Ord 06-2022 Amend FY21-22 Sanitation Budget for Roll-off Service - Not approved 03/01/2022 Ordinance No. 06-2022
Ordinance amending the Sanitation Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget
authorizing operational expenses and capital investment for a
commercial roll-off service in the amount of $787,750.00, authorizing
City Manager to purchase two roll-off trucks, and declaring an
emergency
WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls has determined the necessity to provide a
commercial roll-off service inside the City; and,
WHEREAS, Texas Local Government Code 252.022 allows a city to forego the
competitive bidding process when making a purchase that is necessary to preserve or
protect the public health or safety of the City's residents; and,
WHEREAS it has been previously determined the collection, hauling, and disposal
of solid waste is an activity that falls within the bounds of Texas Local Government Code
252.0221; and,
WHEREAS, it is desired to amend the Sanitation budget in an amount of
$787,750.00 for the purchase of two roll-off trucks and thirty 30-yard and ten 40-yard roll-
off containers and establish two permanent Sanitation Equipment Operator I personnel
positions; and,
WHEREAS, City Manager is granted the authority to purchase two roll-off trucks
not to exceed $200,000.00 for each roll-off truck; and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance amending the budget to allow for the purchase of two
roll-off trucks to provide for the collection, hauling, and disposing of solid waste is directly
tied to the City of Wichita Falls protection of its residents' health or safety.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
1. The City of Wichita Falls Sanitation Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget is
amended by $787,750.00 to purchase two roll-off trucks and thirty 30-yard and ten 40-
yard roll-off containers and establish two permanent Sanitation Equipment Operator I
personnel positions.
2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to purchase two roll-off trucks not to
exceed $200,000.00 for each roll-off truck.
3. An emergency is declared and this ordinance goes into effect immediately.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 1st day of March, 2022.
i Browning-Ferris,Inc. v. City of Leon Valley, 590 S.W.2d 729(Tex. Civ. App—San Antonion 1979,writ ref'd
n.r.e.);Op. Att'y Gen. JM-908 (1988).
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk