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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1988 Memorial Boulevard, Fayette Street, and West Church Street, and that the project appears to be proceeding according to schedule, with bid proposals to be invited (by public advertisements and otherwise) during the forthcoming month of October. City Manager Brown informed Council that, as now proposed, new and more restrictive regulations governing solid waste disposal are scheduled to become effective in January of 1989, although he will attempt to obtain a postponement until the beginning of the City's next fiscal year (in order that municipalities can budget for additional costs associated with such regulations). In connection therewith, Mr. Brown noted that he initially requested in his recommended City Budget for 1988-89 funds in the amount of $76,300.00 to cover the cost of installing five hundred feet (500') of 72-inch drainage pipe (or culvert) in a portion of the City's landfill facility, plus some other related work, which would have provided four more years in the life of the disposal area; however, with a subsequent reduction in the amount requested, the drainage pipe project was reduced to three hundred feet (300'). Accordingly, Mr. Brown reported, to extend the project from three hundred feet to the original five hundred feet will cost $30,400.00 for which, if authorized, funds in a like amount would need to be appropriated by Council. City Manger Brown formally informed Council that he has reassigned duties and responsibilities of Mr. James W. Hopkins, who retired on August 31, 1988, from the position of Assistant Director of Public Works to several present City employees (rather than seek a single replacement), resulting in a savings for the current fiscal year of $37,212.00, with an annualized savings of $44,650.00, including fringe benefits cost at a rate of 31% of salaries. Accordingly, Mr. Brown has promoted Mr. Joel Baker, Building Official, to the