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Council approves appropriation and schedules further readings on water treatment contract and sanitation ordinance
Summary
Booneville council approved an ordinance appropriating payroll and accounts and held first readings on a water-treatment professional services agreement and a sanitation ordinance (scheduled for third reading Oct. 6); City Attorney clarified edits and non-retroactivity for the sanitation changes.
The Booneville City Council approved an ordinance Sept. 15 appropriating funds to pay salaries and accounts allowed by the council. The ordinance listed a total appropriation of $454,769.86 with line items including the general fund ($175,321.58), waterworks ($171,499.89), wastewater ($51,908.79), tourism ($13,228.87) and other funds. The council approved the ordinance by motion and roll call; all members present voted yes.
During new business the council took the first reading of an ordinance authorizing renewal of a professional services agreement with Alliance Water Resources Inc. to manage, operate and maintain the city’s water treatment plant. The item appeared in the packet (page 88) and was read on first reading; no final vote was taken at the Sept. 15 meeting and the item will return for further readings as required.
The council also held a second reading of a revised sanitation ordinance (Chapter 21) and the City Attorney described additional language changes and clarifications in that amendment. The attorney said he added language clarifying that certain single-family-dwelling provisions were not retroactive and that the ordinance was intended to reflect existing practice where the city previously permitted some properties without sewer connections. The attorney said the sanitation ordinance will come back for a third reading and a vote on Oct. 6.
City staff and the attorney said changes to the sanitation provisions were intended to protect wastewater services while avoiding retroactive penalties for properties that had city clearance in prior years. The council did not take final action on the sanitation ordinance at the Sept. 15 meeting.
