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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT
WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES BY THE
TERMS OF WHICH CONTRACT THE CORPUS CHRISTI - NUECES
COUNTY HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE
LABORATORY SERVICES ON A CHARGE -FOR- SERVICES BASIS
AT A MAXIMUM COST OF $40,000 FOR THE TERM OF SAID
CONTRACT, COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 1, 1978, AND TERMINAT-
ING AUGUST 31, 1979, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN
g THE CONTRACT, A SUBSTANTIAL COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED
HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF, MARKED EXHIBIT "A ";
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized
to execute a contract with the Texas Department of Water Resources by the
terms of which contract the Corpus Christi - Nueces County Health and Welfare
Department will provide laboratory services on a charge- for - services basis
at a maximum cost of $40,000 for the term of said contract, commencing
September 1, 1978, and terminating August 31, 1979, all as more fully set
forth in the contract, a substantial copy of which is attached hereto and
made a part hereof, marked Exhibit "A ".
SECTION 2. The public importance of maintaining the quality of
waters in the State consistent with the public health and enjoyment, the
propagation and protection of terrestrial and aquatic life, the operation s
of existing industries and the economic development of the State and the
necessity to require the use of all reasonable methods to implement this
policy creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity
requiring the suspension of,the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution
shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction but that such
ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City
Council, and the Mayor having declared such emergency and necessity to exist,
and having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance
be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be
in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO
ORDAINED, this the day of August, a
ATTEST:
City-Secretary v ` MAYOR
APPROVED: , ft�_DAY OF AUGUST, 1978 THE CITY OF /MP CHRISTI, TEXAS
J. BRUC YCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY �1+[►�CIL��U
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' T"F STATE OF TEXAS X
JNTY OF TRAVIS X
I. CONTRACTING PARTIES:
The Receiving Agency:
The Performing Agency:
CONTRACT FOR,SERVICES
Texas Department of Water Resources
Corpus Christi - Nueces County Health Department
II. STATEMENT OF SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED:
PREAMBLE
The Texas Water Quality Act of 1967 as amended states that "it is ...the policy of the
State of Texas to maintain the quality of the waters in the State consistent with the public
health and enjoyment, the propogotion and protection of terrestrial and aquatic life, the
operation of existing industries and the economic development of the State ... and to require
the use of all reasonable methods to implement this policy."
A. PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES
In keeping with the foregoing, the receiving agency employs the performing agency
and the performing agency agrees to perform analytical services on the parameters
listed in the attached schedule sheet.
The Texas Department of Water Resources estimates an average of 100 samples per month
will be collected and delivered to the laboratory for analysis. It is understood that
these samples will be properly collected and preserved in accordance with applicable
sections of A Practical Guide to Water Quality Studies of Streams, Federal Water
Pollution Control Administration publication and Methods for C emical Analysis for
Water and Wastes, EPA manual, as well as the latest edition of Standard Methods for
the Examination of Water and Wastewater. A chain of custody procedure s a e
maintained in the field and the laboratory in accordance with Attachment B. The
Texas Department of Water Resources will furnish chain of custody tags.
The Corpus Christi - Nueces County Health Department will perform all analyses according
to the approved procedures set forth in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater, current edition or the latest edition of Methods for Chemical Analysis of
Water and Wastes, EPA manual. If a standard method is not available, the analytical
method used should be an adopted method approved by the Executive Director of the Texas
Department of Water Resources. Samples will be analyzed by these methods on a production
basis, to include appropriate analytical quality assurance procedures. Records will be
kept for documentation of the performing agency's quality assurance program and copies
will be available to the receiving agency upon request. Unusual interferences and problems
will be reported to the Texas Department of Water Resources. Research into specific
techniques to overcome these difficulties will be undertaken when practical and by mutual
agreement. The sample information sheet submitted with each sample will designate the
particular analysis or analyses tobemade of each sample submitted. The laboratories will
be operated in such a manner as to insure the legal sufficiency of the sample handling;
analytical and reporting procedures; and to remedy defects in the procedures should such
be discovered. The various laboratory personnel should be directed, as required, to
appear and testify in enforcement actions arising from the enforcement of the Texas Water
Quality Act. In such event, travel and per diem expense for such employees shall be paid
by the receiving agency. Travel and per diem for court appearances hereunder shall be
based on current State laws.
A charge may be made by the performing agency for maintenance of quality assurance.
This charge will be only for quality assurance services required by the Texas Department
of Water Resources to be performed over and above the normal quality assurance program
which the performing agency presently maintains in its laboratory.
B. TERMINATION
Either party to this contract may terminate the contract by giving the other party thirty
days notice in writing. Upon delivery of such notice by either party to the other and
before expiration of the thirty -day period, the performing agency will proceed promptly
to cancel all existing orders, contract;, and obligations which are chargeable to this
contract. As soon as practicable after notice to termination is given, the performing
agency will submit a voucher for work performed under this contract to the date of
termination. The receiving agency will then pay the performing agency for the work
performed less all prior payments. Copies of all completed or partially completed
reports, documents, and studies prepared under this contract will be delivered by the
performing agency to the receiving agency when and if this contract is terminated prior
to the completion of the prescribed work.
C. AMENDING THE CONTRACT
The parties hereto without invalidating this contract may alter or amend this contract
upon advance written agreement of both parties to exclude work being performed or to
include additional work to be performed and to adjust the consideration to be paid
hereunder by virtue of alterations or amendments.
Ill. BASIS FOR CALCULATING REIMBURSABLE COSTS:
The financial basis for calculating reimbursable costs shall be as outlined in the attached
schedule sheet.
The expenditures by the Corpus Christi - Nueces County Health Department of funds paid to it
under this contract shall be subject to such State or Federal audit procedures as may be
required by law and by accepted practices of the State or Federal auditor. All records shall
be made available to either the State or Federal auditor, or both, if requested. The Corpus
Christi - -Nueces County Health Department shall be responsible for maintaining books of
account that clearly, accurately, and currently reflect financial transactions involving State
funds, and also transactions financed with matching funds from other sources. The financial
records must include substantiate costs. The Corpus Christi - Nueces County Health Department
must keep the records readily available for examination by duly authorized representatives of
the Department, State Auditor's'Office, or the Federal Government for a period of three (3)
years after the close of the last expenditure.
Reimbursement for the above analytical costs and cost for any travel and per diem expenses
shall not exceed $40,000 for the period of this contract.
The cost for transportation of samples and the return of special shipping cases and containers
to the person submitting the sombles wil I be paid directly by the Texas Department of Water
Resources.
IV. CONTRACT AMOUNT:
The total amount of this contract shall not exceed: Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000)
V. PAYMENT FOR SERVICES:
The performing agency shall bill the receiving agency monthly for analytical services
performed. Charges for these services shall be based on the attached cost schedule.
Payments for service performed shall be billed monthly according to the attached schedule.
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TERM OF CONTRACT:
This Contract is to begin September 1, 1978 and shall terminate August 31, 1979. (Term
of Contract cannot transcend the iennium
RECEIVING AGENCY
Texas Department of Water Resources
By:
(Authorized Signature)
(Title)
Date:
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PERFORMING AGENCY
Corpus Christi - Nueces County
Health Department
By:
Authorized Signature
it e
Date:
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
BY
Assistant City Attorney
Director of Finance
PRICE LIST FOR ANALYTICAL SERVICES BY THE LABORATORY DIVISION - CORPUS CHRISTI HEALTH DEPT.
For Contract Year 1978 -1979
PARAMETER
PRICE
PARAMETER
PRICE
Acidity
1.25
Magnesium (Sediment)
6.75
Aerobic•Plate Count
4.00
Magnesium (Water)
1.30
Alkalinity (Total)
1.25
Manganese (Sediment)
8.35
Aluminum
15.50
Manganese (Water)
2.75
Ammonia
3.90
Mercury (Sediment)
15.00
Antimony
17.00
Mercury (Water)
9.20
Arsenic (Sediment)
11.70
Mercury (Tissues)
14.25
Arsenic (Water)
9.00
M.B.A.S.
7.50
Barium
7.50
Molybdenum
6.50
.Bicarbonate
1.35
Nickel (Sediment)
11.00
B.O.D. 5 -Day
6.90
Nickel (Water)
5.50
B.O.D. 7 -Day
36.00
Nitrate
2.20
Boron
4.70
Nitrite
2.20
Bromide
7.75
Nitrogen (Kjeldahl)
13.00
Cadmium (Sediment)
10.40
Nitrogen (Organic Wat.)
8.00
Cadmium (Water)
5.10
Oil (Chloroform Ext.)
3.70
Calcium
1.50
Oil and Grease (Sed.)
13.70
Carbon (Total)
2.25
Oil and Grease (Water)
3.75
Carbon (Total Organic)
7.90
Oxygen (Dissolved)
1.70
Carbonate
1.25
pH
0.65
C.O.D. (Sediment)
13.75
Phenol
15.00
C.O.D. (Water)
9.50
Phen. Alk. (CaCO3)
0.65
Chloride
1.25
Phosphate (Ortho)
3.75
Chlorophyll A
4.60
Phosphate (Total Sed.)
8.25
Chlorophyll (All types)
6.50
Phosphate (Total Wat.)
4.20
Chromium (Hexavalent)
1.70
P.C.B.
51.00
Chromium (Total Sediment)
11.00
Potassium
2.75
Chromium (Total Water)
2.25
Residue (Total)
1.70
Coliform, Fecal
1.50
Salmonella - Shigella
2.50
Coliform, Total
1.50
Selenium (Sediment)
23.50
bolor
2.00
Selenium (Water)
11.70
Conductance, Specific
2.10
Silica (Dissolved)
3.80
Copper (Sediment)
10.70
Silver (Sediment)
10.70
Copper (Water)
5.25
Silver (Water)
5.25
Fluoride (Electrode)
3.25
Sodium
2.20
Fluoride (Distilled)
9.50
Solids (Total Cale.)
1.35
Hardness (Total)
1.25
Solids (Total Deter.)
8.25
.Herbicides (Sediment)
49.00
Solids Settleable
1.15
Herbicides (Water)
32.00
Solids (Tot. Susp.)
2.20
Hydrocarbons
12.00
Solids (Vol. Sediment)
8.50
Insecticides (Sediment)
61.00
Solids (Vol. Water)
2.20
Insecticides (Water)
55.00
Staphylococcus Count
6.25
Iodide
8.00
Streptococcus
2.75
Iron
3.70
Strontium
8.00
Leachate Preparation
5.75
Sulfate
2.20
Lead (Sediment)
11.25
Sulfide
3.15
Lead (Water)
6.25
Sulfite
2.75 .
Lithium
7.50
Tannins and Lignins
1.70
Thallium
165.00
Turbidity
3.50
Uranium
3.25
Vanadium
14.50
Weight (Periphyton Ash
Free)
2.20
Zinc (Sediment)
11.70
Zinc (Water)
5.50
Corpus Christi, Texas
_day of , 19
TO THE'MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus'Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance,
a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the
Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed
finally on the date it is introduced, and that such ordinance or resolution
shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, request
that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City
Council.
Respectfully,
THE Carr
The Charter Rule was suspended
'Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
'Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
The above ordinance -was passed by
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr. _
Edward L. Sample _
;e:
,the following vote:
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