landmarks Commission sent a letter to Halleen Chevrolet requesting that the proposed Rebecca's building remain at the present site and asking the owner to consider utilizing the building on that site rather than destroying the building. There have been several proposals to relocate the building. One recommendation by the commission was to move the building into the park. The relocation costs would be quite high. The commission also requested that the Mayor send a letter to Halleen requesting the owner reconsider use of the building. • The commission discussed its 2004 budget and is requesting approximately $7,600. The largest expense would be for the Heritage Home Loan Frograrn that the commission feels would be beneficial to help generate funds for the -city, grants and other special needs. The commission would also like to purchase a special digital camera with an anticipated cost just under $1,000. Councilman Limpert, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations Committee: 1) The committee met on January 13. Present were committee members Kasler, Miller and chairman Limpert; Council members Dailey, Nashar, McKay, Gareau and Council President O'Grady; Law Director Dubelko, Safety Director Jesse, Personnel Director Farver, and Finance Director Copfer. Agenda items were as follows: • The reappointment of Julianne Nader to the Architectural Review Board for the term of January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2005, which the committee approved 5