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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1996 Council considered adoption, on emergency basis, of Ordinance No. 96-12 amending Chapter 18--Solid Waste of the City Code and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the West Piedmont Planning District Commission for participation in the Waste Tire Fund Program through the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to provide a Waste Tire Collection and Processing Center. Leon E. Towarnicki, Director of Public Works, and Jeff Joyce, Landfill Manager, were present to explain the purpose of the Waste Tire Fund Program is to provide a convenient and economical method of removing waste tires from landfills. Under the Program, tires will be processed and recycled by a private processor contracted with the State. The Program is administered by the Central Virginia Planning District Commission in conjunction with the West Piedmont PDC. The State has allocated $17,863 for the City and $62,942 for Henry County to operate the program for a two-year period. The proposed Ordinance was said to be necessary because the State recommends a tipping fee of $1.00 for tires, whereas the current City Code mandates a $2.00 fee. In response to a question from Council, Mr. Towarnicki stated the proposed Ordinance's language of "not to exceed" was proposed due to the possibility of the program not continuing beyond the two-year period, which would eliminate the need to modify the Code to return to a $2.00 charge. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council authorized the City Manager to execute the Memorandum of Understanding and adopted the following Ordinance No. 96-12 on emergency basis: BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled November 12, 1996, that it does hereby amend Chapter 18--Solid Waste, Article II--In General, Section 18-24--Fee Schedule of the City Code, as follows: Sec. 18-24. Fee Schedule. (a) Collection and landfill charges: