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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT
WITH THE TEXAS WATER QUALITY BOARD BY THE TERMS OF
WHICH CONTRACT THE CORPUS CHRISTI - NUECES COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT LABORATORY WILL PROVIDE LABORATORY
SERVICES ON A CHARGE -FOR- SERVICES BASIS AT A MAXIMUM -
COST OF $30,000 FOR THE TERM OF SAID CONTRACT,
COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 1, 1975,AND TERMINATING AUGUST 31,
1976, ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE CONTRACT, A
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 Water Quality Board by the terms of
which contract the Corpus Christi - Nueces County Health Department laboratory
will provide laboratory services on a charge- for - services basis at a maxi-
mum cost of $30,000 for the term of said contract, commencing September 1,
1975, and terminating August 31, 1976, all as more fully set forth in the
contract, a 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
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 ordi-
nance 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 take effect and be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the day of September,
1975.
ATTEST•
Ci Secretary MAYOR
APPROVED:
THE CI OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TE
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THE OTE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS
I. CONTRACTING PARTIES:
The Receiving Agency:
The Performing Agency:
CONTRACT FOR SERVICES
Texas Water Quality Board
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
propagation 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 Water Quality Board 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 Chemical 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 shall be maintained
in the field and the laboratory in accordance with Attachment B.
The Texas Water Quality Board 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 Water Quality
Board. 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 Water Quality Board. Research into
specific techniques to overcome these difficulties will be under-
taken when practical and by mutual agreement. The sample infor-
mation sheet submitted with each sample will designate the par-
ticular analysis or analyses to be made 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.
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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 Texas Water Quality Board 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, contracts, and obligations which are _
chargeable to this contract. As soon as practicable after notice
of 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.
.II. 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 Depart-
ment 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 all documents supporting entries on the account records
which substantiate costs. The Corpus Christi - Nueces County Health
Department must keep the records readily available for examination
by duly authorized representatives of the Board, 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 $30,000 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 samples
will be paid directly by the Texas Water Quality Board.
IV. CONTRACT AMOUNT:
The total amount of this Contract shall not exceed: Thirty Thousand
Dollars ($30,000)
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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.
VI. TERM OF CONTRACT:
This Contract is to begin September 1, 1975 and shall terminate August
31, 1976. (Term of Contract cannot transcend the biennium)
RECEIVING AGENCY PERFORMING AGENCY
Texas Water Quality Board Corpus Christi- Nueces County
Health Department
BY: BY:
(Authorized Signature) (Authorized Signature)
(Title) (Title)
DATE: DATE:
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
day of 19
City Attorney
STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANALYTICAL SERVICES
WATER AND WASTE WATER
Analysis . Rate Analysis
Acidity
Areobic Plate Count
Alkalinity (Total)
Aluminum
Ammonia -N (distillation)
Ammonia (Ness.)
Arsenic (sediment)
Arsenic (water)
Barium
Bicarbonate
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
(Filtered)
Biochemical- Oxygen Demand
(7 -Day)
Boron
Bromide
Cadmium
Calcium
Carbon (Total)
Carbon (Total Organic)
Carbonate
Chemical Oxygen Demand
. (sediment)
Chemical Oxygen Demand
(Water)
Chloride
Chlorophyll A
Chlorophyll (All types)
Chromium (Hexavalent)
Chromium. (Total)
Coliform (Fecal)
Coliform (Total)
Color
Conductance (Specific)
'Copper
Cyanide
Dissolved (Oxygen)
Fluoride
r Gross Alpha Part -icles
^Gross.Beta Particles
Hardness (Total as CaCO3)
Herbicide
Hydrocarbons
Insecticides (sediment)
Insecticides (water)
.Iodide .
kI. R. Screening (disposal
Barrels)
Iron
Lead
Lithium
0.56
4.52
0.56
11.32
5.65
1.12
13.92
11.32
5.65
0.56
5.65
7.64
58.29
2.82
5.65
5.65
0.56
1.39
6.74
0.56
8.25
5:65
0.56
2.91
4.69
7.. 12
1.67
2.79
2.79
1.12
1.22
3.95
13.61
1.12
1.69
2.25
2.25
0.56
45.40
13.59
46.22
39.72
5.65
28.33
2.26
5.65
5.67
Not Available in C.C. Health Laboratory
Rate
Magnesium (sediment)
7.62•
Magnesium (water)
1.12
Manganese (sediment)
10.78
-Manganese (water)
2.26
Mercury (sediment)
11.05
Mercury (water)
8.45
Mercury (tissues)
14.95
Methylene blue active
substances
5.67
Molybdenum
11.33
Nickel
2.26
Nitrate
1.70
Nitrite
1.70
Nitrogen (Kjeldahl sediment)
12.15
Nitrogen (organic water)
5.65
Oil (chloroform extractable)
2.25
Oil and Grease (hexane
extractable sediment)
10.05
A•i} --ctxl 6 r e a se- �,va -ne
fi___t 1_ _,
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PH
xis
0.57
Phenol
11.33
Phendphthalein Alkalinity
as 'CaCO3
0.57
Phosphate (ortho)
1.39
Phosphate (total sediment)
10.49
'Phosphate (total water)
Fe3� elr }arrna��d- �3•ghen�s
2.82
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Potassium
1.40
Radium
11.29
Residue (total)
1.12
Salmonella - Shigella
7.88
Selenium
11.33
Silica (dissolved)
2.26
Silver
5.65
Sodium
1.40
Solids (total dissolved
calculated)
0.33 -
Solids (total dissolved
determined)
1.40
Solids (total suspended)
1.40
Solids (volatile sediment)
8.17
Solids (volatile water)
1.40
Staphylococcus count
7.88
Streptococcus (fecal)
2.79
Strontium
5.65
Sulfate
1.40
Sulfide
2.83
Sulfite
2.83
Tanins and lignins
1.12
Turbidity
2.27
Vanadium
11.32
Zinc (sediment) -
10.68
Zinc (water)
3.93
Settleable Matter
1.00
Phosphorus
2.82
Immediate Oxygen Demand
5.65
Chlorine Residual
1.50
Oil and Grease ( Freon extractable
-
water)
2.25
CORPUS
}- CHRISTI, TEXAS
/DAY OF j 9 L
TO THE MEk+,9ERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
COPPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FOREGOING
ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPEN-
SION 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; 1, THEREFORE,
REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDI-
NANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY
MAYOR
TH Cl OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JASON LueY
OR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE AS ES
RUTH GILL
BOB GULLEY
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
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THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS
PASSED BY THE LIOWING VOTE:
JASON LUBY
OR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
BOB GUL LEY
-
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE