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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES.295.11-16-1987 � �� BILL N0. 87-207 RESOLUTION N0. •�' ? A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT OF OBLIGATION WITH THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE LANDFILL CLOSING BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI , AS FOLLOWS : SECTION l . The City Manager on behalf of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri , is hereby authorized to enter into a Contract of Obligation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for the landfill closing . A copy of said contract is attached to this resolution and made a part hereof . PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS ��� DAY OF ��r-C'-�''����--��..� , 1987 . Fr ncis E. Rhodes , Mayor ATTEST: 1 Alvin M. Stoverink , City Clerk CONTRACT OF OBLIGATION THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between the City of Cape Girardeau , Missouri , acting by its City Manager on the authority of the City Council of the City of Cape Girardeau , Missouri , hereinafter referred to as "City" , and the Missouri Department of Pdatural Resources, hereinaL-ter referred to as the MoDNR. WHEREAS , City has submitted a permit application for the construction, operation and maintenance of a solid waste disposal area to r9oDNR pursuant to the requirements of Sections 260. 200 to 260 . 2A5 , RSMo , the MISSOURI SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT LAW ( hereinafter "Law" ) and the rules promulgated thereunder ; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the f�iissouri Solid Waste Management Rules, 10 CSR 80-2. 030( 3) (B) 3. G. , a municipality or county may execute a "contract of obligation" to satisfy the requirements for , a financial assurance instrument in applying for a permit to operate a solid waste disposal area . Now therefore, in consideration of the issuance of Permit No. 103101 by MoDNR to City for the operation of a solid waste disposal area and in consideration of the mut,ual covenants contained herein, P�oDNR and City hereby agree as follows : l . City is hereby bound unto MoDNR in the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand ( $133 , 000. 00) for closure of the sanitary landfill plus Twenty-Four Thousand Dollars (�24 , 000. 00) per year for twenty ( 20) years after closure for post-closure and hereby authorizes the Director of the MoDNR or designee to collect said sum from any funds being disbursed or to be disbursed by the State of P�issouri to City upon failure of City to close or provide post-closure care for the sold waste disposal area in accordance with the requirements of the Law, the regulations duly promulgated thereunder and the approved closure and post-closure plans . 2. Should P9oDNR find that City has failed to properly close or provide post-closure care for the solid waste disposal area , MoDNR shall notify City of such finding and pursuant to 260. 235, RSMo shall afford the opportunity for administrative and judicial review of such find. 3 . City hereby authorizes the Director of the Department of Revenue and the State Treasurer to withhold from any funds being disbursed or to be disbursed by the State of Missouri to City the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Dollars ( �133 , 000. 00) for closure of the sanitary landfill and the sum of Twenty-Four Thousand Dollars (�24 , 000. 00 ) per year for twenty ( 20) years after closure of the landfill for post-closure upon receiving notice from the Director of P4oDNR of City ' s failure to properly close or provide post-closure care for the solid waste disposal area . 4 . This contract shall terminate upon written notice from MoDNR that City is released from the requirements for a financial assurance instrument for closure or post-closure care as required by the Law and rules promul _qated thereunder . 5. If City desires to terminate this contract prior to completing proper closure or post-closure care for the solid waste disposal area , it must : ' (� ) Send a notice of termination in writing addressed and delivered to the MoDNR one hundred twenty ( 120) days before that termination will occur ; and (b ) Post with the MoDNR an acceptable alternative financial assurance instrument as provided for by the Law or by any rules adopted pursuant to the Law within ninety ( 90) days after the notice of termination is received by the Department ; and (c ) Receive a written acknowledgment from the MoDNR of receipt by MoDNR of an acceptable alternative financial assurance instrument . If_ the City does not provide an acceptable alternative financial assurance instrument within the time limit specified above, this contract shall remain in effect until terminated as specified in Paragraph 4 of this contract. 6 . City has by resolution attached hereto as Attachment A and which by this reference is incorporated herein and expressly made a part of this agreement, authorized the signatory hereof to execute this contract of obligation and bind City to the terms thereof . 7 . The effective date of this contract is the date this contract is signed by the Director of r9oDNR. 8 . The parties hereto stipulate and agree that this Contract of Obligation was prepared and executed in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 260, Missouri Revised Statutes, as amended in 1986 in Senate Bill 475 . A controversy exists as to the validity and enforceability of the provisions of State law which require this Contract of Obligation . It is agreed by and between the parties that at such time as a Court of competent jurisdiction enters a ruling that the Statute in question is invalid or unenforceable for any reason, then, in that event, this Contract shall be voidable at the option of the City of Cape Girardeau , Missouri . If the City of Cape Girardeau elects this option to void this C�ntract, then the Contract shall be a nullity and unenforceable from the date of its execution as though it had never been executed . Any grant of authority or authorization given to any person or agency by the City under the terms of this Contract shall likewise be a nullity as though never given and both parties shall be released from all obligations under this Contract . IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands and seals . CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI Gary A. Eide, City Manager ATTEST : Date: Alvin r7. Stoverink , City Clerk MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Director Date :