IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Service Contract with Little Blue Valley Sewer District.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 20529, October 19, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Jeanie Lauer, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 13958, dated December 17, 2001, the County did enter into an Amended and Restated Service Agreement with the Little Blue Valley Sewer District providing for, among other things, the treatment by the District of sewage contributed to it by the County, in consideration of the payment of service charges to the District by the County; and,
WHEREAS, the District operates a sewer system for the primary benefit of its customers within the District including the County and for other connected to District’s System; and,
WHEREAS, the current service agreement outlines the methodology by which the District’s rates for service to the District’s customers, including the County, are calculated using a linear projection of sewer flow data for the last five years to project a customer’s flow contribution for the coming year; and,
WHEREAS, the projected flow is subject to variations due to wet weather, such that the projected value is unpredictable and potentially inaccurate; and,
WHEREAS, to address this unpredictability and potential inaccuracy, the District hired a rate consultant to evaluate this methodology along with others and make a recommendation based upon accuracy; and,
WHEREAS, a recommendation was received that indicated that the District should change its methodology from a five-year linear projection to a five-year rolling average; and,
WHEREAS, this recommendation was considered and subsequently adopted by both the District’s Technical Advisory Committee and the District’s Mayors Advisory Board and transmitted to the District’s Board of Trustee’s; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County that the County enter into the attached First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Service Contract with the District to adopt the District’s recommended new rate structure; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Service Contract in substantially the form attached hereto; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County shall, and the officers, agents and employees of the County are hereby authorized and directed to, take such further action, and to execute such other documents, certificates and instruments as may be necessary or desirable to carry out and comply with the intent of this Resolution, and to carry out, comply with and perform the duties of the County with respect to the Service Contract.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 20529 of October 19, 2020, was duly passed on November 2, 2020 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8__________ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining ______0_______ Absent _____1_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature